POHTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES. At ,' 11 o'clock on the night of the 6th Sept., j 1884, the coxswain of the Life-boat, took up his station at the watch-house, j so as to be in readiness should the ser-vices of the boat be required, as the wind j was blowing very hard and there were three vessels at anchor in the bay. At 3 A.M. the wind increased to a strong gale from the N.W., accompanied by a heavy sea, and the coxswain then fired rockets for the crew of the George Moore Life-boat to assemble. At 9 o'clock the smack Antelope, of Aberystwyth, laden with! slates, and having a crew of two men on j board, showed signals of distress. The [ Life-boat immediately went to her assist-ance, and at the request of the Master 1 put three men on board, who assisted to get the vessel into safety.

ABERDOVEY.—The Life-boat Royal Berk- shire put off during a gale and rough sea, on the 7th September, and saved'the ketch Daring, of Barnstaple, which had been driven into Cardigan Bay. Her mainsail had been torn to ribbons; she was fast driving on a lee shore; the seas were breaking over her, and her crew of four men were exhausted and quite unable to manage her. The Life-boat was out about five hours.

CLACTON-ON-SEA.—At about 6 o'clock on the morning of the 7th September, during a gale of wind from the W. schooner was seen high and dry on the Ganfleet Sand, just above the lighthouses flying signals of distress. The Albert Edward Life-boat proceeded to her assist- ance under sail, and found that she was the Mystery, of Portsmouth, on a voyage to that port from Calais, in ballast. The wind and sea had greatly increased by this time, but the Life-boat succeeded in getting alongside as the tide rose; took a woman off, and then remained by the vessel, as the Life-boatmen considered there was hope of saving her. Accord- ingly they set the canvas; kept the on board, and a crew of six men, a hawser by some means got foul of her propeller, and she began to drift into Sand Bay. A strong wind was blowing from the N.W. at the time, accompanied by a rough sea. She whistled for assist- ance; hoisted her colours, and then let go her anchor; but this not holding, she drove ashore amongst the rocks. The Life-boat William James Holt was launched to her assistance, and forty of the pas- sengers were safely landed in the boat, which made two trips to the stranded steamer.

pumps going; repaired the wheel-chain, and eventually she dragged over the sand into the 'Wallet Channel, when she was taken safely to Harwich with her crew of four men, and a woman who was also on board. During the time the vessel was crossing the sand the seas broke right over her, making it dangerous work to stand by her.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE. — As the S.S Welsh Prince, of Newport, was leaving the pier at Weston-super-Mare for Bristol, at 6.30 on the evening of the 22nd Sep- tember, with upwards of forty passengers CAISTER, NORFOLK.—At 4 a.m. on the 7th October, flares and rockets were seen in the direction of the Cross Sand, ap- parently fired from a steam vessel on the sand. The Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was promptly launched, and in going over the Scroby Sand took several heavy seas and sprung her fore-mast. On reaching the Cross Sand the B.S. Speedwell, of Hull, bound for London with fish, was discovered stranded there in the midst of the breakers. Her crew had left her in two boats, and were just at the edge of the sand. The Life-boat sailed towards them, and the crew, consisting of thirteen men and one passenger, were taken into her.

Large flares were seen in the direction of Middle Scroby Sand at 4 a.m. on the 5th December. The No. 1 Lifeboat Covent Garden was at once launched, proceeded to the sand, and found the schooner Annie, of Wick, bound from London for Peter- head, with a cargo of cement, ashore there.

With the assistance of the Life-boat men the vessel was got afloat, and was towed by a steam tug to Yarmouth Harbour.

At midnight on the 18th December large flares were seen in the direction of the Barber Sand. A yawl went out and sailed to the sand, but meanwhile, as the flares continued to burn and the Cockle lightship fired guns and rockets, the Life- boat Godsend also put off, it being feared that the yawl might be unable to reach the vessel. On arriving at the sand, the dandy James Garfield, of Ipswich, laden with coal and carrying a crew of four men, was found riding on the outer edge of the sand. The Life-boat remained by the vessel, which had been on the sand and smashed her rudder, and accompanied her into Yarmouth Harbour.

On the 29th December the Covent Garden Life-boat went out, in reply to signals of distress shown from the timber-laden barque Loreley, of Arendal, having on board a crew of twelve men, which had been on the Scroby Sands, and was in a waterlogged condition. With the as- sistance of two steam-tugs, the vessel was taken safely to Gravesend, and the Life-boat was subsequently towed back to its station.

MONTROSE.—On the morning of the 10th October, while the tug Storm King was towing the schooner Petrel, of and for Montrose, from Balta Sound, Shetland, the tow line broke, and the schooner went on the " Leads " rocks. A fresh N.E. wind was blowing at the time accompanied by a heavy ground swell. The tug in back- ing towards her to procure another tow- rope was carried too far S. by the wind and tide, and was driven on to the " Stone " rock. The crew of the tug at once launched their small boat and got into her, but it was immediately swamped, and the four men were thrown into the sea; two of them succeeded in getting back to the tug, and endeavoured to save the other two men, but their efforts failed, and the poor fellows were unfortunately drowned. Meanwhile the position of the two vessels had been observed by the light-keeper at Scurdy Ness, who at once went to Ferryden and informed the cox- swain of the Life-boat. The crew were immediately summoned, and at about 2.10 a.m. the Mincing Lane Life-boat was launched with much danger, having to pass through a very narrow channel be- tween the rocks on which the sea was breaking, and rescued the two men from the tug, and landed them at Montrose at about 3 o'clock.

The schooner had got afloat, and had put to sea, and as flares were seen in the offing it was presumed that she was in need of assistance. The Life-boat was again manned, put off to the vessel, and remained by her until a steam tug came up, which towed her to Montrose, where she arrived at about 5 o'clock. She car- ried a crew of five men.

PADSTOW, CORNWALL.—At about 1.30 p.m. on the 10th October, during a strong gale from the N.N.W. and a high sea, the Arab Life-boat put off to the assistance of a schooner which while running for the harbour, having sprung a leak, had struck on the Doom Bar, the seas breaking clean over her. The Life-boat rescued the crew- consisting of five men, and landed them safely at about 2.10 p.m. The vessel was the Eliza, of and for Penzance, from Porthcawl, with a cargo of coal; she sank and became a total wreck.

HARTLEPOOL.—On the evening of the 10th October a heavy gale from the N.N.E. was experienced. The coxswain of the Hartlepool No. 3 Life-boat, the John Clay Barlow, was at the pilots' watch house at about seven o'clock, when it was reported that a vessel was approaching the bay from, the N., and he at once went round the cliff to see if he could make out .what she was. Before he reached the breakwater he heard a heavy crash, which he took to be the vessel running into the staging for the new work there and bringing it down. He then ran along the breakwater, but before reaching the end he heard men crying for help, and after proceeding a little further he came upon seven or eight men who had jumped from a steamer which had struck the pier and rebounded again. The men asked for the services of a life-boat, stating that part of the crew were left on board the steamer, which by that time was entangled amongst the staging, and had brought most of it down. The coxswain immedi- ately ran back, gathered his crew, launched the Life-boat, and proceeded to the vessel, and oa reaching her found that she had cleared the staging, and was riding at anchor (her anchor having been accident- ally pulled from the bows -while foul of the staging) in comparatively smooth water inside the breakwater. At the master's request, nine of the Life-boat men were put on board the steamer, some more men coming off to her from the shore in pilot boats, and with the assist- ance of four steam togs she was taken into the harbour, but shortly afterwards sunk, her bows baring been stove in when she struck the pier. She was the s.s. Fairway, of London, schooner rigged, from Uddevalla, Sweden, in ballast.

LOWESTOFT,— The coxswain of the Samuel Plimsoll Life-boat was called at 6 A.sr. on the 11th October as a schooner was observed driving over Corton Sands, the sea breaking over her. The crew were at once summoned, and the Life-boat pro- ceeded to the assistance of the vessel, which was found to be the ffannah, of Yarmouth, Her crew had left her; she had lost both her anchors, and was drag- ging her chain. The Life-boat crew slipped the chain, and with, the assistance of a steam-tug the vessel was taken into Lowestoft Harbour.

HARWICH.—In answer to signals from the Cork light-vessel, the Sprmgwell Life- boat put to sea at about 6.30 P.M., on the llth October, during a strong wind, thick weather and a high sea. She first pro- ceeded to the Sunk light-vessel, and as the master stated that he was answering signals from the Ghmfleet, she then went in that direction and met a pilot boat, the officer in charge of which reported that there was a vessel on the Sunk Sand with her crew in the rigging. The boat reached the wreck at about 3 o'clock on the fol- lowing morning, but it was only with difficulty that the poor shipwrecked men could be made to understand that help was at hand, as they were wrapped up in canvas and did not see the boat approach.

Two of the men, were eventually got safely into the Life-boat, but much danger was incurred in rescuing a third from the mizen mast, as a heavy sea caught the boat and lifted her keel right on to the wreck. Pour oars were broken, the anchor was lost, and several fathoms of cable had to be cut away to prevent the total loss of the boat. The captain was lashed to the maintop, but the mate informed the cox- swain that he had been dead some hoars.

On the striking of the vessel the crew had lowered their boat, but a sea washed her away, drowning two men who had got into her. The Life-boat, with the three survivors on board, at last set sail for home, and near the Sunk light-vessel fell in with the screw collier Nereid, of Mew- castle, which towed her as far as the Cork, Harwich being reached at 11 A.M.

The wrecked vessel was the three-mast schooner Morford and Trubey, of Aberdeen, bound from Grangemouth to Devoaport with a cargo of coal.

REDCAR, YORKSHIRE, — The barque Samammg, of Newcastle, timber laden from Quebec, was reported ashore about a mile south of Marske during a N. wind and a heavy sea at 6 A.M. on the 10th October.

The Surion-on-Trent Life-boat stationed at Redcar was taken by road to Marske, and launched, but was unable to reach the vessel ; ft second attempt was made, and with the aid of a rocket line which had been fired over the barque the boat was hauled up to her, and rescued the master | and twelve of the crew, the remainder I having previously landed in their own boat.

, Co. OWK. — Signals of distress were observed at 4 A.M. on the 23rd October in the direction of the Ocean Bock. The wind was blowing from SAW., the weather was thick and stormy, and the sea rough. The crew of the Life-boat Admiral Henry Meynell were summoned, and launched their boat. On arriving at the rock it was found that the schooner Trial, of and for Donaghadee from White- haven, with a cargo of coal, was stranded there. As the tide was receding, and the weather moderating, the crew decided to remain by the vessel, there being no immediate danger, while the master was taken ashore by the Life-boat to obtain" assistance. The weather continuing to improve, the vessel was got off the rock at the next tide.

BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.— At 1.30 A.M. on the 26th October the Robin Hood of Nottingham Life-boat put off and rescued the crew, consisting of four men, from the brig Success,of Sunderland, bound from that port for Arbroath with a cargo of coal. The vessel had stranded on the rocks called the Boulmer South Steel, and became a total wreck during a gale of wind from the W. and a very rough sea.

PIEL, LANCASHIRE.—The ship Depositor, of Halifax, N.S., in ballast, was seen in a dangerous position on the foul ground 2J miles S. of Walney lighthouse, on the morning of Sunday, the 26th October.

She had been in tow of a steam tug, but the tow rope parted, and her anchor chains were broken. At 9.30 the Life-boat William Birkett was launched, and pro- ceeded to the assistance of the distressed vessel, being towed out by a steam tug.

A line was got from the boat to the ship, and'the master's wife and two sons were taken through the water into the boat, the sea being very heavy. The master and crew were also urged to come into the boat as it appeared certain that the ship would break up ; but they declined to do so, and the master requested that his wife and children might be taken ashore. The Life-boat was then towed back to her station, arriving there at 5 P.M.

During the night a good look-out was kept for any signals, as a heavy gale was blowing, and at daylight it was seen that the ship had sunk, and that her crew were in the rigging. The Life-boat crew were at once summoned, the boat pro- ceeded to the vessel, and happily rescued the whole of her crew, consisting of twenty men, who were safely landed at Barrow at 10 o'clock.

GIRVAN, SCOTLAND.—A dismasted vessel was seen off Benacres Head fast drifting towards the shore during stormy weather on the 28th October. The Sir Home Popham Life-boat was launched at 5.30 P.M., and found the vessel brought up at anchor in close proximity to the shore at Ardmillan Point, three miles S. of Girvan.

Her crew of eight men were taken into the Life-boat, and safely lauded at Girvan at 10.30. The vessel was the brig Sisters, of Belfast, bound from Troon to Galveston, South America, with coal and iron; she held to her anchor all night, and on the following day was towed to Ayr by a steam tug.

FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.—-It was re- ported that a vessel was ashore and show- ing signals of distress, on the north side of Lune at midnight on the 28th October, during a strong N.W. breeze. 'The Child of Hale Life-boat promptly went to her assistance in tow of a steam tug, put a pilot on board her, and at the master's request rode alongside the barque,—-which was the Blackmail, of London, bound from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Fleetwood, with a cargo of timber—until the tide had risen sufficiently to float the vessel, and to allow the tug to get alongside and take her in tow to Fleetwood, where she arrived at about 6 o'clock in the morning.

RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.— The Two Sisters Life-boat was launched at about 10.45 A.M. on the 31st October, signals of distress having been shown by a wherry which was riding heavily about three miles N.E. of the harbour during a whole gale from the S.S.W. On reaching the vessel she was found to be the Daniel Yorke, of and from Dundalk, for Irvine.

She had parted one of her chains during the night, and drifted two miles, and, indeed, was fast drifting on to a lee shore.

The crew of four men were taken into the Life-boat, which then attempted to return to the harbour; the gale, however, was so fierce, and the ebb tide so strong, that she could not succeed, and after struggling for an hour and a half, she had to be beached about three miles from her station.

PALLING, NORFOLK.—During a fresh breeze from the N.W. on the 3rd November, a steamer was observed on the Hasborough Sands showing signals of distress. The British Workman Life-boat was launched at 9 A.M. and proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the Paola, of Ham- burg, bound from Shields to Palermo with a cargo of coal. The Life-boatmen boarded her, and after part of the cargo had been thrown overboard she floated off the sands, and was taken into Yarmouth Roads. She had a crew of 22 men.

At 1 P.M. on the 21st December, during a gale from the N.E. with a tremendous sea, a vessel was observed on shore at Waxham. The No. 1 Life-boat Good Hope was promptly manned and launched, but the water was too low to float her over the bank. Communication with the vessel 474 THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL, 2,1885.

was effected by the rocket apparatus, but the "whip" broke; the Life-boatmen, however, fortunately secured the broken I ends of the line, and brought them ashore.

The shipwrecked crew of eight men were | by this means safely landed. The vessel j was the barque Town, of Liverpool, of j Whitby, bound from Stockholm to Hartle-pool, with a cargo of pit-props. j r, NORTHUMBERLAND. — On the 4th November at 6 P.M. the assistant cox- swain of the Life-boat saw the lights of a steamer upon the rocks at Hadstone, The crew of the Algernon and Eleanor Life-boat were at once summoned, horses were obtained, and the boat on her carriage was taken along the beach and launched. She proceeded through a very heavy sea to the vessel, which was the Regian, of Liverpool, 3000 tons, bound from Calcutta for Dundee with a cargo of jute, and carrying a crew of 34 men.

Fourteen men were taken into the Life- boat and safely landed, and the boat returning to the steamer brought ashore eleven of the craw, the master and the remainder of the crow deciding to stay by their vessel. During the night the sea moderated, and on the following day they came ashore in their own boat.

IRELAND, — As the trawling smack Arbitrator, of Wexford, was pro- ceeding to the fishing-ground at about 8 A.M, on the 13th November she struck j on the bar, and began to leak heavily, j She hoisted signals of distress, in response j to which the Life-boat Ethel JSveleen, manned as usual by Custom House officers and pilots, went to her assistance and resened the crew of S men, the smack being j then half fall of water. She subsequently j became a total wreck. j L,

NORTH WALES. — At about 2 A.M. i on the 18th November, the Coastguard j on duty observed a vessel in a dangerous i position opposite Rhyl, tat making no ! signals of distress. At about 3 o'clock i the vessel appeared to be aground, and the ; Coastguard then fired a signal, in reply j to which the crew of the Jane Dalton Life-boat assembled, and the boat was j taken on her transporting carriage to the j mouth of the river. The vessel, however, 1 ebbed dry, and her crew walked ashore, At about 5.80 the master obtained ! assistance, discharged part of the cargo, and laid out an anchor with the intention of getting the vessel off with the flowing tide, but, the wind freshening, all the assistants, with the exception of four besides the crew, left her when the tide reached her, and two others afterwards landed in the vessel's boat. The remaining two assistants and the crew of two men would not venture in the boat, but took refuge in the rigging, from which they were rescued by the Life-boat. The stranded vessel was the smack William Henry, of Buneorn, 17 tons, from Llan- ddulas to Widnes, with limestone,

NORFOLK, — The barque Alabama, of Helsingborg, Sweden, struck on the Sunk Sands off Hnnstanton on the evening of the 20th November, and then drove over the sands and filled with water. Being timber laden she did" not sink, but went ashore on the main about 9 P.M., and she then out away her main and mizen masts. She hoisted an anchor light, and this being seen from the shore it was supposed that she was safa Her signals, however, were very unintelligible until a red light was shown from the Coastguard station, and she then continued to barn bright lights. The Life-boat Licensed Victualler thereupon put off to her assistance, and rescued her crew, con- sisting of 12 men,

MUNDERSLEY, NORFOLK. — At 5.80 A.M.

on the 28th November, the Life-boat J. B. Elliot was launched to the aid of the barque Embla, of Stavanger, bound from Christiansund for Cardiff with a cargo of timber, which had stranded about a mile off Mundesley during a thick fog. The vessel had lost her rudder, her sternpost bad started, and she had become a total wreck. The crew of 10 men were taken into the Life-boat and put safely on shore at half past nine.

It was reported at about 6.30 A,M. on the 27th November that a vessel was ashore on the Goodwin Sands.

A fresh W.N.W. breeze was blowing at the time. The Life-boat Civil Service No. 4 at once put off, and found the Russian barque Usko, timber laden, on the sands. The crew were being taken off and placed on board a steam-tug by a Deal lugger, and, at the master's request, the Life-boat remained by the vessel until this was safely accomplished.

PENMON, ANGLESEY.—Signals of distress were shown at 11 A.M. on the 7th Decem- ber by a yawl which was at anchor in Conway Bay during a whole gale from the W.S.W. The Christopher Brown Life-boat put off to her assistance, and brought safely ashore her crew of 2 men. She was the Juno, of Beaumaris, in ballast from Cemaes to Bangor.

BRAUNTON.—The Life-boat Robert and Catherine was launched at 8.30 P.M. on the 7th December, during a W.S.W. gale and a heavy broken sea, to the assistance of the brigantine Chalciope, of Fleetwood, bound from Corunna for Cardiff with pit- wood. The vessel had gone ashore about a mile from Down End, the master having lost his reckoning during a fog. Three of the crew were taken into the Life-boat and safely landed.

NEWQUAY, CARDIGANSHIRE.—Daring a fresh gale from the N.E. on the 21st November, the Nelson Life-boat was launched, and brought into port the disabled brigantine Albert, of Carlisle, and her crew of 5 men.

FISHGUARD, SOUTH WALES.—On the 20th December, during a whole gale of wind from the N. and a heavy sea, the No. 2 Life-boat Helen of Foxley put off at 6 A.M. in reply to signals of distress shown by two vessels at anchor in the roadstead.

The boat proceeded first to the smack Vixen, of Dublin, bound from Portree for Cardigan with a cargo of herrings. She was riding very heavily with both anchors down, and the master and crew of 3 men were anxious to leave her, as they fully expected that she would founder. They were therefore taken into the Life-boat, which then went to the schooner John and Ann, of Aberystwyth, bound from Gloucester for Cardigan with salt, and took off her crew consisting of 3 men. Both crews were safely landed at Goodwick Quay at about 8 o'clock.

WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE.—One of the last Life-boat Services of the past year (1884) was that performed by The Honourable Artillery Company boat, which had only been stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Walton-on-the-Naze about two months previously. She was launched through a heavy surf, on the evening of Christmas Day, in reply to signals from the Sunk Lightship. She first made for the Light-vessel, a distance of ten miles, and ascertained the position of the wreck (which was found to be 8 or 9 miles off on the Long Sand) and then made for the spot. At daybreak the Life-boatmen were enabled, with some difficulty, to veer their boat down under the ship's jibboom, it being impossible to get nearer, and it I was then discovered that the vessel was 1 the Deitce Rickmers, of Bremerhaven, and I that there were 25 persons on board.

By means of a rope from the end of jib- boom they were all got into the boat, the captain being the last to leave. There were now 40 men in the Life-boat, as well as a large dog, which had also been rescued, and great risk was incurred in crossing the Long Sand, the sea being in a perfect ferment; happily, however, the boat acted splendidly, passed safely through all dangers, and arrived at her station on the evening of Boxing Day, after an absence of about 25 hours.