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The S.S. Watkins F. Nisbet

DECEMBER 6TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. The S.S. Watkins F. Nisbet, of St. Catherines, Ontario, had gone ashore off Llanddwyn Island, but nine- teen of her crew of twenty were rescued from the shore by the Holyhead Company of the coastguard life-saving apparatus, and the twentieth man swam ashore. This service won for the Holyhead Company the shield awarded annually for the best service per- formed during the year by a coastguard lifesaving apparatus company. - Rewards, £21 13s..