At 2 A.M. on the 17th March signals for assistance were seen from a schooner at anchor in the bay. A strong N.N.W. gale was blowing at the time, accompanied by a moderate sea, and without loss of time the Life-boat James Stevens No. 10 was launched. On reaching the vessel the captain asked that some of the Life- boatmen should assist him in making his vessel more secure as she was dragging her anchor. A second anchor was let go and, when the vessel had been left in safety, the Life-boat returned ashore bringing the whole of the crew of six men, together with their dog.

The vessel was the schooner St. Glair, of Plymouth, bound from Portmadoc to Poole with a cargo of slate, and at the time of the service she was sheltering in the bay on account of the bad weather..