JAN. 2ND. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK.

At 8 P.M. the life-boat coxswain saw a flare about three miles south of Ballycotton Light.

A moderate W.N.W. breeze was blowing with a heavy swell. The S.S. Innisfallen was in sight and as several boats were fishing it was it first thought that the flare was to indicate that drift nets were being used. As the flares continued the motor life-boat Mary Stanford was launched at 8.45 P.M. and found the motor drifter Pre-eminent, of Ballycotton, with a crew of four, towing the motor drifter Yankee Girl, of Ballycotton. The Yankee Girl had struck a large shoal of herrings, and while the crew were hauling their nets aboard the water had rushed through the exhaust and disabled the motor. She was still taking in water through her exhaust and was almost level with the water. With the life-boat escorting them, the boats got safely in at 10.20 P.M.-Rewards : life-boat, £13 11s. 6d. ; Pre-eminent, £2 10s., with £3 for loss of fishing, and 2s. 6d. for fuel used, together with a letter of thanks to her owner..