The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-25 00:00:00

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100 to 6 sot Tattoo (0
26 to 1 Bayard (t)
30 to 1 Columba (t and
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40 to 1 glihflyer's dam
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60 to 1 Donnybrook (t)
1000 to 16 Bketangtoo (t)

THE LATE STORM.

(From the Scotsman.)
The storm which during the latter days of last
week blew with such terrific violence along the shores of
the north of Scotland vedted Edinburgh and its neighbour-
hood on Saturday afternoon, and caused great destruction
to property of ovary description. During the whole of
Saturday heavy run fell without intermission, accompanied
by violent gusts of wind. Towards evening the wind
freshened into • gale, and the rain swept over the city in
torrents. Many of the streets were flooded in conse-
quence of the gratings of the sewers becoming choked with
rubbish, aed considerable damage was in some instances
caused by the water flowing into cellars and underground
places where property was stored. Between six
and seven o'clock the gale increased to • hurricane,
which raged with the greatest violence and with
disastrous results till as advanced hour yesterday morning.
On Saturday evening, as the tide roes, the wind in-
creased, exposing the shipping in the Roads to in-
creased danger. Many feared the night would prove
a disastrous on., for before darkness set in
six or eight yawl were drifting towards Grantee and
Wardle. When the day dawned on Sunday morning the
apprehensions entertained were fearfully realised. A small
schooner, the Dorothea, of Hanover, was lying ashore at
the East Breakwater of Grantor' far. The crew escaped
with their lives, but were unable to save anything at the
time. Throughout the day, when the tide receded, she was
high and dry, and the master and crew, taking advantage of
this, carried away their clothes and such stores as they
could secure. She was io ballast. As she was lying on the
rocks fears were entertained that the retuning tide would
break her into pieces. Not fifty yards from where the Dorothea
lay a large brig—the Eliza Hall, of Whitby, timber laden—
was wrecked on the breakwater on Sunday morning. The
muter and crew were in great danger of perishing, as the era
was washing over the ship in • manner that brought
dread into the stoutest hearts. The master and crew
the cutter of the Princess Royal were soon present with
Manby's apparatus, and succeeded in taking the sailors of
the Eliza Hall safely ashore. The vessel was broken to
pieces ; and timber was floating about in the afternoon. To
the west aide of Grantor' pier three small ships, three
lighters, and three buts went ashore, though they had been
riding or moored within the apace protected by the west
breakwater of the harbour. They are not likely, however,
to suffer severely. At the outer aide of the seat breakwater of
Granton pier the schooner Victoria, of Middleforth, Den-
mark, in ballast, was driven ashore co Saturday night. As
soon as she struck the master and crew endeavoured to leap
on the breakwater to says their lives. All succeeded except
one sailor, who fell as soon as he had lighted on the slope of
the breakwater, and before he could regain his footing •
heavy wave tame and washed him away. His body has not
been recovered. It is hoped the vessel will be gut off. Two
or three hundred yards further west lies a large foreign
brigs driven ashore d the n. ht. Her masts are gone,
her bottom is seriously amaged, and it is almost certain
she will become a total wreck. She was in ballast The
crew escaped. Still farther week near Grunion quarry,
another large foreign brig is ashore on the rocks. One of
her ousts is goo', and from the dangerous position she was
in it is almost certain the will not hold long together. She
was coal laden. The crew got safely ashore. We have not
been able to ascertain the name of the two last vessels. The
tackling and seamen's clothing of all the wrecked vassals,
with the exception of the lest, will be partially, if not
wholly secured. Men, horses, and carte were segued
yesterday afternoon driving away such things as could
be landed. Out from Granton there were four
ships riding in apparent safety, their anchors having
caught hold of the electric telegraph cable across the
Firth, which prevented them drifting further toward
shore. But for the circumstance of their anchors holding
on by the cable, two, if not the whole four vessels, would
have drifted on the rocks west of Granton pier. New of
the English or foreign going steamers have sailed from
Leith since Friday. A telegram was received in Leith on
Saturday that the Cronstadt, of Leith, on her
from Russia, had been compelled to put into aside
after being out in a gale, in which she had lost
her lest mate. No small anxiety is felt for other
ships known to be out at sea. Yesterday evening
there were about twenty vessels in the roads; but
as they were all far from Dud, except the four vessels
whose anchors were attached to the electric telegraph cable,
it was hoped that they would weather the gale. It is
many yeses since such a severe storm has raged in the Firth.
Dame Friday night or Saturday • foreign brig went ashore
near Fisherrow. When the tide went beck, the crew were
enabled to come to land in safety. The vessel having been
exposed to the full force of the storm yesterday, became •
total wreck.
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At daybreak on Sunday, the appearance of the Firth was
sufficient to overawe the stoniest-hearted sailor, but, not-
withetandlog, about fifty puseugers, • large proportion of
whom were in the greatest anxiety to meet relations who
bad been left at Burotialend on the previous evening,
were determined to feu the raging elements, and went
on board the Express, the experience of the captain of
which no doubt strengthened their belief regarding their
safety. Before the starting of the vessel from Granton,
a number of the passenger, became terra-stricken when they
beheld the waves bunting against the breakwater and
dashing in ataractic foam across the bulwarks. The most
dangerous part of the journey was the getting out of the
harbour, but by the skilful seamanship of the captain this
was most successfully accomplished The vessel was then
steered towards lochkeith, in face of a bead wind, daring
which time it was tossed so violently that most of the pas-
sengers became perfectly helpless from sickness, and those
who had the good fortune to bier* the tempest were in
great doubts as to the safe arrival of the Express on the
Fife coast. After passing Incekeith it was necessary to
steer against a cross current for Borritisleod harbour, and
the rocking and tossing of the yawl then
became so violent that the whole of those on board, ex.
casting the captain, who good manfully on the '
bridge, wen compelled either to take shelter in the
saloon, or stand on the lee side of the cabin.
Fortunately, after an hour and a half's seal the Express
was moored safely alongside of Burntisltiod harbour, where
• number of people had been congregated for • coosiderable
time watching her perilous trip. Although the wind
raged with peat violence daring the day, it was not will-
tient to stop the afternoon ferry traffic, nor to cause so great
consteination among the misusers ea it did among those
who, at great hazard, crossed from Grantors with the morn-
ing boat. As • rumour was spread in town yesterday
evening that a Newhaven Sahing-boat had gone down, with
six men on board, we are glad to state, from inquiries made
in Newhaven at a late hour last night, that there is no
foundation for such a rumour. On Sunday night another
rumour was current in several quarters in town, that the
Wick, Aberdeen, and Grantee steamer, the Vanguard,
which was to sail from Lerwick on Friday morning, heat
been lost. The steamer was due at Creston on Satur-
day, sad had not arrived at • late hour last night;
but the result of the inquiries we made yesterday inclines na
tobelieve that beyond the delay—which may have bees
caused by the vessel putties into some port on the coast, •
not infrequent occurrence on this passage in stormy weather
—there is no foundation for the report. Therein and wird
continued throughout the whole of Sunday with great vio-
lence, but about ten o'clock last right &change for the better
took place. The wind fell, the rein ceased, and there was
every token of more propitious weather. Oar Dauber cor-
respondent writes :—" On Friday night the temperature
fell tepidly, sad the wind begs. to blow from the eastward
with great violeoca The storm continuedto rage throughout
the whole of Saturday with • fury seldom experienced even
on this coast, where severe storms are by so means rare.
The rain fell in torrent. all day ; and the streams in the
neighbourhood were raring from bank to brae, and