Between 2 and 3 P.M. on the 24th December, a gale of wind suddenly sprang up from the S.E. by S., and the sea became very rough. Fifteen of the fishing yawls belonging to Arbroath were at sea at the time, and it was deemed advisable to launch the Life-boat James Stevens No. 13 to stand by the boats whilst crossing the bar. The sea was running very high and the boats experienced considerable difficulty in making the harbour, and without the Life-boat in attendance their occupants would have been in considerable danger..