— In the afternoon of 1st November it was found necessary to launch the Life-boat to go to the assistance of a small fishing-boat which had put off earlier in the day with a crew of three men. A very heavy ground sea had set in, and the sea was breaking a long way out from the beach.

For the boat to have come ashore would certainly have resulted in her being swamped, and possibly in loss of life, and as there was no place where they could land in safety within twelve miles, the Life-boat was despatched to their assistance and succeeded in rescuing the three men..