Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 6.45 on the night of the 8th of February, 1950, the S.S. Joseph Mitchell, of London, loaded with coal for Cork, was seen to be very close to the shore about one and a half miles south-west-by-west of Ballycotton. At 7.15 a resident re- ported hearing a wireless message from the collier that she had struck a sub- merged object five miles south-west-by- west of Ballycotton lighthouse. As her engine-room was flooding, she had asked for help. Accordingly, at 7.25 the life-boat Mary Stanford left her moorings in a heavy swell with a fresh west-south-west breeze, sleet showers and rain. As she was searching, she saw a torch light a quarter of a mile from the reported position. Altering course she found a small ship's boat with the crew of thirteen of the Joseph Mitchell, rescued the men with great difficulty, gave them rum and brandy and reached harbour with them at 8.35.

As the collier was thought to be a danger to navigation and a tug had left Cobh, the life-boat took the skipper out at 8.40. But the Joseph Mitchell had already sunk. The life-boat reached her station again at 9.30.—• Rewards, £11 3*..