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The S.S. Napier

On the 8th March a steamer was observed ashore on the Hasborough Sand at 3 P.M. during a fresh S.W. wind. The Husband Life-boat went to her assistance, and found that she was the s.s. Napier, of Shields, coal laden. The Life-boat remained by her until 7 P.M., when she fortunately floated off the sand with the flood tide..