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Pausillipo

The schooner Pausillipo, of Ramsey, while on a voyage from Whitehaven with coals, was caught in a gale off Eamsey, and after losing her mainboom, and having her mainsail split, went ashore, in a leaky state, to leeward of the North Pier, on the 29th of October, 1871, when she soon became waterlogged, the sea breaking heavily over her. The Life-boat Two Sisters put off, and, after some difficulty, on account of the strength of the wind and sea, succeeded in bringing the crew of 3 men safely to shore. It was said that no ordinary boat could have kept afloat under such circumstances, but that the behaviour of the Life-boat was ad- mirable on the occasion..