Delia
AUGUST 29TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 3.30 in the afternoon, messages were received from the Colwyn Bay police and the Rhyl coastguard that a fishing boat was in distress off Rhos pier, drifting seawards. A strong west-southwest breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat Thomas and Annie Wade Richards was launched at 3.45 and found the fishing boat Delia, leaking badly, with her engine broken down. The life-boat took off her crew of two and towed her to Colwyn Bay, arriving back at her station at 6.15. - Rewards, £11 6s. 6d..