During a S.E.

gale on the 9th November signals of distress were seen in the direction of the Dogger Bank, and with all haste the Life-boat James Stevens No. 15 was launched to render assistance. When crossing the bar rough and broken seas were encountered and considerable difficulty was experienced in reaching the vessel owing to the set of the tide across the bank. The Life-boat went alongside the vessel, which proved to be the ketch Elizabeth, of Bude, and suc- ceeded in rescuing the crew of three hands, together with their dog, and landed them at the Life-boat station.

The ketch was bound from Saunders- foot to Wexford, and had a cargo of coal on board..