WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—On the morning of the 23rd December, 1886, signals of distress were observed about a mile distant from Winterton, during a strong N. gale aad a very heavy sea, shown by two vessels which had been in collision. The Winterton No. 2 Life-boat, the Husband, proceeded to one of the vessels, the schooner Richard and Emily, of and from London, for Hull, with chalk, and found that she had been cut down to the water's edge, her fore-rigging had been carried away, and she had only the master and a boy on board. The Life-boat men slipped her anchor and chain and took her to Yarmouth.

The Winterton No. 1 Life-boat, Edward SirTcbecTc, went to the assistance of the brigantine Ella, of and from Maldon, for the Tyne, in ballast. As she had lost her bowsprit, and her topsail yards were broken, she was also taken to Yarmouth.

She had part of the other vessel's crew on board in addition to her own, seven men in all..