SEPTEMBER 7TH. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS.

At two in the morning the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that a motor launch was ashore in Hoy Sound one hundred yards north-east of Ness Beacon and in need of help.

A light east-south-east wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. As the weather was fine and there was no immediate danger, the life-boat coxswain went to Hoy Sound by road; and spoke to the three people on the launch. They asked for help as their propeller shaft was bent, and they thought the launch might be making water. The motor life-boat J.J.K.S.W. was launched at 3.10 and towed the launch to Stromness, arriving at 3.40. - Rewards, £8 8s..