In a mode- rate gale with a heavy sea and a strong surf, on the 28th January, the ketch Sarah Ann, of Liverpool, bound from Port Colman to Beaumaris in ballast, became unmanageable, and the master, fearing he could not reach Holyhead in safety, beached his vessel on Cymyran beach. As the vessel was in a bad position and the two men on board in danger, the Life-boat Thomas Lingham was launched and proceeded to her. The sea was very rough, and when rescuing the two men the Life-boat was dashed against the ketch and damaged, but reached her station again in safety, the crew being very pleased with the boat's behaviour..