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Brucklay Castle

GROOMSPORT, Co. DOWN.—During a strong E. wind and a heavy swell on the morning of the 19th October, the barque Brucklay Castle, of Aberdeen, was observed to be in a very dangerous position in Crawfordsburn Bay. The Life-boat George Pooley put off to her assistance at 9.15, and found that she had anchored daring the night, and dragged her anchors until she struck on an outlying reef. The boat remained by her until 4 o'clock, when a Liverpool tug arrived and towed her afloat, the Life-boatmen assisting to get her anchors up..