The schooner Confidence, of Aberystwith, struck on the Dulas Rocks, about five miles from this place, during a heavy gale from the S.W., at one o'clock on the morning of the 14th Nov.,. 1871, and, on the tide receding, she was for several hours high and dry on them. The crew of 4 men got on the rocks; but 2 of them afterwards returned to the schooner, to fetch some goods from her, and the vessel floating, they were carried out to sea. Fortunately, the vessel was taken in tow by a steamer, and brought safely into Holyhead Harbour.

The two men who were left on the island could not possibly reach the mainland, a distance of over two miles, without a boat, and indeed any ordinary boat would hardly have lived in the rough sea that was then running. As the tide rose, the poor men were gradually surrounded by the sea, and were in imminent peril.

Happily, however, they had been observed from the shore, and a messenger was de- spatched on horseback for the Life-boat, which immediately put off to their assist- ance, and soon brought them safely to land.