SEPTEMBER 19TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. At 6.40 in the evening the Tara coastguard reported a steamer on the Long Rock, at South Rock, and the motor lifeboat Herbert John was launched at 7.8 P.M.

The coxswain was asked to find out if the steamer wanted a tug, and if there was any possibility of refloating her. An E.S.E.

breeze was blowing, with a moderately rough sea and a heavy swell. At 7.35 the life-boat found the steamer Moelfre Rose, of Liverpool, an 800-ton collier, bound in ballast from Dublin to the Clyde. She then returned to her station, and her coxswain reported that the collier was in a precarious position. Her after part was on the rocks, but her bows were off it for about 15 feet, and he thought there was a risk that she might break her back when the tide left her. He asked that helpers should stand by during the night, in case the collier’s crew wanted to be taken off, and then returned to stand by her until next tide. At high water in the morning the master of the Moelfre Rose, advised by the life-boat coxswain, was able to get her off the rock. Although she was damaged and making water he decided to go on his way.

The collier was surrounded by rocks, but the life-boat piloted her out of danger, and after escorting her for some miles, returned to her station, arriving at 8.30 in the morning.- Rewards, £24 3s..