The fishing coble Robert and Mary had gone off fishing early in the morning of the 23rd March, and when returning at 8.30 A.M.

it was seen that her passage over the bar would be attended with consider- able peril for those on board, as the sea had become very rough. The Life-boat Robert and Mary Ellis therefore pro- ceeded to the bar and accompanied the coble into safety, the men being wet through by the seas breaking over the boat..