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Harry

COURTMACSHERRY, Co. Cork. — The fishing-smack Harry, of Courtmacsherry, while getting under weigh to run for shelter from the roadstead to the pier in a heavy W.S.W. gale, at 3 P.M. on the 17th May, lost one of her anchors. When under weigh she missed stays and went on the bar on which a very heavy sea was breaking; she let go another anchor but the chain parted. However, she floated off the sand and stood out Ao sea. The Life-boatWarrant put off to her assistance, taking out an anchor to her, and remained alongside until she had crossed the bar, where, if she had again missed stays, she would in all probability have been lost with her crew of six men. When they got into the shelter of the harbour's point the Lifeboatmen ran out a warp and hauled the smack into a safe position..