The paddle steamer Mabel, of Newcastle, whilst bound from North Shields to Cork in ballast, stranded on the Annat Bank off Montrose on the morning of the 24th February. There was a strong S.S.E.

breeze at the time with a heavy sea, and the No. 1 Life-boat Sarah Jane Turner experienced considerable diffi- culty in getting to the steamer on account of the shallow water on the bank. The Life-boat remained along- side whilst the crew got some of their belongings and then took them ashore, arriving at 9.30 A.M..