Wicklow.—On the afternoon of the 29th September a pilot reported to the coxswain that two fishing boats, about a mile east of Five Mile Point, were flying signals of distress. A strong S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat Robert Theophilus Garden was launched at 3.40 P.M., and found the boats to be Congress Bell and Nancy, of Wicklow, with crews numbering nine. The Congress Bell was leaking badly, and the crew of the Nancy were exhausted by their efforts to get into safety. The men were taken into the life-boat and their boats towed back to harbour. The life-boat returned to her station at 5.30 P.M.—Rewards, £6 0*. 6d..