It is not often that loss of life has to be recorded in con- nection with shipwrecks on the Good- win Sands, so well organised is the Life- boat service in the neighbourhood, but unfortunately the loss of the ketch Yulan, of Harwich, during the S.E. gale of the 30th January was a sad excep- | tion, and it was attended by the loss of I two men, in spite of the splendid efforts by the Life-boatmen.

'. Shortly after 8 P.M. distress signals were seen, and the Life-boat Civil Service No. 4 was promptly launched. She cruised about for several hours, and although she must have been com- paratively near to the wreck nothing | could be found owing to the darkness j and the heavy seas. The Life-boat returned ashore shortly before 4 A.M., as it was thought the vessel which had shown the signals must have got clear of the Sands. About three hours later, when day commenced to break, a wreck was discovered on the Sands and the Life-boatmen were at once called. With all speed the Civil Service No. 4 again proceeded to the Sands. They found the hull of the ketch completely under water and two men lashed to the mast. The sea in the vicinity was covered with wreckage. The Life-boat anchored and whilst in the act of going alongside the vessel's mast went by the board, carrying both men with it. By a supreme effort one of the men was saved, but the other, entangled in the rigging, was unfor- tunately lost. A third man who had been on board had been washed away during the darkness earlier in the night.

The rescued man when picked up was in a critical condition, but the Life-boat- men did all they could to restore him and he was conveyed ashore as quickly as possible..