On the 25th November, at about 3 P.M., the Coxswain of the Life-boat saw a smack ground on the Newcombe Sands, and in response to her signals the No. 1 Life-boat Kentwell was launched. After reaching the smack the Life-boat succeeded in getting a rope from he'r to a tug, which had also come to her assistance, and the smack was eventually towed off the Sands. The smack was the Emmanuel, of Lowestoft, and was homeward bound from a fishing voyage. At the time of the accident a strong N.N.W. breez« was blowing with a rotigh sea, and the weather was thick with rain..