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Young Helen

DUNBAR, HADDINGTONSHIRE.—During a westerly gale and moderate sea on the afternoon of the 18th March, the smack Young Helen, of Buckhaven, struck on the " Wildfire rock," bet ween North Berwick and Dunbar. On the information being received the Life-boat William Arthur Millward launched and proceeded to her assistance. On reaching the scene of the accident they found the vessel rolling very badly and the crew hard at work at the pumps. As it was then impossible to tell the extent of the damage and whether the smack would float with the flood tide, the skipper requested the Life-boat to stand by him in case it became necessary to abandon his vessel. After remaining nearly four hours the smack floated off, and they then accompanied her back to Dunbar, where she was safely berthed during the evening..