On the 29th October, at 8 p.m., the wind blowing a hard gale from west by north, signal lights were observed from Fleetwood, as if from a vessel in a dangerous position near the Bernard's Wharf Sand. The Fleetwood life-boat was at once launched, and taken in tow by the steam-tug Wyre. On arriving in the neigh- bourhood of the Sand, a schooner was seen driving over it, with the sea breaking over her with terrific force. The life-boat was cast off from the tug on approaching the shoal water, and running through the breakers, after several attempts to get alongside, she succeeded in taking off the crew, four in number. Being unable to fetch Fleetwood again, the coxswain bore up for Sunderland Harbour, where the wrecked men were safely landed at midnight, and the life-boat returned to her station on the following day. The schooner proved to be the Northern Light, of Preston, and was proceeding to Preston from Dundalk with a cargo of grain.