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Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.—On the morning of the 26th May the motor vessel Ross, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, bound from Glasgow to Liverpool, ran on the rocks on the north side of the Calf of Man. She had a crew of twenty-six, seven passengers, and a cargo of grain. The sea was calm and there was no wind, but there was a thick fog. A Port Erin fisherman reported the wreck, and the motor life-boat Sir Heath Harrison was launched at 8.30 A.M. She took off the seven passengers, and then stood by until 11.15 A.M., when the .Ross floated off. She was badly holed, but, with the life-boat escorting her, was able to get to an anchorage in Port Erin bay.

There the life-boat landed the passengers, and reached her station again at 2 P.M.—Rewards, £11 7s..