About 9 o'clock on the evening of Sunday, the 1st October last, during a strong easterly breeze, a brig struck on the Barber Sands, the sea im- mediately breaking over her. This being observed from the shore, the Caister life- boat was at once launched, and before she was fairly off, signal lights of distress were thrown up from the vessel, which was reached about 9.45 p.m., and was found lying on the Sand and striking violently.

The life-boat's crew were fortunately suc- cessful in working the vessel off the Sand, and in bringing her up into the Roads about midnight: she was then towed by means of a steam-tug into Yarmouth Harbour. The vessel proved to be the brig Nautilus, of South Shields, and had a crew of 9 men on board.