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Rose, of Lyne

On the 23rd November, the schooner Rose, of Lynn, was stranded off Linemouth, 2 miles north of Neivbiggin, on the Northumberland coast. The Institution's life-boat stationed at Newbiggin was conveyed to the spot on her carriage, but getting into a quicksand at the river's mouth, and the beach being very soft, it was not without very great and prolonged exertion that she could be got afloat. The cox- swain, PHILIP JEFFERSON, who had pre- viously received the medal of the Institution for his gallant services, was not however the man to be daunted on such an occasion, and with the aid of a large number of men and horses, and by great personal exertions, he succeeded in getting his noble little craft into her own element, when, through a high surf, she speedily reached the wrecked vessel, and taking on board her crew of 3 men, con- veyed them in safety to the shore.