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Lord Gough, of Whitby

On the 15th March, during a heavy gale from N.N.W., the brig Lord Gough, of Whitby, riding with several other vessels in Fishguard Bay, was considered to be in danger; and the crew, wishing to leave the vessel or run her for the beach, a signal of distress was hoisted, when the Fishguard life-boat was quickly launched through a con- siderable surf, took the crew off, and landed them in safety. The brig, after all, held on to her anchors, and on the gale moderating, the crew were enabled to return to her. The life-boat, which belongs to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, was reported to have behaved admirably on the occasion.