At 4.45 A.M. on the9th February, a telephone message was received from Collieston, stating that a vessel was ashore on Forvie Sands, about two miles to the north of Newburgh. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 19 were immediately summoned and the boat launched. The weather was thick and a very heavy sea was running. On arrival at the wreck it was found that the rocket apparatus had already ob- tained communication, but the whole of the crew, eleven in number, were still on board. The vessel was the trawler Lord Ashby of Blyth, bound for her fishing - grounds. Four of the crew were taken off, bufc the remainder elected to remain on board as the tide was receding quickly, and the vessel was well up on the sand. They ultimately got off at low water. The Life-boat was beached opposite the wreck, as it was not possible to row her back to her station against the tide and sea : and later in the day she was mounted on her carriage, conveyed by road to a spot opposite the station, taken across the river and re-housed..