The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-30 00:00:00

THE LATE GALE.

APPLEDOP,E, NORTII DEVON, Dec. 2S.
Mr. Gosset, the collector of Customs at Bideford,
reports that the Hope lifeboat of the National Life-
boat Institution on this station was the means, to-
day, of rescuing nine men, forming part of the
crew of the Austrian bark Pace, of Fiume, bound
from Glasgow with a cargo of iron and coals. sbo
also went out a second time, but on this occasioa
the heavy seas overturned the boat, and her cre'
being now cimple'ely exhausted, they were unfor-
tunately unable to reach the vessel again, and three
of the bark's crew were unhappily drowned. The
rest of the men, four in number, remained in the
mizen-top, and were rescued when the tide ebbed.
About an hour after the barque Leopard, of Loa-
don, E. Castle, master, from Sombrero, for Glou-
cester, with a cargo of phosphate of lime, came
ashore on Northam Sands. All the crew were
saved by the rocket apparatu,l. That brave man►
Johns, coastguard boatman, at Clovelly (who is
believed to have acted as one of the crew of the life-
boat that saved the nine Austrians but an bout
before) went off to the Leopard by means of rocket
apparatus to assist the crew, and after having safely
sent three men ashore in the lifeboat, was himself
washed overboard and drowned.
GREAT YARMOUTH, Dec. 29.
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The lifeboat Mark Lane, belonging to the Na."
tional Lifeboat Institution, was launched last nigb
to a brig on the Scroby Sand (says Mr. M. H. S'
Butcher). The particulars are as follows :—About
10 o'clock, while the wind was blowing strong froal
the W.N.W. and a high sea was running, a flare wal
observed in a south-easterly direction. A yawl vas
launched immediately, and proceeded towards the
light, which was found to be shown from the brig
Victoria, of Teignmouth, aground on the Scroby Sand'
but owing to the high sea the yawl's crew could
not board her, and they were therefore obliged t°
return to shore for the Mark Lane, lifeboat, wbich
was then launched and proceeded to the vessel, 0°
flare still burning, but before reaching the spot the
crew of a lifeboat from Gorleston had boarded the
brig, and the Mark Lane then returned to her St3'
tion.

SUTTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, Dec. 28.
During the celebration of Divine service yester-
day the attendants at church were informed that 3
ship was in distress off this place (writes R. Brooks,
jun., Esq.). It was then blowing a gale from the
S.W., and the ship was then labouring hard. The
crew of the lifeboat of the National Instituti°ll
were assembled, and the boat was ready to be
launched, when a fishing smack was observed to be
making for the vessel. 'Soon after a boat's ere°
were observed to go on board, the signals of dis-
tress were hauled down, and as the services of the
lifeboat were consequently not required the cre'l
were dismissed to their homes.
RAMSGATE, Dec. 28'
Signal guns and rockets were fired from the Gu'l
Lightship this evening (says Capt. Shaw), whiirie
the wind was blowing a whole gale from the 5.1%
The signals were answered by a rocket from the cs;
pier, and the lifeboat Bradford and steamtug Aid°
once proceeded out. A large blazing light being ob-
served they were taken in that direction through I/
heavy confused sea, and fell in with a vessel on fire
near the South Sand Head. The flames were nearlyuff
to the maintop. The lifeboat having been cast °
sailed round the ship, and all hands shouted several
times as loud as they could to see if any one was °a
board. Not being satisfied the boat was take°
alongside, as near as the heat would allow, and °b-
served a boat bottom up on the deck, but were Ea.
tisfied that no one was on board. The burnihg
vessel ultimately drove on the sands, when the
heavy sea extinguished the fire and she disappear-
ed.
She was a barque or ship of about 500 tons burthen;
with the mainmast standing, the foremast gone
the masthead and bowsprit gone, as if she had Vac;
viously been in cullision. The lifeboat afterwards
returned to Ramsgate in tow of the steamer.