10th November. A sailing boat with twenty men and women on board, mostly agricultural workers returning from the Scottish potato harvest, put off from Burtonport for Arran Island at about 6 P.M. on the 9th November. There was a moderate but freshening N.E.

breeze, with a moderate sea. During a rain squall the boat struck a rock and capsized and all on board except one man were drowned. Among those lost was the bowman of the Arranmore life-boat. The one man had managed to climb on to the overturned boat, and succeeded in helping his father and his brother to get on, too. His father died and the body was carried away.

His brother also died, but he held the body on the boat. He drifted all night until his shouts were heard at about 8 A.M., and three men put off and rescued him. The Arranmore motor life-boat K.T.J.S. also put out to search for survivors, but only found bodies, which she brought ashore.— Life-boat rewards, £9 ; the survivor, £1: his rescuers, £1 2s. 6d..