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Ruby

KESSINGLAND, SUFFOLK.—On the 13th January the Life-boat Bolton proceeded to the aid of the sloop Ruby, of Goole, which had been overtaken by a snow squall, and had been dismasted while passing through Pakefield Gap. Seeing that her position was one of much peril, on account of the proximity of dangerous sandbanks, the Life-boat Bolton was quickly launched, and, with the help of a steam-tug, took the vessel safely into Lowestoft Harbour. She was bound from Goole to St. Helens, with coal, and carried a crew of two men..