The Life-boat was called out by distress signals at about 10 P.M. on the 25th April, a vessel being in distress in Swanage Bay. The crew were promptly assembled and the boat launched. The vessel proved to be the barge Maggie, of London, bound from Alderney to Newport, Isle of Wight, with a cargo of granite. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, and when the Life-boat reached the vessel it was found that she was leaking badly, and that the two men on board were on the point of leaving her as they feared she would sink. Five of the Life-boat's crew were put on board to man the pumps, and after an hour's work they commenced to get the water under. It was then 1.30 A.M., and as the flood tide was making they got the vessel under way and took her in safety into Poole Harbour. It was necessary for the Life-boat to accompany the vessel as she was in a very critical condition, the water being over the cabin floor when she got into Poole..