At about 1 P.M. on the afternoon of the 19th March, the fleet of fishing boats, seventeen in number, which had gone out during the morning, were seen making for the harbour, the tide then being one hour's flood and the sea breaking very heavily on the bar, with a strong breeze from the E. Seeing it would be dangerous to attempt to cross the bar, the Life-boat People's Journal No. 2 was launched and went over it, in order to prevent the boats from attempting to cross until the tide rose sufficiently. The Life-boat was pulled inside the broken water, and remained in attendance until all the boats got safely in at about 5 o'clock. A telegram having been received from Moutrose that a boat was running for Arbroath for shelter, the Life-boat again went out and stood by the boat until she got into the harbour at 5.15..