At about 4.20 P.M. on the 2nd September a telephone message was received stating that a vessel was ashore on the Gorton sands.

The steam Life-boat James Stevens No. 3 proceeded with all despatch to the sands, and found the schooner Bertha, of Dunkerque, hard aground on the north part of the sands. As the wind was blowing strongly from W.N.W., and the sea was rough, the Life-boat stood by the vessel in case it became necessary for the crew to leave the schooner ; but happily at about 7.30 P.M.

the vessel floated as the tide rose, and was able to get clear of the sands.

The James Stevens No. 3 then returned | to harbour, and the schooner proceeded on her voyage to Dunkerque, whither she was bound from Iceland..