JANUARY 21ST. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.

At 5.40 A.M. information came from the coastguard that a vessel had been reported ashore near Crammagh. He asked that the life-boat should stand by.

A S.E. gale was blowing, with snow, and there was a heavy swell. Another message, at 7 P.M., gave the position of the vessel as near Port Logan, and asked that the life-boat should be launched. There had been a heavy fall of snow, and considerable difficulty was experienced in getting the crew together, but at 8.10 A.M. the motor life-boat Ethel Day Cardwell, on temporary duty at the station, got away. The life-boat found that the stranded vessel was the S.S. Marklyn, of Newport, Monmouthshire, bound for Barrowin- Furness from Belfast. She had a crew of thirty-nine. They were in no immediate danger and were waiting for a tug. The lifeboat helped by transferring officers, in the heavy swell, from a naval patrol vessel to the steamer, and then returned to her station, arriving at 2.20 P.M. - Rewards, £8 16s..