On the 1st of April the barque Oberon, of Liverpool, ran ashore on the Causeway Bank in Cardigan Bay. She was seen from Portmadoc, and a large boat was also observed at a great distance from the land, apparently full of people. The Portmadoc life-boat was as soon as possible manned, and proceeded in the direction of the boat, which, after two hours' hard rowing they reached, and found her to be the Oberon's boat, with 15 of her crew on board in an exhausted state, they having been rowing seven hours in a heavy sea, and their boat having then become almost unmanageable.

The life-boat conveyed the whole safely to land; but one of their number died from exhaustion soon after reaching the shore.

The captain and crew stated that they had lost all hope of being saved, until they saw a flag hoisted at the life-boat station, prior to the life-boat being seen by them.