OCTOBER 27TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.

At 10.38 at night the coastguard reported that flashes from a torch and a white flare had been seen six hundred yards north of South Head. A strong north-north-west breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat City of Edinburgh was launched at 10.50 and found the motor fishing boat Shamrock, of Wick, with her engine broken down. She had two on board. The life-boat towed her in, and arrived back at her station at 11.30 that night. - Rewards, £14 2s. 6d..