RAMSGATE.—At 3.45 P.M. on 29th November, in answer to signals from the North Goodwin Light-vessel, the Life-boat Bradford was towed out of the harbour by the steam-tug Aid. A strong N.W.

gale was blowing at the time, accompanied by a heavy sea. The vessel in need of assistance was found to be the ship Kommander Svend Foyn, of Sandefjord, bound from Dalhousie, N.B., for London, with a cargo of deals. She had lost her fore and main top-masts, jib-boom and mizen-mast, and was riding with two anchors down. The Life-boat approached her on one side and the tug on the other, and men were put on board to render assistance. The tug's wire hawser was passed on board and an attempt was made to tow her off, but the rope parted.

A second attempt was made with the same result. A third rope was then made fast, and the vessel, which by that time had driven down towards the South Foreland, was towed round the South Sand Head, through the Gull and Edinburgh channels, towards the Thames, and on reaching Gravesend was safely moored to a buoy. The steam pump was kept working all the time, as the ship was leaking badly. Fifteen of her crew had left her and were landed by a steamer at Dover, eight others remaining on board.

The Life-boat men were upwards of thirty hours at sea, and anxiety was felt concerning their safety. They arrived back at Ramsgate at 10 P.M. on November 80th, the tug returning on the following day.