On the night of the 12th December, during a gale of wind from S.S.W., the lugger William and Mary, of Yarmouth, was driven upon the Barnard Sand, between Lowestoft and Kessingland.

At daylight, as soon as the perilous position of the crew was observed, the beachmen launched the Pakefield life-boat, and rescued 2 of the shipwrecked men, but one of them died immediately after being placed in the life-boat. A third was saved by the Kess- ingland life-boat; but the remainder of the crew, 8 in number, unfortunately perished.