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Ann

HARTLEPOOL.—On the 24th March the schooner Ann, of Colchester, was seen about 6 A.M. making for Hartlepool, apparently in distress. When she was within about 2 miles of the harbour the No. 3 Life-boat John Clay Barlow put off to her, and found that she was leaking badly ; she had by that time_ struck on the Beacon Shoal. The crew of 5 men were on the deck ready to leave when the Lifeboat arrived alongside, and were taken on board the boat and safely landed at about 9 A.M. The schooner was bound from Seaham to Colchester, with coal..