On the night of the 24th October, 1868, during a whole | gale from the W.N.W., the steamer Augusta, of Bristol, went on the Doom Bar i Sand. When her signals of distress were i seen from the shore, the " City of Bristol" j life-boat, Albert Edward, was quickly taken to the spot, and with her assistance, and the aid of a line sent on board the vessel by means of the Rocket Apparatus, hawsers from two capstans on shore were got out to her, and she was prevented from falling to leeward on the sand. The hawsers parted several times, but, with the prompt assist- ance of the life-boat and other means, they were quickly connected again, and ultimately the steamer was got off and taken up to the quay in safety, without having sus- tained much damage.