A fear- ful gale was experienced on this coast on the 30th September, 1871. In the midst of the storm an Italian barque, the Three Sisters, became a complete wreck, attended with an agonizing and consider- able loss of life. After a most noble and determined struggle, the Donna Nook Life-boat, North Briton, rescued from an inevitable death the captain, mate, and 4 of the crew, but, unhappily, the pilot and 8 of the crew perished. The con- duct of the Life-boat crew was very gal- lant, and the boat herself behaved most admirably in the midst of the immense surf. The men saved were almost past recovery, some of their companions having actually perished in the rigging before succour could reach them..