At 5.45 A.M. on the morning of 23rd Sep- tember the coxswain observed a fishing- boat approaching the harbour in a strong S.S.E. wind with a very heavy sea.

The boat was struck by successive seas and thrown on to the Annat Bank.

The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat, Sarah Jane Turner, were assembled and the boat launched. She proceeded to the fishing-boat and found she was the Golden Lilie, of Wick, bound from that port to Yarmouth. Considerable diffi- culty was experienced in getting near to the vessel owing to the strong sea and current, but communication was eventually effected, and the crew, eight in number, rescued. An attempt was made to take the Life-boat back to her station up the river, but owing to the benumbed and exhausted condition of the rescued men, it was abandoned and the boat beached without delay.

The carriage was then sent for and the boat transported by road to her station..