The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-03-30 00:00:00

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DENIM -11.1 K; IN THE CHANNEL.

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SHIPPING DISASTERS.

(41 Satiirday evening, a large ship, which proved to
be the NLuxhiff, id Ilundee, 1,100 tons burthen, got
ashore during the fog under the Smith Foreland
Lighthonee, near Omer. The lifffloat was cent out
to rescue the crew. Tlgoughout the day the Channel
was xi's-eloped in an exceedingly APllee fog, and just
before midday a screw steamer suddenly loomed up,
and ran etem on to the Admiralty Pier, doing exten-
floniage. She hacked off, And was at once hied to
sight. .1 Ihiver tug And a number of boats hit the
harbour in search of her, and it was subserviently as
certained that the vessel, the Skerryvore, of Glasgow,
had anchored in the llay.l A later telegram from
Hover states that three sesuiele have been ashore there
'ince Saturday night, three others having liad narrow
escapee. On Sunday morning the steamship Stan-
nington, (rum Guernsey tri London, was towed off at
the east cliff, and brought into Dover Harbour
extensively damaged.
The steamship City Ad Venice, 2,091 tons, owned
by !Hosiers. Smith and Son, Glasgow, from London
for Glasgow with a general cargo, put into Fahnouth
cm Sunday morning with • large quantity of water in
her ("retinal, she having been ashore near the
Lis-std. The City of Venice left London on Friday,
and about nine o'clock on Saturday night, while prt.
reeding down the Channel, a hoary fog prevailed. She
ran ashore at Penrose Head, a short distance cast
the Lizard. She got off without aseistance, and,
accomionied by the lifeboat front Cadgwith, pro-
ceeded to Falna nth.
The WI-rigged ship Port fliAlmors, of Glasgow,
1.495 tons, left Falmouth on Saturday for Liverpool,
and afterwards ran a.hore on the Rae Rock, near the
3lanaclee. The Port Chalnwrs arrived at Falmouth
on the 29th January from Szinatang with a cargo of
sugar. In consequence of the market,, being low, the
crew were paid off and the chip laid up until • few
days ago, whfm orders were received to proceed to
Liverpool. Her captain ehimied • new of runners,
and on Saturday the vessel was towed to sea. There
was at the time • moderate breeze from the west, and
a fog hanging about land. The Port Chalmers
readied off for a few hours, and that stood in for the

land. At shout eight p.m., it being then &melt
thick with fig, an order 1,44/ to "bout ship,
and at the same morromt the look•out man reported
Breakers ahead.- Shortly afterward. she struck ign
the Rae W.A. a short &statue west of the Manacles,
and she i• lik.•ly t.. le•uoine a total wreck. The crew
were brieight back to Falmouth early "Ti Sunday
zooming by the strain trig Briton. Then. were three
or f...ir bet of ~.,ter in the Port Chalmers' cabin
ii hgm her crew lit her, and a. that was some time
before high water there is littlgolgeibt that at full tide
she IN. completely millomergetl.
A telegram from Diner on 8 lay night says that
the fog in the channel continues with extraordinary
density. A tog had left the harbour to go ti the
assistance Id the large barque Benoiela, which had
gone inflow under the Smith Foreland Lighthouae.
She lay on a rock in a dangerous place. The fog is
the densest that has been experionn•il for many years.
The FOOIII.Ior Acton, which has arrived at Limerick
from Baltimore, reports having experienced a terrible
gale. Twig sailors were washed giverboani, and the
man at the wheel, who MI. lashed to his post, was
killed by a heavy *ea striking him. Two boats were
smashed and considerable damage done to the vessel.
The schooner Rosalie, from RIO Urande, arrived at
Rillyhob gin Satorday. Ihe encountered terrible
weather, and the captain was killed by a tailing
mast.