SWANSEA.—At 8 o'clock on the night of the 29th April, three oyster skiffs— the Gertrude, Gladstone, and Shah—were observed from the shore to be in distress off the Mumbles Head. The force of the gale had carried away their spars and canvas; the anchors were let go, but would not hold, and the boats were being rapidly driven in the direction of the Scarweather Sands, which are situated in the Bristol Channel, about seven and a half miles S.S.E. from the Mumbles Head.

The Life-boat Wolverhampton proceeded to the assistance of the boats; put a number of men on each, and with the aid of jury-masts and rigging, one of them was brought into harbour. In the other two cases additional anchors were taken out and the boats were securely moored.Each of the skiffs carried a crew of three men, who would no doubt have perished had the boats been allowed to drift on to the sands..