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Harmonie

ST. ANDREW'S, N.B.—On the 5th March, at about 1 P.M., during one of the most violent storms which has visited this coast for years, and amid blinding showers of snow, a schooner was observed being driven before the fury of the gale towards the West Sands. The Ladies' Own Lifeboat, at once proceeded to the rescue, and, amid the hearty cheers of thousands of spectators, brought safely ashore the crew of five men from the vessel, which proved to be the schooner Harmonie, of Mandal, Norway, with a cargo of pit props. While the Life-boat was alongside the wreck, one of her crew was washed overboard, but he was recovered after he had struggled some time with the heavy waves. Soon after the men were landed the schooner became a total wreck..