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Star of the West

BROADSTAIRS.—On the 30th July, at 4.30 A.M., during a strong N. wind and heavy sea, the Life-boat Samuel Morrison Collins was launched in reply to signal-guns fired from the Gull light-ship. On arriving at the Goodwin Sands, the schooner Star of the West, of Bridgwater, was found ashore there. The Life-boat, with great difficulty, succeeded in getting her off the sand, and took her, with her crew of 5 men, safely into Ramsgate Harbour. The boat sustained much damage in the performance of this service.