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Ben Aigen

BUCKIE.—At 9 A.M. on the 7th Aug. last a pilot-boat put off to bring the schooner Ben Aigen, coal laden from Sunderland, into the harbour during a strong gale from the N.W. and a rough sea. The pilot boarded the vessel and the boat proceeded to return to the harbour with one man and a boy in her, but when about fifty yards from the schooner the boom shifted, causing the boat to fill with water and founderimmediately. The schooner promptly launched her boat, manned by two men, and picked up the man, but the boy was unfortunately lost. The James Sturm Life-boat put off from Buckie to the rescue, and reached the schooner's boat jnst in time to save all her occupants from perishing, as she was nearing the rocks and both her oars had been broken..