During a dense fog on the 3rd March a boat came ashore at Walmerand reported thatalarge steamer was stranded on the Goodwin Sands.

The crew of the Life-boat Civil Service No. 4 was at once assembled and the boat launched at 4.30 P.M. For hours the boat searched the sand, but it was not until 11 o'clock that night they succeeded in finding her. The steamer was the FitzClarcnce, of Glasgow, a vessel of upwards of 2,000 tons register, and was bound to Dover with a cargo from South America. The services of the Life-boat men were employed to salve the vessel, and having refloated her they took her in safety to Dover with the assistance of tugs..