Mr William Ball, St Catherine’s, Killybegs, when returning, along with five others, from a boating excursion on Saturday evening, 25^th June 1870, moored his boat within seventy yards of the Smooth Point shore. The entire party got into a flat-bottomed boat, in which they intended to row to the shore.  The boat capsized, and one of the gentlemen swam to the land without much difficulty.  Mr Ball also struck out, but, seeing that some of his companions were in danger of being drowned, he returned to their assistance, and all were safely got into the large boat, which was moored beside them. One young man, who could not swim, was saved by one of his companions who seized him by the foot, and dragged him into the large boat.