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The S.S. Slaney

WEXFOED.—At 9 A.M. on the 15th of January, the Civil Service No. 1 Lifeboat, manned as usual by Custom House officers and pilots, was launched to the assistance of the s.s. Slaney, of and from Liverpool for Wexford, with a general cargo, which had stranded on the East Bar while entering the harbour during a strong gale of wind from the E.N.E. and a very heavy sea. The Life-boat was towed out by a tug, and at about 11 o'clock came alongside the steamer, took off fifteen passengers, transferred them to the tug, and a second time proceeded to the vessel, and succeeded in rescuing her crew of seventeen men and the pilot..