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Fairlie and Jane

MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.—A signal of distress having been shown by the schooner Fairlie and Jane, of Beaamaris, boned from Port Dinorwic for Kamsey, Isle of Man, with a cargo of slate, which was at anchor in Moelfre roadstead, on the 28th March, during a very heavy gale from the S.E., heavy showers of snow, and a very high sea, the Life-boat Star of Hope was launched at 7 A.M., and brought ashore the vessel's crew of three men, who were in danger of being washed overboard by the heavy seas which were breaking over the ship. The Life-boat was obliged to land at Traeth Bychan, where she was left during the night, returning to her station on the following morning, when the storm had moderated..