On the 27th Feb- ruary the motor ketch Truly, of Tralee, struck the Runnelstone whilst bound from Cardiff to Penzance with a cargo of flour. Signals of distress were made and in response the Life-boat Elizabeth and Blanche was launched. She fell in with the vessel and placed two Life-boat- men on board and then obtained the services of a tug. The ketch and her crew of six hands were eventually assisted in safety to Penzance Harbour and by the time she reached the pier her decks were awash..