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The S.S. Kyanite

The s.s. Kyanite, of Glasgow, whilst bound from Treport, France, to Manchester, with a cargo of flints, stranded at the Lizard on the 24th June. The crew of the Life-boat Minnie Moon were assembled, and the i Life-boat launched at 2.35 A.M. to the assistance of the thirteen men on board., At the request of the master the boat lay alongside the steamer for three hours, and then, finding that the captain and crew refused to leave, as the sea was moderating and the weather clearing, she returned ashore. At the time of the casualty the weather was thick..