The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-11 00:00:00

GALLANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES.

SEATON CAREW, DURHAM, Sunday.—At five
o'clock this morning, the Seaton Carew lifeboat,
belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution,
saved the crew, of eight men, of the brig Provi-
dence, of Harkworth, which, during a fearful gale
of wind, was stranded a mile to the north of Seaton
Carew. Again, at eight, a.m., when the storm was
raging in its full fury, the noble lifeboat went out
and took off the crew, eight in number, of the brig
May Flower, of Newcastle, -.wrecked on the East
Gase Sand, at the entrance of the Tees. The boat
behaved very well on both occasions.
BEAUMARIS, Sunday.—At daybreak this morning,
during a gale of wind, some sailors were observed
clinging to the rigging of a vessel which had sunk
during the night, on the Dutchman's Bank. The
Penmon lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institu-
tion, immediately proceeded to their assistance and
brought them, four in number, safely on shore.
They belonged to the schooner Village Maid, of
Fleetwood, and had been in the rigging thirteen
hours. Any other boat than a lifeboat would have
been swamped on the occasion, as five successive
seas nearly filled her, but she immediately emptied
herself of them.
RHYL, Sunday.—lt blew here yesterday a strong
gale from E.N.E., with thick weather and heavy
rain. The schooner William, of Liverpool, was
observed to be stranded about a mile and a half
from Rhyl. The tubular lifeboat, which also:be-
longs to the National :Lifeboat Institution, was
after some delay in procuring horses, launched:and
proceeded off, and afterwards succeeded in taking
the whole crew of five men safely to shore.
ARKLOW, Saturday.—The Arklow lifeboat be-
longing to the National Lifeboat Institution was
instrumental during a terrific gale from the N.E.
and a fearful sea in recovering the crew of five men
from a vessel, which had got ashore between the
South Pier and the rocks. Owing to the very tem-
pestuous state of the weather, the lifeboat experi-
enced immense difficulty in accomplishing her mis-
sion of mercy ; but, thank God, she at last
succeeded, and brought the poor fellows safely

ashore.
SKIIRRIES, COUNTY DUBLIN, Saturday Night.—
A frightful storm has been raging all day on this
coast, and there are no signs of its moderating. The
schooner Margaret Ann, came ashore near Skerries,
and her crew of five hands were taken off by.tbe
lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Instituretriso.
The crew of the smack Gipsy, of Newry'
taken off by the same most able lifeboatvi
height of the storm, at the back ofthie in the
eSkerries
Islands. The lifeboat crew behaved nolo- on both
occasions.

A fire of a very threaten-
FIRE AT MAN CIIESTEB.--
ing character was discovered in Bridgewater -place, off
g
Market-street, Manchester, early on Friday niht. The
principal warehouse which suffered by the fire was that of
Messrs. Wadsworth, Bowcock, and Co., and it was so closely
hemmed in by buildings on all sides that three warehouses
were on fire at one time. Tho fire brigade worked most
vigorously and successfully, though some thousands
pounds' damage was done before the fire was extinguished,
lifanchester Examiner.
A MAN'S EYE STRUCK OUT BY A FOWL.—On
Wednesday a labouring man, named Joseph Arch, was
cleaning a fowl house on the property of Mr. Bassington,
of Haresfield, near Gloucester, when a cock fowl which
was standing near him suddenly flew at him, drove his
spurred feet into his face, and struck out one of his eyes.
The pain occasioned by the disaster was most excruciating,
and the sufferer was admitted into the infirmary, where he
received surgical treatraqlti—l3ristol Mercury.