Before daybreak on the morning of the 28th January the Life-boat Mary Stirling was launched in reply to signals of distress exhibited by the barque Dunmore, of London, bound from London to New Zealand, which ran on shore near Pevensey coastguard station. The night was dark and thick, but the wind was not violent. The Life-boat, -with other assist- ance, succeeded in getting the distressed vessel afloat again, and she was towed back to London..