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Boconnoc

BUDE, CORNWALL.—On the 2nd May the smack Boconnoc, of Padstow, in attempting to proceed to sea, the wind being very light and there being a considerable ground sea, drifted to the north side of the entrance to the harbour. The master, seeing his danger, let go the anchor to prevent the vessel drifting on the rocks, but it would not hold. As the sea was continually breaking around the smack, no ordinary boat could have reached her, and the Life-boat Elizabeth Moore Garden therefore proceeded to her assistance, and succeeded in getting her safely back into the harbour. She carried a crew of three men..