LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS, and WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.—Information wa received from Duncansby Head Light- house, through the Wick Coastguard, at about 2.30 A.M. on the 12th March, that a vessel was ashore at Duncansby Head.

A strong W.N.W. breeze was blowing with a moderate sea, and the tide was ebbing. At 3 A.M. the Longhope Motor Life-boat K.T.J.S. was launched, fol- lowed by the Wick Motor Life-boat Frederick and Emma. They found the steam fishing vessel Dragon, of Grimsby, with the Scarfskerry Life-Saving Appa- ratus at work landing her crew of fifteen.

The Wick Life-boat then returned to her Station, but the Longhope Boat stood by until the last man had been taken off.—Rewards, Longhope, £20 9s. 9d. ; Wick, £22 5s. U..