The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-09-04 00:00:00

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Fearful Gale

WRECK LOSS OF LIFE AT PORTLAND. SHOCKING RAILWAY DISASYKR.
PORTLAND RAILWAY WASHED AWAY A terrible diameter occur ed Flundey evening at
Skitlais S Mice, near Berlin. The passengers, while
Daring Saturday night and the whole of Sunday • crossing the rails, were run Into by an express trida,
terrible gale iace I along the wrist and south °mats, and 40 baing killed and many injure
the on at serious repo.m of 4 wnig*, and in route
low of life, are to hand. Our own district was not THE GLASGOW OUTRAGES.
eipsnipt foim the loner •leatructi en. Front Portland prisoners arrested in coomeetion with the
P.; w outrage, were take n before the Sheriff this
w, hear that during Sand ay .isoruing the sea mode •
clean breach over the Chesil Be sch sod washed G
away
(Nfonday) morning. Aft-r their examination they
nearly half • mile of the railway near the etetioo.
Fortunately the intelligence was transmitted to Wry• sill c td to prison. It is believed one or two
m will turn approver*. A numb, rof materials for explo.
outh in the nick of time, and a train, which hod
infernai machines have been found.
larded s starts 1I or P‘rtland, wee stopped bef .re it had she
got clear of the station. Had this not been the case
• serious disaster mu -t have ernmel, for 11.61 i portions
of the permanent way were greatly undermined, and
It would have been quite impossible f .r those in charge
of the train to hay, foreseen their danger. In some
nieces the line was o impletely destroyed. A large
bresk-down gang, cs.mpriaing men drawn from Way.
mouth, Dorchester, sod Portbin 1, were at once set Xs
work, hut the great-st di ffi catty was experienced in
the matter of tallest, as the whole ..f this indispens-
able msterial had to be brought from Dorchester.
The men, h .cover, worked with a will, being raper.
intened by Inspector Irina and by six o'clock the
damage wart, to a great extent, repaired.
WRECK ON THE CHERIL REAOH.
TWO LP7III LOW.,
On Sunday morn ng • wreck occurred at Portland.
The barque Christiana, of Dramwen, 392 tons, laden
with floor boards, went ashore off the Beach, opposite
the Railway Station. She was first observed in the
Bay between one and two o'clock. She had been
endeavouring to get round the Bell, but failing to
io
a', she then tacked about and mailed back west at
the same time the ship was drifting on shore. The
polioe kept the ground while signals were put up, and
a flag was hoisted OD the beach near the Cove Hotel by
the coastguard, and the captain ran her ashore.
She came in broadside on the Beach with
a tremendous orash, the seas at once breaking
over her. The crew with difficulty managed to
cling to the rigging. The rocket apparatus had
been prepared by the oraststard, and the sec ,nd
attempt carried the hoe on board between the main-
mast and fore.mast. One of the crew ran with it up
•U• lb to 564 m.art. 127 =coma of *be
apparatus, the captain and seven of the crew were
brought to shore safely, the last to come on shore
being • buoy of 19 or 14 years old, and hearty
cheers were raised by the spectators.
As soon as the ship struck, two of the crew
Immediately jumped overboard with life buoys. One
of them appeared to have missed the buoy, sad his
body was seen floating about among the wave., the
other was floating about alive °tinging to wreckage for
nearly an hour and an half, and the apparatus threw
out several lines which fell very close to the pier
fellow, but neither suomeded in reaching him, and
ultimately he appeared to be exhausted and sank.
One side of the ship broke away, ant • great quantity
of the cargo was seen floating about for hours after-
wards. After the side brokea very heavy sea struck the
vowel, and it heeled over on it. other side, when she
broke in half and became a total wreck. The crew were
taken in at the Cove Inn where they needed dry cloth-
ing and refreshmrnts. The beach is strewn with the
wreckage for about three miles. All this (Monday)
morning a party was employed saving the cargo and
remnants of the wreck.
Great excitement prevailed. When the ship struck,
the greatest obstacle wes • drunken marine and blue
jacket, who had to be forcibly removed. The apparatus
' was worked admirably, by the coastguards, assisted
by the police and willing hands. We may here mention
that the boy who left the ship last had a bard tassel
for life. The apparatus got entangled, and the boy
bad to undo It before he could get in the "cradle."
A will was partly washed down, drainage pipes
were laid bare, and other damage was done on the

A POINTSMAN BILLED.
William Turner. a pointsmon, residing at Shagletoa,
near Frost .n, was killed on Saturday while attempting
to drop of • train travelling at the rate of 410 Witt an
hour.

RAI LW A I COLLISION.
At Miliwail Junction on Eteturday, a train left the
m,tele and onlilled with another train. Three persons
were se:lonely injured.

GALLANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES.
At Plymouth a barque drove steadily and broadside
on the rocks bane sth the Hoe. Her crew of ten were
in great peril. Hwy waves dashed over them, and
If washed away they would be dashed against the
precipitous cliffs. A pilot boat bore down upon them,
but when within hail she was obliged to sheer off,
or she would have herself broken up. F witinab-ly
the lifeboat was in readiness. With no little effort
and risk she was taken alongside. Within bait-an-
hour of the last man being rescued no two planks of
the barque held t 'gather, and the beach was strewn
with hundreds of fragments and deals.
It has been decided that ths western division of the
Channel Squadron shall pr wood to Portland, and
there it is expected they will stay three weeks.
During Saturday night's storm special precan'ions
, were observed on board h Majesty's shipa in Devon-
port Harbour, but all held firm.