APPLEDORE.—On the 2nd March a message by telephone was received stating that a, vessel was stranded on Baggy Leap. A moderate breeze was then blowing from N.N.E., the sea was smooth and the weather fine and cold.

At about 12.10 P.M. the Life-boat Jane Hannah MacDonald was launched, and on reaching the vessel found she was the ketch Fame, of and from Barnstaple, bound for Cardiff, laden with gravel. As she was in a dangerous position the Lifeboat stood by her and ultimately some of the Life-boat men boarded her at the master's request, assisted in throwing cargo overboard so as to lighten her, kept the pumps at work, and rigged up extra pumps. When she floated the Life-boat men set her sails, ran her into the harbour, the pumps being kept at work the whole time to prevent her from sinking, and moored her in a safe berth..