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The S.S. Meath

HOLYHEAD.—The Life-boat Thomas Fielden was called out on service on the 1st February by signals of distress shown by the s.s. Meath, of Sunderland, which had stranded at Penrhyn Point in a strong gale from the W.N.W. and a very heavy sea. The vessel's crew of thirty-eight men were rescued by the Life-boat and safely landed, the boat having to be hauled up at Penrhyn until the weather moderated sufficiently to enable her to return to her station..