Soon after midnight, on the 10-11th March, signals of distress were observed from the schooner Barbara, of Wick, an- | chored in the roadstead. As the wind was blowing a hurricane from N.N.E.

and the vessel was dragging her anchors, the .crew of the Life-boat Co-operator No. 3 was summoned, and with very great difficulty the boat was launched, the trouble being caused by the tremendous run which at times washed the launchers off their feet.

Once afloat, the Life-boat quickly reached the schooner, and, having rescued the crew of four, she landed them at Scrabster. In the heavy sea it was impossible to get the Life-boat back to her house; she was therefore left at anchor in the harbour until the weather moderated..