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Lily of the West

PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN.—The Lifeboat Annie and Mary of Manchester was launched at 9 A.M. on the 31st January to the assistance of the trawler Lily of the West, of Douglas, which had been disabled by loss of sails. A strong wind was blowing from the S. W. and an exceptionally high sea was running. The vessel anchored, but as the bay is unsheltered when the wind is in that direction, it was feared that the anchor would not hold, and the crew, consisting of five men, were therefore taken into the Lifeboat and brought safely ashore..