HOLYHEAD.—While a strong gale was blowing from N.W., accompanied by a heavy sea and rain, on the evening of the 6th Aug., 1900, the Coxswain of the Life-boat observed a barque dragging her anchors and driving towards the Nimrod rocks. He summoned the crew of the Life-boat Joseph Whitworth and at 7.10 the Boat was launched. On reaching the vessel, which was the Islamount, of Dundee, bound from Limerick for Liverpool, in ballast, it was found that her anchors had caught on the rocky bottom, but it was feared this was merely a temporary holding and that she would soon be again adrift; therefore the master, his wife, the crew of fourteen men, and a passenger got into the Life-boat and at 8.30 were safely on land. At midnight the Life-boat took back the master, at his request, some of the Life-boatmen remained on board with him during the night, and at daylight the Boat took the crew off to the barque, some of the Life-boatmen afterwards helping to get her to a safer anchorage..