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Mersey

DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 2nd April, while a strong breeze was blowing from the S., the schooner Mersey, of Dublin, bound from Waterford, in ballast, for Point of Ayre, anchored near the rocks outside Conister. She was then in a dangerous position, a very heavy sea was running, and when her anchors commenced to drag she was in a very critical situation. She signalled for assistance and in response the Lifeboat Civil Service No. 6 was launched and rescued her crew consisting of three men..