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Triton

CAISTER, NORFOLK.—At 11 o'clock onthe morning of the 5th October the fishing smack Triton, of Yarmouth, stranded on the Barber Sand. The weather at the time was squally, and there was a heavy sea on the beach and sands. The -vessel was seen to lower a boat, which was knocked to pieces as soon as it was in the water, whereupon the Caister No. 2 Life-boat Godsend proceeded to the vessel, and having got hold of her trawl warp took it to a steam-tug, the sea breaking over the boat all the time. When the flood-tide made, the steamer towed the smack off, and took her and her crew of six men safely into Yarmouth Harbour..