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The S.S. Conakrian

OCTOBER 23RD. - ABERDEEN. As pre.

viously reported the No. 1 life-boat Emma Constance had been out on service to the S.S.

Conakrian, of Freetown, on the 20th October, and again on the 22nd. Early in the morning of the 23rd the naval officer in charge again asked the life-boat to go out, as the steamer had a heavy list, and she went at 3.30 in the morning A moderate easterly gale was blowing, with heavy broken water. The life-boat rescued the twenty-three men on board, including a pilot, and returned to her station at 4.42 A.M. Later, the steamer stranded.- Rewards, £17 6s. 6d..