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At about 5.30 A.M. on the 10th January a vessel was seen drifting before a S.E.

gale in Bridlington Bay. Information was given to the Life-boat authorities, and the Life-boat George and Jane Walker was launched and proceeded to her. She proved to be a three-masted schooner belonging to Monte Video, named the Kare. The vessel was drifting with both her anchors down, and she afterwards stranded ; the crew of eight men \yere therefore rescued and conveyed to Bridlington. The sea at the time was very heavy and broken, owing to the strong gale blowing..