MAY 12TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.

At about 6.42 P.M. the coastguard reported an explosion eight to ten miles N.E. by 1/2 E. of Buckie, and the motor life-boat K.B.M.

was launched at 7.9 P.M. A strong westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. At the position given by the coastguard the lifeboat found a tug, whose captain said that he had seen an aeroplane crash and had reached the spot within an hour. It was a British aeroplane, and he had picked up some wreckage. The life-boat searched and also picked up some wreckage which she handed to the coastguard when she returned at 12.10 A.M., but she found no members of the crew. - Rewards, £7 19s..