Only a few of the fishing cobles belonging to Newbiggin went out to sea on the 26th March as the sea was rough.

Towards low tide the landing became dangerous and some of them had diffi- culty in coming in. As there were three boats still out at 3 P.M. the Life- boat Ada Lewis was launched and stood by the cobles until all were in safety.

The boats had to land on a lee shore with a considerable sea..