On the 28th January, shortly before seven o'clock in the evening, a telephone message was received stating that a vessel was on the Haisborough Sands and the No. 2 Life-boat Margaret was launched with all despatch. On reach- ing the vessel, which was the s.s. Ben- crtjy, of Liverpool, bound from the Tyne to Algiers with a cargo of coal, they were asked to stand by as the master hoped to get his vessel clear on the following tide. In this he succeeded, and the Life-boat having remained a sufficient time to ascertain that the vessel was not making water, returned to her station..