The S.S. Mount Taygetus
OC T O B E R 1 3 T H . - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 11.16 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Mount Taygetus of Piraeus, of over 3,000 tons, hadstranded about a mile S.E. of The Mumbles Head. A strong S.E. wind was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat Edward Prince of Wales was launched at 11.30 A.M.
and found the steamer aground and being pounded by the seas. At the request of her master, the life-boat went to Swansea to get tugs and they towed the Mount Taygetus to Swansea. The life-boat returned to her station at 2.30 P.M. - Rewards, £9 12s..