At about 10.30 P.M. on the 2nd June a flare was seen about half a mile off Broadhaven Sands, and as the signal was continued the Life-boat William Roberts was launched. She found the ketch Eliza Jane, of Beaumaris, bound to Swansea in ballast, in a sinking con- dition, having struck a rock -while passing through Ramsey Sound. The two men on board declined to leave the vessel, but stated that they required some assistance to work the pumps and to get the ketch into safety. The Life- boatmen " stood by " for some time and then returned to the boathouse, and two men put off in another boat to the vessel and rendered the necessary assistance.

The weather was thick at the time, and there was a moderate breeze from ; the S.W..