On the evening of the 3rd September the coastguard at Kilchoman reported that a steamer was in distress half a mile west of Colonsay. A strong west breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and rain showers. The new motor life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth put out at 7.30 P.M., and found the steamer Shima, of Glasgow, bound from Gothenburg to Belfast with a general cargo. She had run on a reef, broken her rudder and sprung a leak; but she had floated clear and was lying at anchor. The captain did not want to abandon ship, but asked Mr. D. Maclndeor, the branch honorary secretary, who had accom- panied the life-boat, to take ashore a request for tugs. This was done, and at 4 A.M. on the 4th the life-boat put out with news from the owners that tugs had been sent. The sea had increased somewhat, but the Shima's anchors were holding and, as she was in no immediate danger, the life-boat returned to her station. She got back at 9.30 A.M.—Rewards, £14 9*. 6d..