FlSHGUARD, SOUTH WALES. On the 22nd March, at about 7.30 A.M., a signal of distress was shown from a vessel at anchor in the bay, where she had been riding with others during the night. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the N.N.E., at the time, accompanied by a high sea. The gun was fired to assemble the Life-boat crew, and immediately afterwards the signal of distress was hauled down. Thinking the vessel did not then require assistance, the Life-boatmen were dispersing, but on this being observed on board the vessel, which was lying just offthe boat-house, the distress signal was again hoisted. The Life-boat Helen of Foxley then went off at once, and in ten minutes was alongside the vessel, which proved to be the Thomas and Sons, of Aberystwith, bound from Carnarvon to Llanelly with slates. The captain and crew of two men wished to be brought ashore, fearing that she would part from her chains and drift on the sands. They were accordingly taken on board the Lifeboat and landed at Goodwick Quay.

Just then another vessel was seen to run up a signal for assistance, and the Life-boat without delay proceeded to her.

She was the smack Martha Jane, of Aberystwith, bound from Bangor to Swansea with slates. The captain and crew of two men also wished to leave their vessel, and were therefore taken into the Life-boat.

On the way back to the shore the schooner Glanmanai, of Beaumaris, bound from Portmadoc to Cardiff with slates, also hoisted a signal of distress. The Lifeboat went alongside and took off her crew of three men. Both crews were then landed at Goodwick Quay.

As soon as these men had been landed, a fourth vessel—the three-masted schooner Perseverance, of Belfast, bound from Larne to Newport with iron ore—hoisted a signal for assistance, and the Life-boat went out a third time and brought the crew, consisting of six men, safely ashore.

As the sea was then too heavy to get the Life-boat up the slipway, and as it was possible that her services might be again required, it was decided to keep her afloat during the ebb tide, and she was anchored off the boat-house with a crew on board. In the evening the gale moderated, and she was taken into Goodwick Quay..