RAMSGATE.—In answer to guns fired by the G-oodwin light-vessels, the Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, left the harbour at 6.45 A.M. on the 28th September, and found the s.s. Grimm, of Hamburg, bound from Antwerp for Montreal, with a general cargo, a crew of 33 persons, and nine passengers, ashore on the East Goodwin Sand. The weather was foggy, a light N.W. wind was blowing, and the tide was low. On nearing the sand the Life-boat was slipped from the tug, went alongside the vessel, and the tug's large tow rope was passed to her and attached to the main mast. At 8.45 the tug commenced towing and continued until 10 o'clock at full speed, thus keeping the ship from being driven farther on to the sand by the strong westerly tide then running. Eventually the steamer was brought round to the eastward when her engines were set going at full speed astern, and the ship was towed afloat.

The tow-rope was then slipped, and the tug and Life-boat accompanied the vessel to the South Foreland, where they left her, and she was enabled to proceed on her voyage..