On the 17th January, the schooner Bellona, of Eed Bay, was driven ashore in a heavy gale off the bar of Dtmdrum, and almost immediately be- came a total wreck. Owing to the thickness of the weather and darkness of the morning, she was not seen until 3 of the crew had been swept away, with the rigging, by the sea. The Tyrella life-boat, two miles and a half distant, was then quickly got out on her carriage, and drawn by horses abreast of the wreck, when, launching through a very high surf, she succeeded in rescuing the master of the schooner, who had lashed himself to a rail on the forecastle, and still survived.

The Institution's life-boat at Newcastle was also launched, and proceeded to the wreck, but did not arrive until the master had been saved. A fishing-boat also attempted to get off, but she was upset and her crew nearly drowned immediately after leaving the shore..