Castle Craig
BROOKE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—The steamer Castle Craig, of Liverpool, stranded on Brooke Ledge during thick weather and a heavy sea on the 14th December. At about 4 A.M., her signals of distress being observed, the crew of the George and Anne Life-boat were summoned and the boat •went to the assistance of the stranded vessel. Much difficulty and danger were incurred in laying near the vessel so as to take the crew off, but eventually this was safely accomplished, and in two trips the boat brought ashore thirty-one men. The steamer was on a voyage from Odessa to Antwerp with a cargo of grain, oilcake and feathers,.