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The S.S. Lady Eglington

WORKINGTON.—At 10 P.M. on the 9th December, the Life-boat Dodo was launched, signals of distress having been shown by the s.s. Lady Eglington, of and from Cardiff for Workington, with a cargo of coke, which had stranded on the north shore, near the mouth of the river Derwent, in a strong S, W. breeze and a heavy sea. The vessel had justi floated whenthe Life-boat arrived. One of the Lifeboat men was put on board to pilot her, and, with the assistance of the boat, she was conducted safely into dock..