At 6 A.M.

on the 8th April the Coastguard re- ported that a three-masted steamer was ashore on the north side of Rattray Head. The No. 1 Life-boat George Pickard was launched without delay and proceeded, under sails, to the scene of the wreck, which was reached at about 8 A.M. The steamer proved to be an oil transport named the Kremlin, of London, which was bound to Newcastle in ballast. At the request of the captain the Life-boat stood by the vessel until the following high-water, when the steamer was refloated. As the steamer was not making much water, she pro- ceeded on her voyage, and towed the Life-boat part of the way back to Peter- head. At the time of the casualty a S.S.W. gale was blowing and the sea was rough..