LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Advanced search

Carleon

HOLYHEAD.—At G.30 A.M., on the 24th January, the Thomas Fielden Life-boat proceeded in tow of the steam-tug Royal Saxon to the assistance of the steamer Carleon, of Cardiff, which had dragged her anchor and stranded in Holyhead Bay during a very heavy gale from the N.W. The tug having towed the boat within half a mile of the steamer, the hawser was slipped, and she ran down alongside the stranded vessel and took on board the crew of 17 persons, 3 passengers and 3 dogs. She then pulled to windward, was taken in tow of the tug again, and all hands were landed in the Old Harbour at 10.15 A.M. The boat, with 36 persons on board, is said to have behaved very well in the heavy sea she had to encounter..