On the 26th November the s.s. Ring, of Gothen- burg, with a crew of nineteen, bound from Runcorn to Sweden with a cargo of salt, was caught in a moderate S.W. gale, with a very heavy sea and rain, driven off her course, and forced to seek shelter. She anchored in a most dangerous position near South Rock, in Cloughey Bay. The South Rock Light-vessel fired warning guns, the Coastguard telephoned to the Life-boat Station and the Motor Life-boat William Maynard was launched at 7-P.M. . She found that the steamer had gone in 'among the rocks.

The second-coxswain went aboard, and with great difficulty piloted the Ring to a safer anchorage, although, in the darkness, it was impossible to take her clear of the rocks. Then, at the request of the Captain, the Life-boat stood by all night, and at daybreak on the 27th the steamer was got safely out to sea and went on her way. The Life-boat then returned to her Station, arriving back at 8.40 A.M., but she could not be rehoused for some hours owing to the bad weather. The help given saved the steamer from becoming a total wreck.—Property Salvage Case..