Soon after i 2 A.M. on the 22nd July the Coxswain of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was ! aroused and informed that signal guns 1 were being fired by the St. Nicholas Light-vessel. The crew were assembled I and the boat launched. She then pro- 1 ceeded, in tow of a tug, to the Scroby | Sands, and near ing them saw a steamer aground. She proved to be the s.s.

Windsor Castle, of North Shields, bound j from Lisbon to North Shields partly I laden with fish, and in the fog had stranded on the sands. Several Life- boatmen were put on board, and by their and the tug's united efforts the steamer was got clear and able to pro- ceed to her destination..