Newburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At 9.20 On the night of the 1st of March, 1957, a member of the life-boat crew reported that he had seen a distress signal near the mouth of the River Ythan. The Belhelvie coastguard was immediately contacted but stated that in the poor visibility nothing had been seen from the look-out there. Soon afterwards a series of flares were seen coming from the same position, and the life- boat John Ryburn was launched at ten o'clock. There was a heavy sea, a moderate southerly breeze was blowing, and the tide was flooding.

The life-boat came up with the motor vessel Ferm, of Gothenburg, on the north side of the river five hundred yards off shore. She went to the lee side of the vessel and rescued her crew of nineteen. The coxswain decided to land the survivors on the north side of the river, where they were ferried across to Newburgh. The tractor and carriage were then broughtto the life-boat, and she was taken by road back to her station, arriving at four o'clock.—Rewards to the crew, £15 15s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £5 15s..