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Crowpill

SWANSEA.—The ketch Crowpill, of and from Bridgwater, bound for Britonferry, in ballast, stranded on Britonferry bar in a heavy N.W. stale and a very heavy sea, on the 2nd February. The Life-boat Wolverhampton was launched at 3.10 P.M., and with considerable difficulty succeeded in rescuing the vessel's crew of four men.Before the arrival of the Life-boat, two ineffectual attempts to rescue the men were made by Neath steam-tugs. The service, which was very well performed, was witnessed by a large concourse of the inhabitants of Neath and Britonferry..