The ketch Providence, of Goole, bound from Hull to Wells with a cargo of oil cake, parted her anchors during a strong N.N.E.

gale when off the bar, on the 1st April.

Signals of distress were hoisted, and the crew of the Life-boat Baltic were assembled and the boat launched. On reaching the vessel it was seen that there was no chance of saving her as the sea was very heavy and she was too close to the shore. The crew of four hands were rescued and landed on Holkham Beach, the vessel becoming a total wreck..