On the night of the 16th September, 1859, the brig Eagle, of Sunderland, anchored in a leaky state off Bridlington Quay, the wind blowing a heavy gale from the eastward. Finding the water fast gaining on them, the master was compelled to slip his cable and run for the shore. The Bridlington life-boat was quickly launched, and at 3 A.M. took off the crew, 6 in number, landing them safely at Bridlington Quay. The brig went to pieces twenty minutes after the crew were taken off.