Early in the morning of the 15th January, during thick weather, the barque Blanche Mar- guerite, of Dunkirk, and bound to that port, was wrecked on a reef off Brooke Chine. The Brooke Life-boat, George and Anne, was launched, and, under the direc- tion of JOHN HAYTEE, the coxswain, made her way successfully, through a heavy ground swell, to the wreck, from which she rescued the crew, 10 in number.

Though the wind was not high, the heavy swell and breakers around the reef made the task of embarking the men a most difficult one..