At 7.20 A.M. on the 7th June, during a strong S.S.W. gale and very heavy sea, the steamer Elswick, of Newcastle, drove ashore in Seaford Bay. The motor Life-Boat Sir FitzRoy Clayton at once proceeded to her, and found that she was in a very bad position, with seas breaking over her. The captain and crew refused to leave their vessel, but, at the request of i the captain, his wife and one of the sailors were taken into the Life-boat and conveyed ashore. Great difficulty was experienced in getting them on board owing to the heavy seas. The Life-boat then stood by until the steamer drove on to the beach, and the crew were able to leave her by dropping over the bows by means of ropes. The Life- boat then returned to Newhaven.