APRIL 2ND. - NEWBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.

At 6.56 P.M. the Collieston coastguard reported that a fishing vessel was showing distress signals, south of the River Ythan, and the motor life-boat John Ryburn was launched at 7.30 P.M. A moderate N.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat found that the vessel was the True Vine, partly loaded with fish.

Her engine had broken down and she wished to be towed to Aberdeen. The minesweeper Lord Ashfield, which was passing, agreed to take the True Vine in tow, and the life-boat carried a rope between the two. The minesweeper toned the True Vine to Aberdeen, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 8.40 P.M. - Rewards, £12 18s..