Unfortunately tragedy wid strike aince again in i’ Broch fan i’ ‘Duchess of Kent’ gid tae a distress caa fae a Danish ship, ‘The Opal’. As i’ lifeboat guided i’ ship back tae i’ herber throw muckle swalls, 36 miles aff Kinnaird Heid, i’ boat wis couped. I’ lives o crewmen John Stephen, Fred Kirkness, William Haddon, James Slessor an James Buchan were aa sadly lost wi John (Jackson) Buchan i’ ainly survivor.