JANUARY 16TH. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 11.15 on the night of the 15th of January the Isle of Whithorn coastguard reported a vessel ashore at Steenhead. She was the Dutch tanker Barendrecht, a vessel of several thousand tons, bound for the Clyde. A strong south wind was blowing, with a heavy sea, and there was fog. Half an hour after midnight it was decided that the motor lifeboat Morison Watson should go, and she left at one o’ clock. She found the tanker aground with her bows badly damaged and a tug standing by. At 6.30 another tug arrived. The life-boat gave the tugs some help in navigation, and after part of the cargo of oil had been discharged, they succeeded in towing the tanker off at halftide.

It was then half an hour after noon. As the tugs were in attendance and the coastguard life-saving apparatus was also ready, the life-boat left at 2.30 and reached her station again at 4.30. - Rewards, £20 15s.