At about 11 A.M. on the 9th April, during a strong N.N.E. gale and very heavy sea, the schooner Fanny Grosfield of Bai'row- in-Furness was seen drifting helplessly with her canvas all blown away, and a little later, when the vessel was just on the edge of the Longscar rocks, the master let go her anchor. As it was apparent from the extreme danger in which the vessel then was that no time must be lost, the No. 2 Life-boat Charles Ingleby and the No. 3 boat Horatio Brand were despatched to her. Before the boats reached the vessel the steam trawler Loch Ness proceeded to her and ultimately succeeded in getting a rope on board. The schooner then slipped her anchor and the trawler commenced to tow her across the bay. The Life- boats remained in close attendance as the trawler and vessel were constantly swept by heavy waves, and if the tow- rope had carried away the vessel must have at once gone on to the rocks.

Fortunately the rope held, and the schooner was got into safety. Her crew were in a very exhausted con- dition, having been constantly at work and not having tasted food from the Monday morning until two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, when they were brought into harbour. As the Life- boats were towed past the old pier and jetty ends they were greeted by the cheers of hundreds of people who had assembled there to give them a welcome home after witnessing their splendid and successful efforts to reach the distressed vessel..