On the morn- ing of the 6th January the Manchester life- boat, the John Stuart, went off and succeeded in rescuing the crew of 3 men from the sloop Oliver Lloyd, of Cardigan, and 3 men from the smack Turtle Dove, of Aberystwith, which had dragged their anchors and drifted out into the bay. Owing to the violence of the gale the life-boat had great difficulty in finding a safe place for landing.

On the 8th this life-boat again put off to the assistance of the smack Coronation, of Bideford, which was observed in the bay with two anchors down and labour- ing heavily. On arriving alongside, the master gladly accepted the services of the life-boat, and he and his crew of 3 men were safely brought ashore through a heavy ground sea. He stated that his crew were so much exhausted that they were unable to hoist any signal of distress; but as he had heard much of the Cardigan life-boat, he felt sure she would come to his assistance.