At 12.15 A.M. on the 2nd October information was re- ceived that a vessel was continually burning flares off Trevose Head, and appeared to be driving ashore. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Edmund Harvey were at once summoned, and the boat, in tow of the tug Helen Peele, proceeded to the assistance of the vessel.

They reached her at about 3 A.M. She proved to be the ketch Trio, of Guernsey, bound for Port Talbot with a cargo of iron. As she was leaking badly and the water was over her cabin floor, four Life-boatmen were put on board to man the pumps. She was then taken in tow by the tug and brought safely into harbour, where she was beached. There were four persons on. board the vessel at the time..