At 6 A.M. on the 9th January, in smooth but thick weather, the fishing-boats of Johnshaven put to sea. An hour or so later the sea commenced to rise and the S.E. wind increased to a gale, and by 10 o'clock it was so rough that it was considered advisable to send the Life- boat out to see that the smaller boats reached the harbour in safety. The Life-boat Sarah Ann Holden was there- fore launched and lay off the harbour until all the fishing-boats had made the harbour safely, and then returned ashore..