The Norwegian steamer Granero, of Drammen, bound with a cargo of pit-props from Finland for South Alloa, ran ashore at Crawton, twenty miles south of Aberdeen, on the evening of the 23rd October. She carried a crew of eighteen. A moderate N.E. gale was blowing, the sea was rough, a fog had settled, and it was raining. The coastguard passed the news to the life-boat authorities, and the motor life-boat Emma Constance put out at 9.30 P.M. She reached the Granero at 11.30 P.M., but the captain did not wish to leave his ship, and she stood by. At 3 A.M. next day a signal was received from shore that only seven men were on board, the remainder having been landed by the life-saving apparatus. At 9.45 A.M. the steamer signalled for the life-boat to come alongside and five of the crew were taken on board, leaving only the master and the chief engineer on the steamer.

The rescued men were taken to Stone- haven, and after the crew of the life- boat had had some food she returned to the wreck. The two remaining men tried to leave in the ship's boat, but as they were unable to manage it, the life- boat went alongside, took the men on board and returned to Aberdeen with the boat in tow. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 4.15 P.M., having been on service for nearly nineteen hours. The vessel became a total wreck.—Rewards, £22 2s. 4d..