Montrose, Angus.—On the morning of the 12th January the Dutch motor vessel Bornrif, of Groningen, drove ashore on the Annat Bank. She was bound in ballast from Grangemouth to Montrose, and carried a crew of five.

A strong S.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough, confused sea, and the weather was very cold, with rain squalls. The Bornrif made distress signals, and the No. 2 life-boat, the surf pulling boat Marianne Atherstone, was launched at 10.15 A.M. Commander T. G. Michelmore, R.D., R.N.R., the Northern District Inspector, who was in Montrose at the time, went with her. She made several attempts to get alongside, but owing to the strong wind and tide, and the wash from the Bornrif's propeller, she was driven past the Bornrif, and twice was thrown on to her beam ends by heavy seas. By this time her crew were exhausted, and it was decided to get the help of the Montrose No. 1 life-boat, the motor life-boat John Russell. The life-boat returned to Montrose, and at 11 A.M. was towed out again by the motor life-boat.

They went to windward of the Bornrif and the surf life-boat was then cast off. This time she was able to get alongside and two of the Bornrif's crew slid down ropes into her. The remainder wished to stay on board, and the life-boats made for Montrose, arriving at noon. Shortly afterwards the Bornrif was washed in over thesandbank and up on to the beach, where she became high and dry. The stem of the pulling life-boat had been damaged against the Bornrif. A letter of appreciation was sent to the District Inspector for his services, and an increase in the usual money award on the standard scale was granted to each member of the crew of the pulling life-boat.—Rewards : No. 1, £7 10s.; No. 2, £21 16s. Qd..