On the 21st November, the smack Mary, of Hull, was stranded during hazy weather, about a mile and a quarter south of Withernsea. The crew of 5 men of the distressed vessel were anxious for the aid of the life-boat, as they felt they were in imminent danger, for in attempting to launch their own boat, with their clothes on board, it was immediately swamped. Fortunately the Pelican life- boat was quickly alongside and saved the shipwrecked crew..