Morwenna
RAMSGATE, KENT—On the 16th March at 1.20 A.M. a message was received from the Coastguard that the Gull Lightship was exhibiting signals of distress. The Life-boat Bradford was at once ordered out and proceeded in the direction indicated. The weather was clear, with a moderate W.N.W. wind and slight sea. On arriving they found the schooner Morwenna, of Truro, laden with clay and sand from Teignmouth to London, had been driven ashore about half-a-mile from the North Goodwin buoy. She had become unmanageable through the loss of her yards and head sails. Just as the Life-boat got alongside, the vessel again floated, so the master requested that she might be taken to Ramsgate. Accordingly, six men were put on board, and a rope having been passed to the steam-tug Aid, which had gone out with the Life-boat, a start was made for the harbour, which was reached soon after 4 A.M.