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AUJBOROTOSH, SUFFOLK.—At 7.30 AM.

on the 6th December, 1883, a sudden gale from the N.I. sprang up accompanied by a very rough sea. The fleet of fishing boats was out, and two of the boats were unable to cross the shoals. The coxswain of the Life-boat was also at sea at the time, but reaching the shore with difficulty immediately assembled the crew of the George ffaunsfietd Life-boat, went off to the assistance of the two boats, and brought safely ashore their crews, numbering six men..