On the 14th May, at about 11 P.M., signals of distress were shown from a vessel in Carnarvon Bay, apparently at a distance of seven or eight miles from Porthdinllaen. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the N.N.E., and a heavy sea was running at the time. The Life-boat's crew were at once assembled, and the boat taken out, but just as she was being launched, other signals of distress were shown from a vessel close at hand; she was the schooner Jane Ann, of Llanaelhaiarn, at anchor in Porthdinllaen Bay. The Life-boat went to her, and found that she was dragging her anchor.

After taking off her crew of 3 men, and having landed them at Porthdinllaen, the Life-boat proceeded in search of the other vessel, and at daybreak the Life-boat men observed a large barque which had evidently been embayed, and -which -was unable to beat out of the bay without assistance. A fishing boat, however, was in attendance on her, and as the services of the Life-boat were not required, she returned to her station..