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Volant and Queen

THURSO, N.B.—During a severe gale of wind from the W., veering to N.E., between 7 and 8 o'clock on the evening of the 21st March, the schooners Volant, of Wick, and Queen, of Inverness, which were both lying far out in the roadstead, commenced to drag their anchors and showed flare lights. The Charley Lloyd Life-boat put off, and brought ashore four men from each of those vessels. As other craft were lying in the roadstead, the Life-boat was kept afloat during the night, but the gale moderated and they all held to their anchors..