On the morning of the 16th March a four-masted schooner, the Reform, of Stavanger, bound from Bankok for Greenock with teak wood, was sighted off Burr Point flying signals denoting that she was sinking. The crew of the Lifeboat were summoned, and at 9.30, ten minutes after the alarm was given, the Boat was launched. The weather then was very bad, the wind sometimes blowing with hurricane force, with squalls of sleet and heavy seas which completely drenched the crew shortly after the Boat was launched. The vessel was reached at 10.30, when it was ascertained that she was leaking, in consequence of having struck a rock at the south of Burial Isle, off Burr Point. Endeavours were made to get rid of the water by means of the pumps, but it was found impossible to do so, and it became evident that the foundering of the ship was only a matter of time. Ultimately the crew took to the Life-boat and were safely landed, the master and mate being taken ashore by coastguard boat •which had also proceeded to the vessel. About five minutes after leaving her, the Reform sank in about twelve fathoms of water..