BARMOUTH.—A large vessel was seen stranded on St. Patrick's Causeway on the morning of the 24th March, 1895. A heavy gale was blowing from S.W., the weather was thick and the sea rough. The Lifeboat Jones Ctibb put off at 8.15, and on reaching the vessel found she was the four-masted barque Andrada, of and for Liverpool, from Tacoma, with a cargo of wheat. The boat anchored and laid close to the ship until 1.30 P.M., being several times filled by the heavy seas which broke over her, the wind having changed to N.W. at noon, and blowing a terrific gale for about an hour, after which it moderated.

The master of the vessel stated that he did not require any help from the Life-boat men, and ultimately the coxswain gave orders to weigh the anchor and set sail. Nineteen of the barque's crew thereupon got into the boat, requested to be taken ashore, and were landed at Barmouth, the others remaining on boird the vessel, which eventually floated and was towed to her destination by steamtugs..