A good service was skilfully performed by the No. 1 Lifeboat Kentwell on the 27th May during a strong S.S.W. gale and very heavy sea. About midnight on the 26th idem flares were reported near the South Pier, and the coxswain of the Life-boat, after investigation, ordered the boat out. A tug, without loss of time, towed the boat out of the harbour and down to the vessel, which had origi- nally ftranded on the sand flat off the beach, but she had then driven, over the flat into the deep water between the flat and the beach. The men with the rocket apparatus tried to get com- munication with the vessel, over which the seas were breaking, but without success. The coxswain therefore decided to take the Life-boat over the flat, and so if possible to rescue the crew. By care- fully manoeuvring he managed to get the boat across the sand and alongside the vessel. The five persons on board at once jumped into the Life-boat, which then made for the harbour. When rescued the men were so exhausted that restoratives had to be given them to revive them..