At 6.15 A.M. on the llth July, a message was received from the South Stack reporting that a small fishing-vessel, in a dismasted con- dition, was showing signals of distress.

The No. 2 Life-boat Fanny Harriet was launched, but the wind and sea were against her. A passing steamer was therefore hailed, and she towed the boat until in the vicinity of the dis- tressed vessel. The vessel proved to be the Ehein, of Beauinaris, bound from Holyhead to Carnarvon with a small cargo of herrings; she was in a perilous position, and had no boat. The master requested the Life-boat to assist the crew in getting the vessel into a place of safety, and they succeeded in getting her clear of the rocks and taking her to Trearddar Bay, where she was moored..