Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—On the morning of the 12th July the Fraserburgh coastguard telephoned that the watchman at Cairnbulg had reported a steam drifter ashore on Cairnbulg Briggs. The sea was smooth, with a light S.E. breeze, but a dense fog had settled, and the fishing fleet was due in from sea. A few minutes after the first call a message came that a fishing boat was ashore near Kinnaird.

The motor life-boat Lady Rothes was launched at 11.5 A.M. She found that the fishing boat, which had gone ashore near Kinnaird, had refloated, and that the drifter Ophirland, of Portknockie, had also been ashore, but she, too, had got off under her own power. The life-boat then went on to Cairnbulg and met the Fraserburgh steam drifter Sprig o' Heather, which had just refloated.

The life-boat escorted her into harbour, and returned to her station at 12.10 P.M.—Rewards, £5 3s..