About midnight on the 19th October a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel in the south bay was burning flares. A whole N.N.W. to N. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and snow. The motor life-boat Duke of Connaught put out at 12.15 A.M., and found the vessel to be the ketch Cantick Head, of Kirkwall, bound to Bo'ness, with a crew of four. She had dragged her anchors, and was in a very dangerous position hard up against the Admiralty breakwater. The life-boat rescued the four men and took them into Peterhead harbour. She returned to her station at 1 A.M.—Rewards, £16 5s.1.