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Frederike Carolina

RAMSGATE.—At midnight, on the 12th of February, during a moderate S.E. wind and thick weather, signals were fired from the Gull Lightship. The Bradford Life-boat put off in tow of the harbour steam-tug Vulcan, proceeded to the North Sand Head Light-ship, and found that-she had fired in answer to the East Goodwin. They then went to the East Goodwin Light-vessel, spoke her, and were informed that the master and part of the crew of a barque were on board, their vessel having stranded on the sand. The men were taken into the Life-boat, which, with the tug, then proceeded to the barque, boarded her, and tried for a long time to get her afloat, by throwing overboard part of her cargo of salt, and by towing her. All efforts, however, failed to get her off, and as she was leaking badly, and the wind and sea were increasing, the master and crew, numbering in all twelve men, were taken into the Life-boat: four men belonging to a lugger, which assisted in the attempts to float the barque, were also taken on board the boat, and she was then towed back to Ramsgate, arriving there at 5 A.M. on the 14th. The vessel was the Frederike Carolina, of Lulea, bound from Brest for Elsinore.