At 6.30 P.M. on the 13th March during a S.W. gale, information was received that a barge— the Jachin, of Maldon — bound from London to Newport, Isle of Wight, with a cargo of wheat, had struck the bar and was driving into the Bay. The Motor Life-boat Sir FitzRoy Clayton was promptly despatched to her assistance, and the captain of the barge requested the Coxswain to obtain the services of a tug. For this purpose the Life-boat returned to harbour, but found that the tug was not available. The Life-boat then returned to the barge, and very shortly afterwards her cables parted and she began to drive rapidly ashore ; the crew of three hands were, therefore, rescued and taken into harbour.