At 9. A.M. on the 25th March during a strong W.

gale, with very heavy sea, a vessel was observed in difficulties about two miles from the middle Hasborough Sands, and soon after she was blown within half a mile of the sands, where she brought up. At 9.55 signals of distress were hoisted, and the No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak was promptly launched.

Shortly before reaching the vessel the Life-boat fell in with one of her boats containing three men of the crew.

These were picked up and the Life-boat proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the s.s. Vulcan, of Liverpool, bound from D unbar to London with a cargo of potatoes. Ropes were thrown aboard, but they could not be made fast by the seamen owing to their hands being benumbed with cold. One of the Life-boat's crew named Robert Barge- well therefore jumped on board and secured the Life-boat's tow-rope and passed another to the Life-boat. By these means the men on board, six in number, were rescued, and within a short time the vessel turned on her broadside and became a total wreck.

When the men had been rescued the captain of the steamer reported that another of the ship's boats was adrift with three men in her, and that in all probability they would try to make the Would Light-vessel. The Life-boat sailed for the Light-vessel, where they ascertained that the boat had been seen about five miles to the E.S.E. A course was laid accordingly, and after a run of three miles a smack was sighted about one and a half miles distant. The Life- boat made for the smack, spoke her, and found that they had picked up the ship- wrecked men and they were then on board. Sail was set for Palling, but about an hour later the wind drew into the N.W. The coxswain then decided to engage a tug and make for Yarmouth, as the rescued men had lost all their belongings, and some needed medical treatment. Yarmouth was reached at 6 P.M., and as the weather had become much worse, the boat was left there until the weather moderated, the crew returning home by train. The case having been a very good one, an addi- tional reward was granted by the Com- mittee of Management to the crew and a special award to Robert Bargewell..