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Pike, of Shoreham

On the 27th January the brig Pike, of Shoreham, was wrecked on the North Scroby Sands, during a fresh breeze at S., with a heavy, tumbling sea. As soon as the signals of distress were observed, the Caister No. 2 Life-boat, the Boys, was launched, and her coxswain, PHILIP GEORGE, proceeded with her to the distressed vessel. The brig was found to be fairly in the midst of the breakers, and some difficulty was experienced in the darkness in hauling the crew, one by one, into the Life-boat. The work, however, was successfully accomplished, and at 6 A.M. the Life-boat returned to the shore with the 7 rescued men..