Signal guns having been fired from the Gull Lightship during a S.S.E. wind and thick weather on the 29th of May, the Bradford Life-boat and Vulcan steam-tug left the harbour at 4 A.M., and proceeded to the Goodwill Sands, where the e.s.

Edinburgh, of Newcastle, was found stranded. The Life-boat went alongside the vessel, and at the request of those on board remained by her until the flood tide, when she floated and resumed her voyage to Cardiff. The tug and Lifeboat then returned to the harbour, arriving at noon..