The ketch Alexandra, of Chester, left that port on 31st January bound for Millom with a cargo of coal and next day stranded on the East Hoyle Bank. For three days every effort was made to get the vessel off, and about thirty tons of cargo was jettisoned. On the 3rd February the wind changed from S. to W.N.W., and threw up a nasty sea. Shortly before high water she began to fill, and it was unsafe for the four hands to remain aboard. Signals of distress were made, and the Life-boat Hannah Fatasett Bennett was launched and rescued the crew, landing them in safety at 7.25 P.M.

The vessel would probably become a total wreck..