Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 9.38 on the night of the 22nd of November, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat had run ashore on the south side of the harbour. The boat was burning red flares, and at 9.48 the life-boat Edzcard Z, Dresden, on temporary duty at the station, put out. The sea was moderate, there was a moderate northerly breeze, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the fishing boat Integrity, of Girvan, with a crew of five, bound from Ard- glass. She tried to tow her clear, but the fishing boat remained fast. The life-boat remained with her, and at midnight the Integrity's engine room flooded. The fishermen asked to be taken off, and the Coastguard Life- Saving Apparatus Company took the men ashore by breeches buoy. The life-boat was not needed and she returned to her station, arriving at 12.80 early on the 23rd.—Rewards, £.