BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT FRASERBURGH FEBRUARY 8TH. - FRASER-BURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. In the night the Danish motor vessel Baradrangur, of Trangisvoag, with a crew of five, went ashore on the sandsto the south of Fraserburgh. Very heavy seas were running in the bay and there was heavy rain. The ship was seen about 11.15 by Captain A. Stephen, the harbour master and joint honorary secretary of the life-boat station. He called out the motor life-boat John and Charles Kennedy, which was launched at 11.42 under the command of Coxswain David Hay.

Captain Stephen himself went as acting-second-coxswain.

Ten minutes later the life-boat reached the wreck, which was well lit up by a flare burning on her after deck.

She was lying about 150 yards from the shore and head on to it. She was right inside the broken water ; her deck was awash ; heavy seas were breaking over her stern ; her crew were all in the fore rigging on the starboard side.

The life-boat anchored to seaward and dropped down on her cable.

Heavy seas were breaking over her.

As she came close to the wreck one sea flung her under the counter and she was slightly damaged ; and the water was so shallow that more than once the crew felt her touch the sandy bottom. But her coxswain handled her very skilfully and brought her in until she was abreast the fore rigging on the starboard side. Then the lifeboatmen threw a rope to the Danish crew. They made it fast to the rigging and the life-boatmen hauled the lifeboat close to the wreck. As she came alongside the five Danes jumped aboard her all together. The rope was cut and the life-boat moved seaward again to her anchor. The cable was cut, and she made for her station, arriving at twenty minutes after midnight. The whole service had taken just 38 minutes, but in that short time, in the breaking seas and shallow water, danger.

the life-boat had been in considerable awards : The Institution made the following To COXSWAIN DAVID HAY, the bronze medal for gallantry, and a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum ; To CAPTAIN ANDREW STEPHEN, the bronze acting-second-coxwain, medal for gallantry, and a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum ;To GEORGE F. DUTHIE, the motor mechanic, the thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum ; To JOHN DOWNIE MAY, a member of the crew, who was in charge of the cable, the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum ; To the coxswain and each of the eight members of the crew a reward of £2 in addition to the ordinary scale reward of £1 17s. 6d. Standard rewards to crew and launchers, £14 9s. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew, £16 ; total rewards, £30 9s. 6d..