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Eliza

BURNHAM, SOMERSETSHIRE. — Intelligence having been received that the schooner Eliza, of Bridgwater, 69 tons, bound for Cardiff with a cargo of coal, and having a crew of three men, had sunk on the Gore Sands, the crew of the Lifeboat Cheltenham were called, the boat was promptly launched at 6.15 on the evening of the 15th of May, and proceeded to the assistance of the vessel's crew. On her way out she met the ketch Fanny Jane with the men on board: they were taken into the Life-boat and safely landed at about 8 P.M..