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Vesta and Ripple

ALDEBURGH.—Signal rockets were fired from the Coastguard Station at 9.10 A.M., on the 25th August, denoting a vessel in need of assistance. A moderate gale was blowing from the S.W., with rain, and there was a rough sea. The Life-boatAldeburgh was promptly launched, and found two cutters, the Vesta and Ripple, belonging to Woodbridge, in distress in the bay. The crews of the two vessels, numbering in all seven men, were taken into the Life-boat, and were safely landed at 10.30..