During rough and squally weather in the early morning of the 13th August informa- tion was received that a flat was ashore in the Rock Channel. The crew of the steam Life-boat Queen were assembled and the boat proceeded to the position indicated. They found the flat Bessie, of Liverpool, on the North Bank of the Channel, in a dangerous position and bumping heavily. There were two men who were rescued, and shortly after- wards the vessel sank, becoming a total wreck. The vessel at the time of the disaster was bound for Holyhead with a cargo of coal..