Shortly after 7 P.M. on the 31st August a telephone message was received, stating that the schooner Flower of Portsoy, of Plymouth, was aground on the Platter Rocks, in Holyhead Bay.

The Cemlyn Life-boat, Anne Collin, was at once despatched to her assistance, but on nearing her it was found that she was not on the rocks but drifting, 110 one being on board. The Life- boatmen boarded her, and as she drifted towards Bull Bay, the Cox- swain found that he could nob manage her. He therefore signalled for more assistance, and the Bull Bay Life-boat James Cullen was launched. Together the crews succeeded in saving the vessel, beaching her at Cemlyn at 10 o'clock the next morning. The vessel was bound at the time from Kilsale to Garston with a cargo of timber, and it was subsequently found out that the crew of four hands left the vessel in their own boat, owing to the anchor chains having parted and the sails having blown away..