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Phoebe

CAISTEB.—On the 4th November the small Life-boat, the Godsend, was called off to the aid of the fishing-smack Phoebe, of Yarmouth, which had got on the " Cockle" Sand. On reaching the spot, her hull was already under water, and her crew, 6 in number, were all in the rigging. The sea was breaking heavily over them, but they were all safely hauled through the water by ropes and got into the Life-boat, which then conveyed them to the shore..