The schooner | Cynthia, of Montrose, was being towed out of the Tees on the 5th April, 1871, when ' the tow-rope parting, she grounded on the North Gare Sandbank. A strong wind from the E.N.E. was blowing at the time.

The Life-boat Charlotte proceeded to her, and 2 of the crew got into the boat, the rest refusing to leave the ship then. At low water 4 more walked on shore, leaving the master and mate on board.

On the flood-tide making, she began to fill with water, when the 2 men left in their own boat at great risk of their lives, ! and got on board a steamer. Afterwards the vessel, which had neither cargo nor j ballast on board, drifted into deep water, and was taken to Middlesborough in tow of a steamer..