eleven o'clock
6d . A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE _ P.S. _ -- The bravery of the lifeboatmen has been the theme of the Press throughout the Principality and neighbouring counties . E.D. MACHIN . At eleven o'clock there was an eager crowd down on the beach where , with some planks and a piece of rock , Simeon had arranged an embarkation pier for the lifeboat . One man , in overalls , stood up to his knees in the water and escorted passengers up the planks , while Simeon 's confidence-generating beard received them into the broad waist of the boat . The rowers wore sou ` westers and were secured to the craft by life-lines , and these conveniences were also offered , with life-belts , to the intrepid excursionists . A paper was pinned in the stern : `` Licensed to carry Fourteen . ''