During a moderate S.S.W. gale on the 27th January a vessel was observed by the Coastguard stranded on the main about two miles north of Palling. The crew and helpers were speedily called, and the Palling No. 1 Life-boat, 5ith West Norfolk Regiment, having been transported to a suitable launchingplace, was launched and made for the vessel, which they found to be the brigantine Sam Wetter, of Brixham, with seven hands aboard. At the request of the master, the Life-boat stood by, and after some hours' work the brigantine was floated, apparently undamaged. The services of the Lifeboat being no longer needed, she was taken back to her station and rehoused.

At 10.20 P.M. on the 12th February, during a strong S.S.W. gale and moderately heavy sea, flares wereobserved about one and a half miles from Palling. The crew and helpers were summoned, and the No. 2 Lifeboat launched. It was not long before they reached the vessel, which proved to be the ketch Amelia and Ann, of Goole, considerably damaged, one man missing and the master injured, the result of a collision with another vessel. As the assistance of the Lifeboat was very necessary to the ketch, signal was made for the No. 1 Lifeboat to launch, in order to search for the other vessel and the missing man.

In the meantime the Life-boatmen assisted to clear away the wreckage on the Ameli-a and Ann, and when this was completed, in conjunction with a steamtug, they took the vessel to Yarmouth.

When the No. 1 Life-boat arrived on the scene of the disaster the other colliding vessel could not be seen ; she therefore proceeded to cruise about in the vicinity, and eventually fell in with the brigantine Mary Annie, of Folkestone, damaged, but not so seriously as the ketch had been. The missing man, happily, was found on board. The Life-boat remained with her until daylight, when, finding her services were no longer required, she took the missing seaman aboard and returned to her station..