On the 8th May the schooner Handy, of Wexford, was stranded in the South Bay during a strong N.E. gale and in a very heavy sea. The Civil Service life-boat went off and rescued 4 men of the vessel's crew. Owing to the violence of the sea, the crew of the life- boat found it impossible, after they had effected the rescue, to keep her off the shore, upon which she was driven with great force, but fortunately those on board escaped unhurt. The remainder of the vessel's crew, 2 in number, left in their own boat, which was also dashed ashore, the men narrowly escaping with their lives.