During a heavy W.S.W. gale signals of distress were seen at 2.20 A.M. on the 6th March from a vessel in close proximity to the " stones." The Life-boat James Stevens No. 10 was promptly launched and with some difficulty, owing to the force of the wind and set of the tide, rescued the crew of three hands. The vessel was the.ketch Charles Francis of Scilly, bound from Newport to St. Mary's with a cargo of coal. After the crew had been rescued she parted her cables and was swept ashore near Portreath, where she became a total wreck..