On the morning of the 16th March the same large Life-boat went off, in reply to signals of distress shown by the ketch Equestrian, of Port Gordon, and found that she had five feet of water in her. It was blowing heavily at the time from the S.

With the aid of the Life-boat men the water was fortunately got under, and after employing a steam-tug, the vessel was brought into harbour the same afternoon..