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Chevereul

CARNSORE.—On the 21st December, at 2.15 A.M., a vessel was reported to be stranded in Churchtown Bay. The Lifeboat Iris proceeded there promptly, and found the barque Chevereul, of Havre, ashore there. The wind was blowing from the S.E., accompanied by a rough sea. The master at first refused to leave his ship, and requested the Life-boat to remain alongside; the boat accordingly stayed by her for about two hours, but as the sea was then getting very heavy, the master, the crew, consisting of 12 men, and the pilot, decided to abandon her, and were brought safely ashore in the Life-boat. The barque, which was on a voyage from Africa to Glasgow with dyewood, became a total wreck..