In consequence of a telegram from Margate that the Tongue lightship was tiring for assistance, the Bradford Lifeboat and steam-tug Vulcan left the harbour at midnight on the 6th December, during a fresh gale from the E.N.E., with snow and a high sea. They spoke the Lightship at 3 A.M., and were informed that the crew of a wrecked vessel were on board. The Life-boat went alongside and took off the crew, consisting of twentyfour men, of the s.s. Boadicea, of Shields, coal laden from Shields for Savona, which had stranded on the Shingles Sand. The tug and Life-boat then returned to Ramsgate, arriving in the harbour at 7 o'clock.