BROADSTAIRS.—A vessel being seen in the offing, with a signal of distress flying, on the 3rd March, the Life-boat temporarily placed here in the absence of the station's own boat, was launched to her assistance about noon. A moderate W.N.W. gale was blowing at the time, and the sea was rough. She was found to be the schooner Nancy, of Goole, bound from Poole for London with pipeclay.

She had lost her sails, her rudder was disabled, and she was leaking very badly. The master, hoping the weather would moderate, asked the Life-boat men to remain near the vessel, and they did so for about two hours, when, as the wind was increasing, he called the boat alongside again, and, at his request, he and his crew of three men were taken into the boat, which then made for Ramsgate, it being impossible to land at Broadstairs owing to the low tide and the heavy surf.

The schooner's crew were taken care of at the Ramsgate Sailors' Home, and the Life-boat returned to her station on the following day.