The Life- boat Mary Isabella was launched at about 8.45 P.M. on the 28th January, in a moderate N.E. gale, in response to distress signals from a schooner about two and a half miles off the harbour.

She was riding at single anchor, her sails having been blown away, and it was feared she would drag. A heavy sea was running. On the arrival of the Life-boat the four men on board were rescued and taken into safety. The vessel was the schooner Quiding Star, of Runcorn, and was bound at the time from Teignmouth to Glasgow with a cargo of clay..