On the 13th October, during a strong N.E.

gale with a rough sea, signals of distress were seen at 6.30 A.M. from the smack Vivid of Wexford, which had stranded the previous day about three-quarters of a mile W.N.W. of Kosslare Point. A messenger was despatched on a bicycle to summon the crew and the Life-boat James Stevens No. 15 proceeded to her assistance. When Hearing the vessel the Life-boat took the ground and was obliged to wait until the tide made ; she then went alongside and took off the crew of four men, who were in an ex- hausted state, having had neither food nor firing all night. The men were landed, supplied with dry clothing and food, and later in the day put on board a dredger which took them to Wexford..