Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-28 00:00:00

THE SUSSEX COAST.

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hidamage, particularly .at Eastbourne arid Hastings, and
between Bexhill and St. Leonard's, where it has Washed.
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away nearly 250 yards.of the London and Hastings line.
Early in the evening a heavy gale arose from.the.south
and south-West, =tinning_ to increase in power till it
became a perfect hurricane, 'While the rain fell in tor-
rents. Most damage has been done at Eastbourne,
where one enteiprising tradesman has suffered, _we re-
gret to say, to the extent of 4200.. His nardo,is Sim-
mons, and: he is the owner of considerable. property on
the Marine-parade, where several of the best houses have
been seriously injured.. From Mr, Simmons's houses the
inmates had to be carried at near midnight, some of them
at the risk of their lives. The whole of the houses. or nearly
all, on Sea-side were also flooded; and some of the-beau-
tiful trees, which in slimmer shade the charming walk
between the Sussex Hotel and the lower part of, the town,
were blown down. The tide was the highest known for
several years. -At Hastings, too, great damage has been
done to property, though no one is injured. The lower
part of the town was flooded, many of the dwellings to
the- extent of between two and three feet. Near this
part a public drain was in the course of erection ; the
whole of the works have been swept away; -and the pipes
smashed. .TAVO vessels lay close to the beach strange
-to say, neitheruf There.— sustained the slighteit• injury.
Between St: Leonard'S and Bexhill, a- large .pOrtion of
the South Coast line has been washed away. Incense- ,
que.nee, all* trains up and down have been
.delayed
for about anhone each. • A great number of men have
been set to work, and the necessary repairs are- being
done with.all possible despatch—. ; - - •
WRECK OFF DOVER HARBOITR,' .
DO ',inn, Wednesday Morning.--tast night, during a
terrific gale ft-6 4.the S.E., the sehooner Pilot, -Captain
L. lOnes, belonging to Milford, and bound from Havre
to Hamburg, with a cargo of asphalte, went ashore off
the harbour, between the Admiralty pier and the:West
pierhead. The. Pilot was a vessel of 55 tons burden,
and had left Havie on the preceding morning; with
a crew consisting of the captain and three seamen.
Overtaken by the gale she was running for Dover
harbour to obtain shelter, when the captain; n stranger
to this coast, . unfortunately mistonk the lights of the
Admiralty pier and the West pierhead for thOge indi-
cating. the entrance to the port, and under tlO- impres-
sion that he was ..steering his vessel into. the mouth of
the harbour he 'ran her dead -upon 'the st(pie; agron
which lines the shore' between the poi4ts injoinestion,
the harbour lying a 'little
..to the eastTard.
craft broke up almost immediately,... aud Were: the
slightest assistance could be rendered, the lives. of the
captain and two of the seamen-, John Murray and Thos.
Cobbin, hal paid the penalty of this luckless error.
The fcurth 'man was recovered from the Wreck and con-
veyed to the Dover Sailor's Home, where every attention
was paid him, and with the' exception of a few,bruises
he is unhurt. Two of the bodies of the poor fellows
who were drowned have been' picked up in the bay this
morning, and have been identitied.as the bodies of Mur-
ray and- Cebbin., 'The .captain's: body has not yet been
found. After brealcing up, portions of the wreck drifted
into the harbour, at the mouth of which the hull still
lieS. Th 6 effects of the gale are seen all along the .sea
front The asphalte trouviado aeeriooe
crescent iRs need literally torn up by the violence of
the sea, and the windows of sonic of the houses have
been blown in. Other canalties are reported between
this—and . Hythe, but ortieultat hard not yet been ga-
thered. A very heavy sea is still running.
At Bideford, 'a brig of about 1,200 tons has been.
totally loSt. Crew drowned. Vessel .gone. to pieces.
A boat has been washed on shore marked Wm. Robert-
son..
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-'The Ann of Whitehaven has beef' totally lost. Crew
drowned. -
The Eleanor,' which drove ashore, was bound from
Cardiff to Liverpool.--Cargo landing. - --
The Thistle, of Cardiff, has been totally lust, Master
and menfive. saved. • •

The Rose, of Padston, totally lost. Master saved.
The Swan, of Falmouth, lost. Crew. saved, and
about half the cargo, consisting of copper, expected to•l,
be saved,

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At Ilfracombe, the barque Marlborough, of Baltimore,
struck; and *Weenie -a total
.wreck in a quarter of an
hour; crew saved, with the exception of the pilot and
second mate. Five -other vavels are on shore in
Ilfracombe Bay, breaking up, and at present only 'One
person is known to be saved.
The reports from Falmouth state that the Cuba, of
Whitby, and another vessel, are on Winterton beach,
total wrecks; twelve hands drowned. The Silva, of
Glasgow, has been'totally lost ;•crew saved,
'At nvlibeilt a lar6e barque with sugar in boxes went
ashore. Crew Spaniards, saved except one boy. Is is
thought she Wag frdrd Satannah or Havannah to Liver-
pool. At Rye the Isabella of Sunderland got ashore
and went to pieces. Crew saved. The Caroline of
Christiansand got ashore at Dunge.ness and went to
pieces. -Three of the crew drowned. At Stratton, near
Bride, the Beverly_ Cork is a total wreck. One man
I oil.— If 11-114tOl . three pilot boats have sunk. Crews
saved. At Saint David's, Martha of Neath a total
wreck. Crew saved. At Rotterdam the Lily Dale from
Liverpool lost. Crew saved.