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Arethusa

On the 5th November the services of the same life-boat were again called into requi- sition to go off to the rescue of 6 labourers on board the barque Arethusa, which was wrecked about two miles west of Lossie- mouth on the 1st inst. The men had gone off" to the vessel in an ordinary shore-boat, and when the weather became bad, with a very heavy sea on, they made several futile attempts to regain the shore by the same means. An express was thereupon sent for the Lossiemonth life-boat, which was soon launched, and the 6 men safely brought on shore through a heavy surf..