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Hamilton and Zealot, W. M. J., and the Otter

RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—A violent gale was experienced here on the morning of the 14th January, the wind blowing furiously from S.8.W., and the heavy seas lashing themselves into a mass of foam. At 11.45 the Life-boat Two Sisters was launched, and sailed to the assistance of a half-decked boat, the cutter Zealot, of Peel, which was riding heavily at anchor, and was shipping a large quantity of water. She had a crew of three men, one of whom, a youth, was anxious to leave her, and he was therefore taken into the Life-boat, but the others decided to remain by their boat, which fortunately rode out the storm. The Life-boat then proceededto the schooner W. M. J., of Briton Ferry, which had broken adrift just as the boat was launched and had hoisted a signal for assistance, and with great difficulty took off her crew consisting of four men. The boat now headed for the shore and was beached at Dog Mills, about two miles N. of Eamsey, where the five men were landed. Again putting off the boat proceeded to the help of the fishing-cntter Otter, of Port St. Mary, which had parted her cable and was leaking badly, and rescued her crew of four men. A signal was then shown by the cutter Hamilton, of Kamsey, lying near the Point of Ayre, and the Life-boat thereupon went alongside her and took off her crew of three men. Sail was again hoisted, and the boat made for Port Cranstal, where all safely landed at 6 P.M. The Life-boat carriage, drawn by six horses and accompanied by the helpers, bad been despatched to this point, a distance of seven miles from the Life-boat station, and with considerable difficulty, owing to to the steepness of the beach, the boat was placed on the carriage and brought back to Kamsey at 1 o'clock on the following morning..