In 1860, the Iris, of Arbroath, struck on the rocks close to where the Forfarshire was lost.  The wind was so terrific, and the sea ran so high, that the crew were afraid to take to their boat.  They accordingly leaped into the water, and were washed on to the rock, though it was with the greatest difficulty that they managed to reach it.  Here they remained twelve hours, the sea being so rough that no boat could come to them.  Towards evening, the wind having slightly fallen, William Darling, who was then seventy-five years of age, and had been watching the wreck all day, put off with several hands from the lighthouse, and rescued the poor fellows from their perilous position.