At 9 P.M. on the 8th January signals of distress were seen from a vessel in the vicinity of the Bell Buoy, and the No. 1 Life-boat Jane Hannah MacDonald was launched. The ketch Comet, of Barn- staple, loaded with a cargo of coal, and bound for Barnstaple, was found ashore, and her crew of two men were taken off. There was a strong S.E. wind at the time, and a very heavy ground sea was running. Owing to the strength of the tide and heavy weather it was some hours before the Life-boat succeeded in getting back to Badsteps to land the rescued men, and next morning all trace of the vessel had disappeared, which showed that the rescue was a timely one..