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CLACTON-ON-SEA.—The Albert Edward Life-boat put off at about 7.30 P.M. on the 14th October, in reply to signals of distress, during a very strong N.W. wind and very rough sea. After cruising about for some time the schooner Ocean, of Goole, was sighted ashore on the Maplin Sands; her sails were all adrift; she had lost two anchors and chains, and had five feet of water in her hold. Some of the Lifeof boat men boarded her, pumped the water out, and with the aid of a steam-tug she was brought to London, arriving at about 7 o'clock on the following morning, the Life-boat accompanying her..