Shortly before 8 P.M. on the 20th July a trawler, when trying to make Pakefield Gatway, struck on the N.E. part of the Newcome sands.

The coxswain of the Life-boat observed the accident, assembled the crew, and at once proceeded in the No. 2 Life- boat Stock Exchange to her assistance.

On arriving at the trawler, the cox- swain asked the skipper if he required any help but he stated he only wanted a tug. About this time a tug from Lowestoft came up, and could not get near the vessel on account of the shallowness of the water and the heavy sea running. The Life-boat remained by the trawler whilst attempts were made by the crew to get a line to the tug by means of their own small boat, but finding that they could not succeed, and that the wind was freshening, the skipper engaged the Life-boat to assist.