At 11.30 A.M. on the 24th Novem- ber the reserve motor life-boat City of Bradford I (on temporary duty at this station), which had already been out earlier in the day to search for a vessel reported ashore, see page 414), put out again, as the coastguard had received a message from Caister that a drifter was ashore on the east side of Scroby Sands.

There was a dense fog, and a heavy swell was breaking on the sands. The life-boat crossed Scroby Sands, striking the bottom in doing so, and found the motor drifter Curlew, of Banff, on the sands abreast Caister. She was bound to Yarmouth from the fishing grounds and carried a crew of nine, two of whom had been taken off by a steamer anchored near-by. In trying to get alongside the Curlew the life-boat ran aground, and lay there with the heavy swell breaking into her. The line- throwing gun was got ready, but the seven men had by this time got away in the ship's small boat. There was great danger of the boat capsizing, but the life-boat threw heaving lines to her, and the seven men got safely into the life-boat. The life-boat's engines were then put astern, and with all the crew hauling on her cable, the life-boat refloated. The rescued men, all very cold and wet, were taken ashore, and the life-boat returned to her station at 3 P.M. The Curlew became a total wreck. A letter was received from her crew, thanking the life-boatmen, and wishing them success in their work.

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