NOVEMBER 18TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.10 in the afternoon a steamer had been seen to go ashore on the Goodwin Sands. A moderate north-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched at 4.45 and nearly an hour later found the steamer, about eight miles south-east of Walmer. She was the Edam, of Rotterdam, bound for that port from New York, and carrying passengers as well as cargo. Three life-boatmen boarded her, and her master asked the life-boat to stand by. This she did. At 6.15 the steamer got off without help and the life-boat escorted her to safety.

She re-embarked the three life-boatmen and returned to her station, arriving at 7.40 that evening. - Rewards, $41 8s..