— At 8 P.M. on the 19th January the watchman re- ported that a vessel had stranded on the "Inner Binks," about one mile S.E.

of the Watch House. Robert Cross, the Coxswain of the Life-boat, at once went to the Watch House, and perceiving that the vessel was in a dangerous position and likely to drift farther on to the bank, he immediately summoned the crew and launched the boat. When nearing the vessel it was found that she had driven over the sandbank and was on the inner side. The Life-boat got as near to her as possible, and con- nexion was effected by means of the heaving-cane and line. The Life-boat was made fast, and she eventually suc- ceeded in saving the vessel. She proved to be the barge Cambria, of London, bound to Gainsborough with a cargo of manure. There was a strong S.S.E.

breeze blowing at the time and the sea was rough..