Six Crab Boats
LOOE, CORNWALL. — Six crab boats brought up off the harbour on the 13thFebruary /waiting until there was sufficient water to enable them to cross the bar The wind increased to a gale from S.E., the sea became heavy, there were heavy falls of scow, and the boats were in such a perilous situation that it was considered advisable to take out the Life-boat Soy's Own No. 1, and proceed to their assistance. The boat was therefore launched at 1 P.M., and escorted the boats into the harbour, placing herself in a position to shelter the smaller ones in passing through the surf in crossing the bar. One sea which broke on board the Life-boat would probably have had fatal results had its force been encountered by one of the little crabbers..