At 8.50 A.M. the Coxswain of the Life-boat John Wesley was informed by telephone that a steamer was ashore at Breaksea Point. The Life-boat was at once launched and a tug engaged to tow her to the scene of the casualty. The vessel proved to be the steamer Vigilant, of Glasgow, bound from Swansea to Sharpness in ballast; she was partly full of water and the seas were breaking right over her. Communication was effected by means of a line, and four of the crew were hauled through the surf to the Life-boat. The Captain and two other men, however, refused to leave their vessel, and they were able to get ashore in safety when the tide ebbed..