When the ketch Heather Belle, of Appledore, was coming in over the bar on the 28th December she ran ashore on the Middle Ridge.

Signals of distress were made, and in response the No. 1 Life-boat Jane Hannah Macdonald was launched to her assist- ance. A moderate S.E. gale was blow- ing at the time with a rough sea, and, as the vessel was lying in about seven feet of water, the crew of three hands were taken off and landed at Apple- dore..