AUGUST 2 5TH. - GALWAY BAY, CO.

GALWAY. At 10 A.M. a m e s s a g e w a s received from the military coastguard lookout at Oghil Lighthouse that a boat was drifting four miles to the south-west, but it was not certain if anyone was on board. A westerly breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. At 10.15 A.M. the motor life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched, and found that the boat belonged to the S.S. Ville de Gand, of Antwerp, which had been torpedoed and sunk a week previously. No one was on board the boat. The life-boat towed it to Kilronan,. and returned to her station at 1.30 P.M. - Property salvage case..