AUGUST 9TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.

DOWN. At nine at night the Bangor coastguard telephoned that a vessel was calling for help half a mile west of the Copeland Islands. A light variable wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 left her moorings at 9.15 and at 9.50 found the naval patrol boat M.F.V.

291, with her engine broken down. She had a crew of four. Her commanding officer asked for a tow, and the life-boat brought her into Donaghadee at 10.30. - Rewards, £10 9s..