BURNHAM.—On the 14th October the coxswain of the Life-boat saw the smack Neath Trader, of Newport, Mon., ashore off Burnham during a heavy gale from the W.N.W. at about 10 o'clock A.M. The vessel was fall of water, and there were three men on the rigging signalling for assistance. The Life-boat Cheltenham, was manned and put off to the vessel, took the men from the rigging and brought them safely ashore. One of the rescued men was in a very exhausted condition, and two of the Life-boatmen had to go up the rigging to assist him to the Boat.

The smack was bound from Newport to Highbridge with a cargo of coal..