JANUARY 20TH. - FALMOUTH, CORN- WALL. At 11.20 A.M. the coastguard at St. Anthony reported that a vessel was flying a distress signal three miles S.W. of St.

Anthony. A fresh S.S.E. wind was blowing, with a nasty swell. The motor life-boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare was launched at 11.35 A.M. She found the tanker Caroni River, of London, a motor vessel of nearly 8,000 tons, sinking rapidly after striking a mine. She had just left harbour to undergo tests Twenty-seven of the crew were rescued by the life-boat, and others by a drifter. The life-boat returned to her station at 1.30 P.M. - Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..