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St. Fergus

NORTH SUNDERLAND.—The schooner St. Fergus, of Wick, bound from the Tyne for Inverness, with cement, in trying to pass through the Fairway, between the land and the Fame Islands, during a strong W.N.W. gale on the 17th March, 1885, broke her forestay, became unmanageable, and drove on the rocks. The Life-boat Thomas Bewick, was launched to the assistance of the vessel, at 4.20 P.M., immediately it was seen that she had struck, but on reaching her the master declined to leave her; the boat, however, remained by her about an hour, and the master and crew of four men were then taken to the Inner Fame Lighthouse. The vessel became a total wreck..