During a moderate S.S.W. gale and rough sea on the llth December, a message was received, stating that the Roaring Middle Light-vessel was firing signals of distress. The Life-boat Licensed Vic- tualler was launched without loss of time and proceeded to the Long Sand, where they found the brig Henrilc Wergeland, of Haugesund, hard aground.

The Captain reported that he was out- ward bound from Boston to Norway with a cargo of coal. Shortly after the arrival of the boat the vessel commenced to roll heavily, and the crew requested to be taken, off by the Life-boat; the Captain, however, declined to leave.

The Life-boat, therefore, remained along- side, as the vessel then had 22 inches of water in her hold. Shortly after- wards four of the Life-boatmen were put on board the vessel to work the pumps, as the crew of the vessel refused to go back on board. Later in the day when a tug came on the scene, the vessel was towed clear and taken up to Boston. In the meanwhile the crew of the vessel, six in number, remained in the Life-boat, and as the assistance of the boat was no longer required, she returned to her station and landed them there..