The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-05-02 00:00:00

LOSS OF A VESSEL AND 20 LIVE&

This is the most terrible event that has c t:ne to our
knowledge connection with the effects of the gale.
About four o'clock the coaelguardomem on duty cow.
large full ritigml ship (apparently light) cows on glom
.11th. to the westward of Lord Point lighthouse, and
in lees than fire m'ntite ,heyaa in atoms.
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w-a-e-tin-ii; ImTv-871111;1W-the -oosetlinards to get
near the edge of the old/ as the surf was firing over the
lighthouse, but there can be no doubt they were all
lost an even had the poor fellows had time to have
launched • boat it oould not have livei in such a /9111.
The ormAguardemen Mate that they never before saw
such an amount of wreckage floating up the Channel
towards Oluiatoburch Raid as they did between 5 ant
6 o'clock that evening, so that we must expect to hear
of other dreadful cmualtiev
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Yro.7n—ht; slael-nd build it is thought the unfortunate
genii was an American, and probably carried • crew
of 20 mac. As she was reported light it is thought
she was going down Channel for ballast, and most
likely to come from Havant.
The storm moderated as the evening wore on, but
the ragged appearance of the sails of same of the
vessels In Poole quay betoken how fierce it was whilst
lt listed.

The effect of the gals throughout the South of
England was disastrous, $e following accounts will
show :—At Brighton a chimney stack in Dorset-street
fell, destroying the interior of the house and buryint
several pore ins in the ruins. All were extricated with
great difficulty. One sustained serious injuriee. At
Torbay, three yachts are reportod to have goes down,
and several vessels in Dartmouth harbour got adrift.
Near Persearme the screw steamer Urueshendry, from
Ardroesan, with dynamite, for Halle, struck on Nagle
sands. The crew of 11 were rescued. At DJIIIIC a
boss was capsized, the crew being rescued with great
difficulty; and the Manuel demon wereconsider-
ably delayed, The sea broke violently over the
Admiralty pier. At Bhanldia, lale of Wight, part of
the roof of St. Paul's Church warn lifted off, several
wags wen capsized, and chimneys blown down. At
Ryde a large vessel off the pier was disc:meted, the side
of a home was also blown in, and a labourer seriously
Injured. At Plymouth the trawl steamer Gustave Mark)
drove 'ashore at Cattdour, but win towed off and
beached. At Portsmouth he storm raged with such
terrific violence that the &pulse arid Salamis could
only ride it out in safety in barb sur with double
anchor.. Numerous mishaps occurred. In the
Clarenot Berracklard some ckildren be'onging to the
17th Regiment were playing, when a chimney-stack
fell, and crushed to death a bey named Gillham, aged
five years. Portions of the masonry also fell upon a
woman of the Regiments arid dirlocated her shoulder.
A lad named Robert Taff was swlaging himself down
with a rope Isom ibende4 storm, when hews. omaght

by a gust of wind and swung round so violently We h.
feU, and warn killed on the spot. A women named
boat, aged 88, we. kttl.d, and • man earned /Livia
seriously injured, through a cart in which they wen
driving being ovecturned by the wind. A boat bekng.
log to the Admiralty yacht liatbantrems was deism ou
a mud bank, and two of its occupants, John Jain,
boatswain's mate, sod J. G. Gould, able asamen.
drmned. At Croydon two unlashed houses were
blown down and • new hums stripped of its ow,'
portions, the wind being DO violent the, Polielbensit
were stationed at various points where balding
operations were gang on to warn persons away.
toe vale of the Severn tat gale raged with gnu
violence. kiail fell heavily, 'AMUR thunder 604
lighting, much damage bang done to the early fruit
trees. The Severn ham risen very much, and serious
floods are feared. At Uhristcuutoh, nest Beans
mango, on Saturday night male were drives from
their moorings hones wen unroofed, and several
peisetriens injured by failing inneoury. The geoliag
of • new mansion seer the railway station was blown
dawn, and toe hematite had a narrow esonpe. Th.
wind blew with tatrifio violence In the neigh Isoo,l
of °bard on tieuroay aluernoon. Rouses were
uprooted acid windows ammoniated, and over 100 tree
were aproored. At Fasten, war. Lyiningren, tam
wadi &narrow escape from mins acendent. Luang the
al wane two lailye tree were blown acres the Loado•
and SouthsWestan Railway, mad • trate ran into them.
The witin• and cal rage I.:cambial, kept on the rain,
nut the snuck was so peat that We carnage windows
were snmehed, and the treed bad to be c eared away
beton the Vein could proceed. A men, named
Seward Praleett, Nod 28, living at Clorteuwell, was
killed by the tat of a tree on ;Saturday swat at
tihootereshol, ma London. On the North Dean,
coast the gale will felt with the greatest severity.
lasted use damage done am .og loins cud otar bad
be onequallais fin roads nand limeter aro b.ocaeo by
the taloa Umber. on the ingaway between Enter
and Newton nearly nay *Um are d iwo car. rum awsy
the telegraph wire et three points. Al Heist n
crowd. si poop/. crowded the hen. Lands watching •
number of See lees macaws& boats rinikunt lust
harbour. Otte boat was damped mimes, bus the crew
seeped. Yin crawler. are reported ligliaLl4. Tao
Gran Darling went Moore in it. ICU bay, and was
damned to piens. The crew were rescued. At Truro
anandesable damage km been dm* to hones property.
A bargee wee ioww.i into Italian's& wit, manitneet
out away. At Plpsou.h toe licaau.ao eoreevie Vital
drove slightly, but the annum aeld. naveral oaten
Yeawela were is • walnut immineut