JANUARY 29TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At about 6.10 A.M. the coastguard reported a ship sinking about three miles off Whitburn. A south-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin was launched at 6.40 A.M. and found the S.S. Eibergen, of Rotterdam. She was able to get into port under her own steam, and so the life-boat escorted her, arriving at 9.55 A.M. - Rewards, £11 6s. 6d.