BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the 26th February the fishing cobles went out line fishing at about 6 A.M., there being then a light N.E. wind. At 10 o'clock the wind shifted to the E. and commenced to blow strongly, accompanied by a very high sea. The greater number of the boats returned safely to port, but three had not succeeded in getting in, and as it was evident that in doing so they would encounter difficulty and danger, the Lifeboat Robin Hood of Nottingham was launched at about 12.30, the women of the village helping the men to get her afloat, she met the three boats outside the harbour and brought them safely in.

The sea was very heavy on the bar and in crossing it one of the boats had a narrow escape from being capsized..