About 2.30 in the morning of the 15th March, ! when a whole gale from S. was raging, the Life-boat, William and Mary Devey, was launched in response to signals of I distress from the schooner Millom Castle.

| Great difficulty was experienced in get- ting alongside the schooner owing to the pitching and rolling, but after four un- successful attempts it was accomplished j and the crew, numbering three hands all told, were safely taken off, together i with their dog..