The steam- ship Snowdon Range, of Sunderland, which passed through and survived such a succession of misfortunes in mid- Atlantic, came very near to being wrecked when being towed into harbour on the 14th January. The disabled steamer was being towed by the s.s.

Welshman and two tugs, and when about five miles off Roches Point they were compelled to abandon her owing to the weather having become exceed- ingly bad and the wind increasing to hurricane force. When the tugs cast off, the vessel's anchors were let go, but soon afterwards they commenced to drag, and the vessel drifted towards the rocks. Signals of distress were made and the crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 20 were assembled. As the gale was so heavy the local tugs were un- able to face it, and application was there- fore made to the Admiral Commanding at Queenstown for the assistance of the Admiralty tug Stormcock. The Admiral very kindly granted permission, and shortly before 8 P.M. the Life-boat was towed to the endangered vessel. In the meanwhile she had continued to drift, but she providentially missed the rocks and drifted into the harbour's mouth, where she was met by the Life-boat. The ship was in a crippled condition, without either rudder or boats. The master welcomed the Life-boat, and with the help of one of the crew the ship was anchored, but she eventually stranded on Courland Bank. The Life-boat stood by for some three or four hours, but the vessel being then in comparative safety, the boat returned ashore..