The schooner Guiding Star, of Runcorn, while bound to Fisherow with a cargo of salt, became windbound when at anchor in Scrabster Roads, and on the 12th November a whole N.N.E. gale sprang up. The vessel, being in an ex- posed position, rolled very heavily with two anchors out, and shortly after 3 P.M. one of her cables parted ; signals of distress were therefore made, and the Life-boat Sarah Austin was sent to her assistance. The four men on board were rescued and brought in safety to Scrabster Harbour. Owing to the very heavy sea running it was not possible to rehouse the Life-boat until the following day, when the weather had moderated..