JANUARY 1ST. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.

At 9.25 P.M. a message was received from the naval authorities that a steamer had gone aground in Weymouth Bay. An E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. At 10.5 P.M. the motor life-boat William and Clara Ryland was launched and found the Jugo- Slav steamer Neti, of 4,500 tons, loaded with iron ore, and bound for Antwerp. She had dragged her anchors and had gone ashore on a sandbank. The life-boat went alongside, but the crew would not leave their ship. As the heavy gale and surf made it dangerous to remain alongside, the life-boat returned at 1.5 A.M. to harbour, remaining within call of the steamer. At 7.30 A.M. the next day she went out again and remained alongside the steamer until 9 A.M. Then, as her help was not needed, she returned to her station at 10 A.M. - Rewards, £19 15s. 6d..