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Arethusa, of Blyth

On the 6th Januaty the brig Arefhuaa, of Myth, wfcnt ashore on the Gross Sand, near Grest Yarmouth. The Caister life-boat was immediately launched, and proceeded, under sail, to the rescue of her Crew, eight in number, whom she suc- ceeded in taking on board and landing in safety at Caister. As the life-boat had to cross the Barber Sands, on which there was a very heavy surf breaking, and to take the wrecked crew off in a very heavy broken sea