A telephone message was received at 5.40 A.M. on the 30th November, stating that a vessel was making flares to the south of Collieston. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 19 were promptly assembled and the boat proceeded to the vessel. After a very severe struggle against a strong gale and heavy sea the Life-boat reached the wreck, which proved to be the trawler Bass Bock, of Leith. The crew of nine men were rescued, and the boat again made for Newburgh. The vessel at the time of the accident was outward bound for the fishing grounds..