WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.—At about 10.30 A.M., on the 7th February, two cobles, the Thomas and Richard and the Lady Morris, which had left the harbour for the fishing ground some six hours previously, were seen returning. The first boat, when about one hundred and fifty yards outside the bar, was struck by a sea which nearly swamped her. She was partly filled, but her crew managed with their oars to get her head to sea, pulled her clear of the broken water, anchored, and baled the water out of the boat. The sea continued to increase, and as it was evident that no coble could cross' the bar with safety, the Life-boat Robert and Mary Ellis was launched, took the crews, six men in all, out of them, and safely landed the men.

The boats were towed into the broken water and allowed to wash up on the beach, when they were drawn out of the water and placed in safety.