JUNE 2 3RD. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.

About five in the afternoon of the 22nd of June a request was received from a doctor at Colonsay, for the life-boat to take a man, who was dangerously ill with appendicitis, to Oban for an operation. Arrangements were made for the life-boat to go to Colonsay the following morning, and at 8.30 the motor life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth was launched. A moderate west wind was blowing, with a slight sea. She picked up the patient at Colonsay, where he was waiting on the pier, and took him to Oban. There an operation was performed, and his life saved The life-boat arrived back at her station at 12.30 on the morning of the 24th. - Rewards £12 3s. 9d. Repaid to the Institution..