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Florence Mary

A fishing-dandy was seen, daring a break in a thick fog at 10 A.M. on the 16th June, stranded on the North Scroby Sand. A strong breeze was blowing at the time from the 8., and there was a rough sea. The No. 2 Life-boat Godsend proceeded to her, and found her to be the Florence Mary, of Yarmouth, with a crew of six men, returning from fishing. At the master's request the Life-boat remained by htr until the tide rose, when the sea became smoother, and the vessel floated off the sand..