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Luna

On the 3rd June an alarm was given that there was a vessel ashore on Whitley Sands. At 4.20 A.M. the Life-boat was launched, proceeded to the vessel through a rough sea, the wind blowing a moderate breeze from N.E., and rescued her crew of six men. The vessel, which was the schooner Luna, bound from Denmark for the Tyne, went ashore in foggy weather, and was in danger of becoming a total wreck..