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Cygnet

TYRELLA, Co. DOWN.—On the 13th April, at about 7 A.M., the brigantine Cygnet, bound from Silloth to Dundalk, with a cargo of coal, was driven ashore in Dandrum Bay during a strong S.E. gate.

The Memorial Life-boat put off to her assistance, and with some difficulty and danger, owing to the strength of the gale and the heavy seas breaking over the vessel, succeeded in rescuing the crew, consisting of 4 men..