The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-11-29 00:00:00

Feadul Gales.

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Gales of extraordinary violence raged over the neigh-
bourhood on Saturday and Sunday, and, in fact, over
the whole of the country, and has caused great damage
t ) property. We have not heard of anything more
merlon. in the immediate vicinity of Dorchester than
the frlling of trees, but grave fears • (floods are enter-
tained, al the waters of the river Frotane and the
smaller etreams are already overflowing the banks.
Several trees hive been blown down at. Charminster,
and in evicr of the surrounding villages. The gale
WAS remarkably tierce during Saturday night, and rain
fell in torrents. It inu.ltrated sligutly towards the
morning, but during Sunday the wind increased, and
in the afterpoon heavy 'storms of rain, with hail, fell,

A SHIP DRIVEN ASHORE AT WEYMOUTH.
The Meteorological Department, about half-past
twelve on Saturday, telegraphed that a deep depression
was approaching Irelaud, and at Valeutia the
barometer was falling with • S.S.E. gale. South cone,
prophesying a gels from a southerly quarter, was
ordered to be hoisted. The storm s ion burst upon
Weymouth, blowing from the W.S. W., then backing
to tee S.W., and a very noisy storm it was. It rage!
from Saturday afternomi till Sunday evening, and at
th..t time the squalls seemed to be as fiarte and full ot
rain as ever. A schooner made fur the Roads during
Sam. day night, among the many vessels of different
rigs which fled to Portland for shelter, but this
uufortunate craft failed to get well berthed, or was
driven out by the violehc3 of the .-. W. gale, and in
the morning she was seen between the Breakwater end,
the Nothe, aud Oaddngton, labouriug heavily at
anchor, and with a great list, her ballast having
evidently shifted. Her foretopmil was set, and she
wow plunging violently. About nine or later, the
Commodore (Captain Comm) got dp steam, and was
soon dein to the schooner's assisistauce, when it was
found there was no one On board. Two meu wee put
on her with great difficulty, and after several efforts,
and the schooner's cables being shipped, the Com-
modore tried to tow. But the toretopsail of the
schooner was directly in the way, and the wind forced
her back so that she slowly but steadily drove hi lee-
ward. Meanwhile the lifeboat crew were assembled,
an 1 the shipway cleared f. r the lifeboat to go
out ; but finding the Commodore was doing
al, she could to succour the schooner, she did
not go. By and by there arrived in Weymouth
from Osmiugtou the captain of the vessel on to which
the Commodore was hanging with • desperate effort
to save her. He was • Frenchman, and came ashore
too see the French coosul, Mr. Cr. B. Welstord, and
he stated the vessel was tile Jeanne Elio., 89 tons,
in
ballast from Tronville for Swansea. ifis crew and himself
had auchored her with two anchors, and left her in
the morning, going down to Ounington, where they
arrived about holp a mile from Osmington Coastguard
Station, and their boat was upset in the breakers ; but the
coastguardsman had launched the station boat, and
gone to their half, and the captain and three men were
saved without hurt; but the by was much buffeted,
and left ill in the staid in,being only rescued alive with
difficulty. Every praise is due to the coastguardsman
and fishermen of Osmiugton for their espy and efficient
help. The captain Was sent on to Weymouth and
accommodated by Mr. and Mrs. Croeby, at the Sailor's
Home. The efforts of the Commodore were fruitless,
and after a long struggle the Jeanne Elise went on
the ledges of rock near White Nothe, where she
could be seen upright, by those who had good glasses.
Numbers of people assembled at different point. on
Weymouth Esplanade, an I watched the return of the
Commodore in the teeth of • terrible %hid, and when
she got t i Harbour about one, a large crowd was at
this end of the Pier to welcome her, and they learnt
with regret not only that she had failed in her effort to
save the vemel, but ha I been very much battered her.
self, one of her pa Idlebox houses being nearly knocked
to pieces, while a p or man named Thome* Hardy had
been washed against the engine room and had injured
his knee-cap; he was brought on shore in men's arms,
and Mr. Fowler sent him, after Dr. Tinted had
temporarily attended him, to the Weymouth
HospitaL It appears that the Commodore put two
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afteruoin in heavy squalls, with frequent rain, and
when night fell it was as violent as ever. all the
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A man named Newton, in the employ of Mr. Vigour,
butcher, Templecombe, was drowned on Fri lay even-
ing, near Buckhom Weston. He wee on his usual
weekly journey, and in driving through a stream to
get to Bockhorn Weston, owing to the late rains,
the current was so great that the horse was carried by
the force down the stream, and the animal, as well as
its driver, was drown,d. Up to t i•-day we believe
vie body hu n >t been recovero i, but a hat and apiece
of suet have bon found. Newton, who leaves a wife
and two children, is said to have been a very quiet
and well connected man.

From the youth and eat coasts many disasters are
reported. YeiterdAy afternoon, about one-third of
Ventor new pier, with the recently-erected landing.
stage was carried away. The damage is estimate iat
0,000. At Harwich, on Saturday night, the barge
George Cooke m, of Walton, was driven againet the
stone breakwat,r, and became a total wreck; crew
saved. The ltamsgate lifeboat attempted to go out in
answer to a signal from the Goodwin', but for some
hours could not leave the harbour owing to violent
head winds. Part of the iron roof of the Margate
Corporation Water Works was blown off, and crashed
into three cottages. On the South-Eastern Railway,
Grove Ferry down station was wrecked. A very
boisterous sea arose at Hastings on Saturday night,
dashing over the beach on to the parade and causing a
breach by which the gas and water mains were exposed.
Nearly the whole of the extension worksat Folkestone
were washed away by tremendous seas. The steamers
between Folkestone and Boulogne suspended service.
At Yarmouth on Saturday night the brig Countess of
Harwich. from Sunderland, dregged tw, anchors and
drove ashore. Only three of the crew were on board,
and they were saved by the rocket apparatus. A
terrific thunderstorm visited Pontypiid.laed Rhondda
Valley late on Saturd my night. The rein descended in
torrents, and the rivers Rhondda and Taff flooded the
lower party of premises abutting on the river. The
Union Company's steamer Asiatic, from the Cape,
arrive off Plymouth during the gale yesterday morn-
ing, but being caught in a violist squall ran off from
the land and afterwards proJeeded for Southampton
without calling at Plymouth. The neighbourhood f
Preston also experienc-d the full fury of the storm.
The river Ribble overflowed, flooding a considerable
extent of the adjacent land. The Baron Van
Pallandt Nurwegion barque, from the East Indies, was
observed by the coastguard at Mount Batten, Ply-
mouth, drifting rapidly towards Jennycliffe Bay.
The lifeboat put out and reached the vessel when
she had got upon the rocks. Part of the crew were
taken off, but the captain and remainder, ten hands
in all, declined to quit the ship, which remained
stranded. Three mail steamers are weather.biund
at Plymouth. At Hull. on Saturday evening, a
beat c ming esthete from the Humber guard.
ship Ro,eilse was capsized, and the crew were
with difficulty rescued Two youn.: men were
xerionsly injured in Hull by a chimney stack chuck
by lightning, falling through the roof while they were
in bed. Some thousands of pounds' damage was done
to house property by the at irm at Portsmouth. Four
vessels were reported ashore on the Chicheeter coast,
and a large steamer, with • crew of 40 hande, is ashore
at the back of the Isle of Wight. Notwithstanding
the prevalence of the gale the troopship Orontes sailed
on Saturday afternoon for the Cape. The London &
South• Western line, between Mary Tavy and Lidford,
was fl ioded, an.l the 2.55 train from Devenoort to
Waterloo was delayed. In and around Buckingham,
too, the floods are very extensive, hundreds of acres of
meadow land being under water.
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The brig, Gaon; Clarke, while entering the Tyne
from Boulogne, on Saturday, came ashore 012 the South
Pier. Crew saved.

A heavy storm swept over the Waterford clis•rict on
Saturday night and Sunday, doinc c maiderable damage
to house property.
The steamer Sandringham, which drawled in (4 oe ens-
town Harbour, has been towed off, not seriously
damaged.
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--T-h-er's-to--r in swept over c unities Dublin, Wicklow, and
Kil.lare, doing great damage to house property, at lekS,
and fences.

(By Telegraph.)

During the gale, the troopihip Orontes had to put
back to Birtsiii oth with nceerin4 gear dmnagod.
Three iwriciiis word drowued near 011hun, while
crowin4 a ft etream.
!duce damage to property reported.