At about 8 P.M. on the 3rd December a message was received from the Coastguard re- porting that a vessel was showing signals, of distress in the Caldy Roads. The crew of the Life-boat William and Mary Devey were promptly assembled and the boat put off against a heavy gale and very heavy ground sea. She found the schooner Sarah McDonald, of Bideford, dragging her anchors, and the crew of four hands were rescued by the Life- boat and conveyed in safety ashore.

The vessel was bound from Bideford to Runcorn with 0, cargo of clay..