PALLING, NORFOLK.—At 5.45 A.M. on the 15th January a telephone message was received at Palling that a vessel was showing signals of distress two miles W.S.W. of the North Hasborough Light-vessel. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak were promptly summoned, and the boat launched through a heavy surf and in a heavy W.N.W. gale. On. proceeding in. the direction indicated, the steam-trawler Jules Orban de Xivry, of Ostend, was found in a disabled condition, having been aground on the sands. She was then afloat, but making water, and the crew gladly accepted the assistance of the Life-boat, which experienced considerable difficulty in effecting communication.

In conjunction with a steamtug, which subsequently arrived, the trawler was taken to Yarmouth, and later the Life-boat returned to her station..