NORTH DEAL, KINGSDOWNE, BROADSTAIRS and RAMSGATE.—On the 8th April the s.s. Langdon, of London, bound fromBlyth for Dartmouth, with a cargo of coal, stranded on the North Goodwin Sands, in a dangerous position, during a dense fog, at about 4 A.M. Her bows were high on the sands, her stern being afloat in deep water. When she was seen by the light-vessels they fired signal guns, and in reply thereto the Life-boats Mary Somerville, of Deal, Charles Hargrave, of Kingsdowne, No. 3 Beserve, stationed at Broadstairs, and Bradford, of Ramsgate, proceeded to the sands.

Assistance was rendered by the Lifeboat men and other boatmen in laying out a kedge anchor, and jettisoning part of the cargo, and with the help of steamtugs the vessel was towed off the sands and resumed her voyage..