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Liberator

WEXFORD.—The fishing-yawl Liberator, of Wexford, grounded on the N.E. side of the Dogger'Bank, while returning to port from the fishing grounds in a strong N.W. gale and a rough sea on the 5th January. The Life-boat Andrew Pickard promptly went to her assistance, and, finding that it probably would be possible to get her off the sand with the assistance of an anchor, the Life-boat men laid out one, to which the Life-boat's cable was attached, and at flood-tide the vessel was hauled into deep water..