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Fred Eugene

LLANDDWYN.—On the 23rd November, the Life-boat John Gray Sell went out through a very heavy surf and rescued 9 of the crew of the three-masted schooner Fred. Eugene, of Portland, Maine, which was in distress off Llanddwyn Point, having lost her sails during a heavy W.N.W. gale. The rescued men were in an exhausted condition when rescued.

Two others of the crew had unfortunately been drowned before the arrival of the Life-boat. A letter has been received by the Hon. Secretary of the Llanddwyn branch of the Institution from the master of the wrecked vessel, returning heartfelt thanks for the services rendered to himself and his crew on this occasion.

On the 29th December, the brigantine.