The fishermen assembled on the piers about 3.30 A.M., on the 24th May, for the purpose of going off to their crab and lobster pots, but owing to the strong i sea only one coble, the Friendship, • ventured out. She left harbour, with • two men on board, about "4 A.M. .and proceeded to the pots, about four miles to the south - eastward. They com- menced their work, but after a short, time the sea made so rapidly that they were obliged to desist. It being seen j .from the shore that they were in dim- ' culties, the Life-boat Queensbury was launched and sent to rescue them. The two men were taken into the Life-boat, and after the pots and gear in the coble had been lashed, she was taken in tow and brought safely into harbour at 9.30 A.M. There is very little doubt that, had it not been for the timely assistance of the Life-boat, both the men would have been drowned and the coble and her gear lost..