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Cutting from “the Dailygraph”, 8 August

           Alreadythesuddenstormispassing,anditsfiercenessisabating. Crowdsarescatteringbackward,andtheskyisbeginningtoreddenovertheYorkshirewolds. 

           Ishallsend,intimeforyournextissue,furtherdetailsofthederelictshipwhichfoundherwaysomiraculouslyintoharbourinthestorm. 

           9August. Thesequeltothestrangearrivalofthederelictinthestormlastnightisalmostmorestartlingthanthethingitself. ItturnsoutthattheschoonerisRussianfromVarna,andiscalledtheDemeter. Sheisalmostentirelyinballastofsilversand,withonlyasmallamountofcargo,anumberofgreatwoodenboxesfilledwithmould. 

           ThiscargowasconsignedtoaWhitbysolicitor,Mr.S.F.Billington,of7,TheCrescent,whothismorningwentaboardandtookformalpossessionofthegoodsconsignedtohim. 

           TheRussianconsul,too,actingforthecharter-party,tookformalpossessionoftheship,andpaidallharbourdues,etc. 

           Nothingistalkedaboutheretodayexceptthestrangecoincidence. TheofficialsoftheBoardofTradehavebeenmostexactinginseeingthateverycompliancehasbeenmadewithexistingregulations. Asthematteristobea‘ninedayswonder’,theyareevidentlydeterminedthatthereshallbenocauseofothercomplaint. 

           Agooddealofinterestwasabroadconcerningthedogwhichlandedwhentheshipstruck,andmorethanafewofthemembersoftheS.P.C.A.,whichisverystronginWhitby,havetriedtobefriendtheanimal. Tothegeneraldisappointment,however,itwasnottobefound. Itseemstohavedisappearedentirelyfromthetown. 

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