On the 19th October, the^same life-boat put off', during stormy. weather, to the rescue of the crew of a vessel which was observed to be stranded on the Long Bank.

On arriving alongside, they found that the only persons on board the vessel were a Coastguard officer and 4 of his men, her own crew having abandoned her. The Coastguardmen had lost their own boat while boarding the wreck. They were rescued by the life-boat, and placed on board the steam-tug Ruby, which had then ar- rived. The life-boat men afterwards returned to the vessel, and subsequently assisted in bringing her into port. She proved to be the barque Voluna, of Liverpool, bound from Glasgow to Valparaiso.