FEBRUARY 8TH . - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. At 5 A.M. a telegram was received from the Stornoway coastguard that S.S. Thala, of London, was ashore on the S.E. corner of the Island of South Uist. She was a vessel of 4,399 tons, laden, and bound from Oban for Middlesbrough. She had a crew of 37. A strong westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Lloyd’s was launched at 6 A.M. and two hours later she found the Thala. By then some of her crew had taken to the boats, but they returned to their ship, and on the arrival of a destroyer and a tug an effort was made to refloat her. It was unsuccessful, and the lifeboat kept in touch with the Thala and the destroyer throughout the day. About 5 in the afternoon she took off the crew and transferred them to the destroyer, except for two officers who stayed on board the life-boat.

She also picked up three of the steamer’s boats and handed them over to the destroyer.

The life-boat then took the two officers to Lochboisdale, on South Uist, where she stayed the night. At mid-day on the following day the life-boat, with the two officers on board, returned to the Thala, and found that she was likely to become a total wreck.

After standing by for a time, she returned to Castlebay, Barra Island, at 7 P.M. on the 9th February. - Rewards, £43 10s.