APRIL. 15TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.

DOWN. At midnight on the 14th April, the Donaghadee coastguard asked the life-boat to stand by at the harbour ready to take on board an armed guard. A west wind was blowing, with squalls, and the sea was moderate.

At 12.30 A.M. the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 was launched and the armed guard of twelve men was taken on board.

The life-boat then went, under the direction of the officer-in-charge, to Mew Island where she landed the guard to investigate a report about Mew Island Light, and to search the coastal defences. The life-boat took the guard on board again and returned to her station, arriving at 3.15 A.M. - Rewards, £7 19s. 6d.