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Helene, of Rye

DONNA NOOK.—On the 20th February, at 9 A.M., the schooner Helene, of Rye, bound from that port to Hull, was wrecked during a gale at N.E. off Grainthorpe Haven. On the boatmen perceiving the Helene was aground and flying a signal of distress, the Life-boat North Briton was launched. "With some difficulty she proceeded through a heavy surf, and succeeded in rescuing the whole of the crew, consisting of 3 men..