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Jessie Brown, of Yarmouth

It was blowing fresh at S.E., on the 24th February, -when the schooner Jessie Brown, of Yarmouth, from Yarmouth to Belfast, got ashore on Scroby Sand. The Life-boat 'Leicester launched just before dark, and succeeded in bring- ing on shore from the Jessie Brown her crew of 5 men. At a later date, the ship having beaten over the sand, the crew were again put on board by the Life-boat, and though nearly full of water, the Life- boat succeeded, with the aid of a steam- tug, in carrying her safely into harbour..