The pas- senger steamer Duke of Abercorn, of Dublin, when returning from Bray Regatta on the evening of the 10th August stranded in a dense fog on the south-west corner of Dalkey Island.

The information of the accident was telephoned to Kingstown, and as there were about 250 persons on board the two Life-boats Hannah Pickard and Dunleary were despatched to the scene.

Before they arrived, however, most of those on board had managed to get to the shore, and their services were not required for life-saving. The No. 2 boat returned without delay, but the Hannah Pickard helped to get the vessel afloat by taking out an anchor and cable, as there was no other boat avail- able. ; the Life-boatmen also went on board the steamer, and when the tide flowed they hove her off..