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The S.S. Onslow

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Onslow, of London, carrying crew of twenty-six hands, stranded at Kettle- ness Point during a dense fog on 12th August. She was loaded with coal at the time. Information of the accident reached Bunswick at 8 A.M. and the Life-boat Hester Rothschild was des- patched to their assistance. The sea was calm everywhere except close to the rocks. The mea on board declined to leave their vessel, but the Life-boat, at the request of the captain, stood by the ship all day until the sea on the rocks moderated..