JANUARY 13TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 11.14 A.M. the coastguard reported a sailing barge aground on the Gunfleet Sands, four miles S.E. of Clacton pier. A moderate S.S.W. wind was blowing, with a rather rough sea. The motor lifeboat Edward Z. Dresden was launched at 11.45 A.M. and found the barge Glenmore, of Rochester, laden with maize. She was high and dry. The life-boat stood by, and when the ride rose the life-boat towed the barge into deep water. It was then 7.43 in the evening. Two life-boatmen were put aboard the barge to help the crew of two, and the life-boat continued to tow until 9 P.M., when she and the barge anchored until daylight.

The life-boat then towed the Glenmore to Brightlingsea, arriving at 12.15 P.M. and got back to her station at 4 P.M. She had been out for over twenty-eight hours. - Property salvage case.