The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-15 00:00:00

THE DEATH OF THE PAUPER FELLOWES

TITE LATE STORM AND GALES.

Serious accounts of the damage done by the late heavy
falls of soo w sod gales matinee to be received from the pro.
Tinos', not the lead antenget which is the fall of a bridge on
the London, Chatham, sad Dover Railway, reported In
another column, and the accident to • lifeboat at Yarmouth.
A correspondent, writing from Windsor last night, says that
owing to the sudden melting of she immense quantities of
snow which had fallen during the late snowstorm, sad the
subsequent rains, the body of water is the Thames has been
greatly swollen—the river, which has been rising higher
almost daily, has at last extensively flooded a greet portion
of the land upon its banks. The rise has encroached upon
the Home Park and Eaton Playing.liekls, while much land
is wider water between the railway bridge and Detchel.
In the vicinity of the Wrayebury station of the South
Western lino large tracts are inundated, and the same is
the cue on Stains s Moor. At Twickenham the waters of
the Coins had flooded the adjacent land on both sides of the
railway near the.station, while for a time between Twick-
I enham and the Coluervative Society's estate the trains bad
to run through water that had encroached upon the rails.
The traffio on the Bristol and Exeter Railway has been
interrupted • short distance below Collumpton, in conse.l
quorum of the flooding of a river at that place. The fall of
snow in Devonshire has been very heavy, and the sudden
thaw which has eel La has awed an accumulation of water
in all the rivers and streams. At the partionhir spot In
question the river was crossed by a wooden bridge, over
which the train leering Exeter at 3.20 passed in safety. On
the next up train, that leaving Exeter at 4.15 a.m., arriving
at the bridge, the water had ries to nth a height over the
bridge as to extinguish the engine fires and to bring the
train to a sudden standstill The paseengers were all got
out in safety, but the engine and train up to &Pulley
night had not been removed, and a portion of the line has
been washed away. All trail, across the bridge is entirely
suspended, sad is likely to continue so for acme days.
The "fast" down train leaving Bristol at 2.30 p.m. re.
turned in the evening with ems of its pasesogers, stopping
at Bridgwater, from which place intelligence of the occur
tens was telegraphed to Bristol, all telegraphic communi.
cation with Bristol and the metropolis being also inter-
rupted from all stations below, in consequence of the wires
being broken in the late gale. is the absence of any intaL
ligsuce from below Collumpton it is anticipated that
similar damage may have been occasioned to the bridges
on the line.

GREAT YARMOUTH, SATURDAY Evwxa.

A dreadful accident occurred to the Gerleitose lifeboat
Rescuer this afternoon, resulting in the lose of twelve
hardy beachrom. It seems that a brig was observed pass.
ing through the roadstead with sigmas of distress hoisted.
Two of the Gorlestone lifeboats, the Reamer sod the Friend
of All Nations, which belong to private companies, and not
to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, were immediately
launched, and they proceeded under sail out of the harbour
towards the roadstead. Each boat was manned by about 16
men, the Rescuer being under the command of Coxswain
Robert Spilling. There was a strong breeze from the
&S.W., and a heavy sea rolled over the bar, a spot at all
times very dangerous, bat more particularly so at lOW tide.
At the time the boats left the piers the tide was at three.
quarters ebb. The Friend of all Nations by beating to
leeward got out to sea, bat the Rescuer caught upon the bar
and instantly capsized, turning bottom upwards. Four men
oat of the sixteen forming ber crew managed to scramble
oat and to hold on to the boat, bat the other twelve
remained under it. The accident had been observed from
the piers, which were crowded with spectators, and the
utmost distress prevailed. The Friend of all Nations bore
down with a view of rescuing their comrades, but by the
time they reached the soma of the catastrophe the
twelve men under the capsized boat bad sunk to
rise no more, and the four others before re.
(erred to only were saved. Even these poor fellows
being in a very exhausted state when landed. At the time
of the accident the ill-fated men wore their usual heavy
dress and am boots, so that in a rough sea there eau but
little chance of their escape with life. The names of the
men saved are : Woods, jun., Austin, Warner, sen., and
Palmer. The names of the drowned men are JanissWoods,
Charles Woods, Edward Woods (father of Woods, 11111.)
Aodrew Welton, Abel Newsome, Christopher While?
Christopher Parker, William Dawkins, Robert Spilling'
William Manthorpe, James Fleming, and Benjamin Harris.
They leave eight widows and 27 children (in a destitute
condition) to deplore their lass. The Rescuer was built in
and in nut on. the self-righting principle. The boat
drifted later in the afternoon on to the beach. The heart•
rending occurrence has created a profound sensation in the
town. _ _

LOWESTOFT, JAL 13, Evzrnia.

The brig Billy, of Whitby, with coal, struck off South-
weld at 11 o'clock this morning during continued stormy
weather. and the crew were all drowned. The small boat
of the brig and the dead body of one of her crew were
washed ashore. Efforts were made by the Southwold
lifeboat crew and by the coast-guard to rescue the crew of
the brig, but without avail. There was a terrific sea on in
Southwold Bay to-day.
The wind to-day blew heavily from the south-west, and
at noon increased to a furious hurricane with a tremendous
sea runnicg. Atdaylight a fine brig was observed on the
Holm Sand, when the yawl Young Prince was launched and
proceeded to her aid ; but the crew Muria& to leave the
vessel, she returned to the shore as the gale increased.
Shortly-afterwards a second and more powerful yawl, the
Albatross, was launched and proceeded to the brig ; but the
wind and sea having much increased, the men in the
yawl were unable to obtain communication with the ill-fated
vessel, cud were compelled to return to the shore to ensure
'their own safety. Although the brig was at a distance of
two miles from the shore, terrific seas were distinctly
observed to be breaking completely over her. The beach-
men, with characteristic bravery and at, great risk, at 9.45
2.m., launched the lifeboat supplied to Lowestoft by the
Royal National Lifeboat Institution ; and with Captain
Symons, chief of the coast-guard at the port, on board,
they proceeded to the assistance of the brig, in tow of
the Harbour Company's tug Raiubow. At times both
lifeboat and tug were tossed high by the foam-
! iog waves, and the next moment they sank
deep in the trough of the sea, so as to be 'earthly
visible from the shore. The lifeboat having approached
within a short distance of the brig, let go her anchor and
wore away her cable. The crew of the brig had in the
meantime, in order to sus her, out away her roasts, but
there was such • fearful sea on, that the lifeboat with her
gallant crew were unable to get near the wreck. Several
of the lifeboat's crew were nearly washed overboard, and
in order to insure their own safety they were compelled to
cut their cable and leave the doomed ship. The lifeboat was
then again taken in tow by the Rainbow (which had re-
maioed near her so as to be able to render assistance), and
brought into the harbour. A fresh cable and anchor
having been supplied to her, she proceeded a
I second time in tow of the Rainbow to the scene of
the calamity. tire wreck was by this time scarcely
visible, but the lifeboat was wore down as near as possi-
ble to it, and the noble daring of the gallant beachmen
was partially crowned with success, seven of the helpless
crew of the brig being saved. The lifeboat did not reach the
brig this time a moment too soon, for the crew were being
gradually washed from her. Six of them, with the mate,
wore picked up, but the captain and three hands were
drowned. A Falmouth pilot who had been on board the
brig was also picked up, but in an insensible
state, and the poor fellow died before the lifeboat
reached the shore. The wreck proved to be the
Austrian brig Osep, Captain Giuseppe Descovich, of
Fiume. She was bound from Falmouth for Hartlepool,
with • crew of eleven hands, and a Falmouth pilot. The
survivors were lauded here about 5 p.m.. and were at ono"
taken to the Sailors' Home, where they received every
attention from Mr. F. Worthington, surgeon, and others.
The poor fellows were supplied with warm clothing, re-
fresbments, Sc., and one, being much exhausted, was put
to bed. Credit is due to Captain Rivera, the harbour.
master, for the promptitude with which the tog Rainbow
was sent out ; and the gallantry and perseverance displayed
by the crews of the lifeboat aryl the tug duringseveral
trying hours cannot be spoken of too highly.
A telegram from Boulogne states that the brig St.
George, of Guerniey, was cast ashore there yesterday
morning, and all hands were supposed to be lost.

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