Troon, Ayrshire. —At 11.50 on the night of the 6th of January, 1949, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that the Ayr coastguard had reported two fishing boats aground to the south of Ayr, and the life-boat Sir David Rich- mond of Glasgow was launched at 12.40 in the morning of the 7th in a light south-easterly wind, with a calm sea, but heavy rain. She found the boats a mile south of Ayr at two o'clock.

One, the Mavoureen, was afloat and at anchor, but the other, the Random Harvest, of Peterhead, was on the Black- burn Rocks. She declined the help of the life-boat and refloated on the rising tide about half an hour later. Es- corted by the life-boat she reached Ayr Harbour at 4.10.—Rewards, £9 ISs..