On the 7th November, at 5 A.M., the Samuel Plimsoll Life-boat was launched, signals of distress having been shown by vessel on the Newcomb Sand. A moderate S.S. W. gale was blowing at the time, accompanied by a rough sea. On arriving at the Sand, the fishing-boat Pet, of Lowestoft, was found to have struck there while running for the harbour. She was full of water, and her crew, consisting of 11 men, who were much exhausted, were rescued by the Life-boat from an apparently inevitable death. Prior to the arrival of the boat, some of the fishermen had fastened the corks of their nets around them, while others had lashed themselves to the rigging of the wreck. The vessel's dog was brought safely ashore in the Lifeboat with the crew..