JANUARY 6TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK.

At 1.5 in the afternoon, the Great Yarmouth coastguard reported two barges aground on Scroby Sands. A fresh westerly wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Jose' Neville was launched at 1.25, and thirty-five minutes later found the government barges L.C.M. 1144 and L.C.M.

1229 one mile east from Scroby Elbow.

They were lashed together, and at anchor outside the Sands, having been knocked off them by the seas. One barge had broken down and been taken in tow by the other.

The life-boat stood by while they got under way and then escorted them to the roads, returning to her station at 3.30 P.M. - Rewards, £11 8s..