AUGUST 29TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.

During the late evening of the 28th of August the relatives of the crew of four of the motor fishing boat Sybilla, of Castlebay, became anxious, as the boat was overdue from lobster fishing. A north-westerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At midnight the motor life-boat Duke of Connaught, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. She searched without success until five o’clock. The night was dark and the fishing boat was without lights. On returning, she was given a clue to the probable position of the Sybilla and put out again at 6.30. An hour later she found the boat on the south-west side of Muldoanich Island, with her engine broken down, and towed her in, arriving back at Castlebay at eight o’clock that morning. - Rewards, £11 11s. 9d..