Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.— During the morning of the llth June, 1938, the three-masted motor schooner Agnes Craig, of Dublin, ran aground on the N.W. side of Blackwater Bank, about fourteen miles from Rosslare Harbour.

She was bound with a cargo of coal from Birkenhead to Crosshaven. A N.W. breeze was blowing, with a ground swell. The motor life-boat K.E.C.F.

was launched at 9.40 A.M., and stood by the vessel. With several return trips for food and fuel, she continued to stand by until the Agnes Craig refloated at 10.5 P.M. on the 15th. The life-boat returned to her station at 12.15 A.M. on the 16th. The service had lasted over four days and a half. The owner made a donation to the Institution. In recognition of this long and uncomfortable service, the Institution made a special award of £l to each of the seven permanent paid members of the crew. It also made a special award of £1 to the one volunteer member of the crew in addition to the reward of £8 on the standard scale.—Total rewards, £21 14s. 6d..