" At 2 A.M. on the 23rd October, the Lifeboat proceeded to the assistance of a schooner; bnt her services were not called into requisition. The boat regained her station at six o'clock, and had only been moored forty minutes when another call for her services was received. A brig, which proved to be the Star, of and for London from Hartlepool with coal, was seen, making for St. Nicholas Gatway with, her colours flying half mast high.

The mad was then blowing strongly from S.W. by S., and the sea was rough. The Life-boat was at once manned, went to the vessel, and found that she had lost both her anchors. Some of the Life-boat men went on board her to render assistance, and with the help of a steam-tug, she was taken to Yarmouth..