WINTERTON.—The No.' 2 Life-boat Husland was launched at 11 o'clock on the night of the 4th October, in response to signals of distress shown by the brig Catherine, of Whitby, bound from Portsmouth for Sunderland, which -was waterlogged and sinking about half a mile E.N.E. of Winterton. The wind was blowing a whole gale from the N.N.W., the weather was thick with rain, and there was a very heavy sea. The brig's crew consisting of seven men were takeninto the Life-boat, and safely landed.

After the crew had been taken off, the vessel came up to the wind and collided with the Life-boat, the ship's martingale falling into her, striking one of the rescued men, seriously injuring the Life-boat coxswain, and damaging the boat..