The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-06-30 00:00:00

DIBA3TROUB CYCLONE AT ADEN.

NARROW PAVAN,: OV MOS SIAJOYI's u.tecumgrr..

An officer .4 Ilerty.go mllip Ham Mime, writing
to friend. at Plymouth, rle*cribe. the terrible expert.
elk,. .4 that during a fearful ebylone with+
tamed over the promontory, during which not only
were many !iv,. 6.4 1111,1 Mulch property plural in
joipanly, but in the road., 11/111
the flag.liii. Ilarchante, ran great ri.k of becoming
total wreck.. Ti,.' weather for week. hail lweii
unitandly hot, 1.1.. n for the time .4 the year ; awl
about noon .in the day .4 the di.turhance 11 midden
bund .4 wind from the N.N.E. gave prianmitory
warning, and ill h... than half All hour the force
.4 the wind greatly ineremed, and the ...N1
r.MM in a marvello,,u manner, huge web... rolling into
1i,.. road.tead, carrying it,. ything them.
Igief a time did ilia. mighty cluing.. occur that,
before precaution., be taken to ...cure anything,
gear .4 all .liwcri pt ion. wit. Hying about, 1111,1 the mu.)'
rolling and pitching .4 the brought an tuitional
*train magi the ground briar. Tli. machinery at the
time" WAN 111111 Pr 1.11111111111111,11, 1111 t ,011 the Mat indica.
thin of bail weather the department liaatioted to
connect the ...tend part., and, notwitledanding the
exce.eivi. rolling .4 the .hip, the engineer managed to
get .dl ready in two hour.. 4 hitaide the AIM. matter.
were gradually getting wotae, and fire. had 1.411
lightird in the ideanilmata in order to mend Omni to
the idiom for ...curdy I lint a heavy pea .truck the
abeam large and put the fire out, partially filling
the boat and malting away much of her gear, At
o'clock the wind lawkal, ca iii i t the pliip
awing argain.t the mom, which tient with terrific
violence, and broke clean over lier deck*. Notwitle
*tending a ...cowl anchor had to .be let fp., it wa.
necewary to light fin.. and get up *team. A hug..
ware carried the dingey awl copper pint (nun their
davit., .mm 64 a whaler into matchwowl attaiii.t
the. I,llll', 111 Id 1111, 'dean, biuge wink with all lio.r gear.
The wind at two o'clock suddenly veered to the 8.E.,
Milling the vessel to roll mane 31 degree.. Ti,.' .c.• 11..
on board baffled de..cription, the younger sail. r.. being
Neared and older aux bate. Miaatable. and nie •
trap. were flying *bait in all direction., crockery
was snutelw i d n the ~wanes, irons and bucket. we.,
flying about the ntokehole, and in the inida .4 all
dd., a heavy iwa *truck the mhip on her broad.ide and
dragged the cable from the " ',topper," and breaking
inboard medial with terrific force along the
deck and down the hatchway, carrying diatruc-
tion when.ver it went. Fortunately the 'dam
department had exerted thomielvet to the
altlenigh many of the .t..kerm Were
11114.. young 1111,1 111,•111wrienepd, and ',team wa. at hand
jit.t at the critical Unlearn.. The chief engineer had
onlen.l oil and tut-1 ,-ain.. to lie expended for oat or.
ating the w ...I ,n lighting the fin..., conanuently
they burnt vigoromily. At half.paet two the *team
cutter wan cap..ixed by a heavy an and went down
engineer and all, tido making the fifth boat destroyed.
The fora. of the wind at thi. time was regi.ten.l at
eleven, being a .I***l .4 from eighty mile, an hour.
At three the wind veered to S. F., the force
,hiuuunnhed, and at five o'clock the only indication.
remaining of the cyclone were the wreckod biat. and
the dilapidated ("militia% .4 the .liip. the
French Cowed'. Mame *Wren*, ...verely, being partly
blown down. Native Init. and shantie. were dying
about like card., and all along the Awn."( the
harbour boat. and .par. told lamentable tale. .4 tin
...verity of the gale. II M. .hip. Turquoi... and
Iteindeer rai.ad imam anti *A their anchorage in
the inner harbour to .afer imintell. The French f1u..,,-
'f-war La Iteinard hut b. on before the gale, and
not .inry. heard of, I,:nit night the admiral
di.ixttclied the Timmoia. and Reindeer in march of
her.