At 11.30 A.M.

on the 21st February the steam drifter Renown, of Yarmouth, with a crew of nine hands, was making for Penzance Pier, in a fresh breeze and rough sea, when she took the ground about a cable's length from the pier head. The captain endeavoured to get the vessel into harbour, but being damaged and having become unmanageable the wind and sea drove her ashore about 200 yards east of the Albert Pier. The sea beginning to break over her he signalled for assistance, and the Life-boat was promptly launched. After considerable trouble the Life-boat succeeded in con- veying a wire rope from the vessel to the Light-house Pier Head, where with the aid of hundreds of willing hands she was hauled off the shore and subse- quently berthed by the Life-boat's crew in the harbour. This was a very smart piece of work by the Life-boatmen, and great ability was shown in the handling of the boat and the manner in which the Renown was saved which otherwise would have become a total wreck..