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PALLING-BY-THE-SEA, NORFOLK. — On the 1st December, at 4 P.M., the British Workman Life-boat proceeded, during a strong E.S.E. wind and heavy sea, to the aid of a vessel which was signalling for assistance. She proved to be the barque Onward, of London, bound from Hartlepool to the East Indies, with coal.

As she was in a very leaky condition, having been ashore on the Leman and Ower Sands, the Life-boat, at the request of the master, assisted to take her into Yarmouth Bo%ds. She had a crew of 16 men..