Mumbles, Glamorganshire, and Tenby , Pembrokeshire.—Some time after mid- night on the 18th-19th December the steamer Ben Blanche, of Ramsey, ran on the rocks to the west of Port Eynon Head. She was bqund from Dundoon, in Northern Ireland, to Swansea, with a cargo of potatoes-, and carried a crew of seven. A light S.E.

wind was blowing and the sea was smooth, but the weather was very cold and a fog had settled. The steamer began to founder, and her crew, after making distress signals, took to the two ship's boats. The coastguard passed news of the wreck to the life-boat stations at the Mumbles and Tenby.

The motor life-boat at the Mumbles, Edward Prince of Wales, was launched at 2.15 A.M. Three hours later she found the boats. The men were rescued and taken to Swansea, together with their boats. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 9 A.M. The crew of the Tenby motor life-boat John R.

Webb assembled, but the life-boat was not launched.—Rewards, Mumbles, £18 12s.; Tenby, £2 4s..