APRIL 13TH. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.

At 9.15 P.M. a message was received from the commander of the Menai Straits yacht patrol that a tug, which had stranded near Puffin Island, was sinking rapidly. A light S.W. breeze was blowing, with rain, and the sea was choppy. At 9.35 P.M. the motor life-boat Frederick Kitchen was launched, and found the Admiralty tug St. Oliver. Her crew of thirty-one were already in the ship’s boats ready to leave.

The life-boat rescued the crew and decided to tow the St. Oliver inshore, to prevent her sinking. This was successfully done, the St. Oliver being put aground on the mudflats in Fryars Bay, with her decks submerged.

The life-boat then landed the crew at Beaumaris Pier, arriving back at her station at 1.30 A.M. - Rewards, £10..