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Burgerdijk

FEBRUARY 10TH. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. The Dutch steamer Burgerdijk, of Rotterdam, had been torpedoed about sixty miles south of the Bishop Rock, but her crew were saved by another Dutch steamer. The life-boat covered over one hundred and thirty miles in under seventeen hours. - Rewards, £23 10s. 6d..