On 7th October a wireless message was received from the s.s. East Indian, of Detroit, U.S.A., that she was putting into Stornoway, as one of her crew had been severely injured. When she arrived, shortly before four on the morning of the 8th, a strong westerly wind was blowing, with rain and a rough sea, and the Motor Life-boat, William and Harriot,-was launched, as there was no other boat suitable for the service.

She brought ashore the injured man and the captain of the East Indian, and later took the captain out again.

The steamer then continued her voyage to Portland, Maine, whither she was bound with a cargo of wood pulp from Sundsvaal. The Ford Motor Company, of Manchester, gave £11 12s. to the Institution in gratitude for this service.

—Rewards, £9 8s..