FEBRUARY 5TH and 6TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. At 9 A.M. information was received through the coastguard that a vessel was ashore south of Barra Island, and the motor life-boat Lloyd’s was launched at 10 A.M. Half a gale was blowing from the south-west, with a rough sea. The life-boat found the S.S. Politician, of Liverpool, in Barra Sound on the east aide of Eriskay. She was a 10,000-ton steamer, bound laden to Jamaica from Liverpool.

The life-boat rescued her crew of fifty and took them to Castlebay, arriving at 8.0 in the evening. At nine the following morning the life-boat took the captain and crew out again to see what hope there was of refloating the ship, but it was found that she was likely to become a total wreck, and the life-boat returned at 7.30 P.M. - Rewards, £21 5s., and £24 1s. 6d.