Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-27 00:00:00

THE FEARFUL GALE ON THE NORTH-EAST
COAST.

A very melancholy list of casualties at sea, resulting from the
f arfal gale of Thursday night, was commundsate 1 to Lloyd's on.
Saturday. The storms raged with fearful violence on the east coast,
and between the Spurn and the Swin some twenty vessels, some of a
large class, were lost with, we regretjo add, a very lamen'able
sac.iffce of lifee The gale commenced early on Thursday from the
north-east, and as the even'ng advanced the wind increased to the
fury of a hurricane, with heavy rain.
On the sands off Yarmouth there were several fatal ca'astrophee
involving aloes of nearly foe ty lives. The ship Oatari s, Capt. Balfour,
which was wrecked on the Berber Sands, has already been announced
by te'egraph. She vas a large ship, upwar Is of 603 tone, and under
a charter to ca-ry a cargo of coal to Suez for the steamers engaged in
the Indian service of the tzninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company. She left the Tyne lathe eerly part of the week, and had
male the north end of Yarmouth Seeds, when she encountered the
fall fo cc of the element. At length, about 11 o'clock, the gale being
a' its height, the ill-fated ship struck upon the Barber 'ands, and
tee next minute or so tremendous seas broke over her, beating
her on the shoal wth great force. The craw took to t' e rigging,
bet the -hip speedily going to pieces, tile whole of t. em, Ind ding
„B elfeur, the Cept Ain's wire, with the exception of Mr. C. W.
Robertson, the chef mate, perishe I. Mr. obertsen, on being ca't
into the sea, succeeded in catching hold of a piece o' plank, upon
which he floated for some t No or three hours, when ha drifte t ashore
near Caister, but in a very exhausted condition. The remains of
Mrs. "alb ir and one of the seamen have sine been washed on the
beach. Two or three hours later than the above loss, tyre ships, one
the Neapolitan bargee Leone a'so from the Tyne, bound to
Pe'ermo, and the South Durham, &atter master, for London,
from Sunderland, went upon the North Scroby Sind, and, owing
to the gale which was raging, they toth soon went to pieces. Only
two of the South Durham were saved, Capt. &utter and five of
his hau's meet.rg s watery grave. Those of the Leone were
more fortunate; th ey were rescued by the Emperor tug although
much exhausted ; but the over sea pilot, Tho mss Davison, of Shia:O.,
who had charge of the ship, I;ey s ero Rued. Another Parfet ship-
wreck occurred off Wirterton. The brig Z Pah, Watson master,
bound to London from Hartlepool, was driven ashen. He- sails
were blown away, and she went on the beach with a fearful surf ren-
nin; over her. Thee of the crew were rescued by rocket lines being
Orel over the wreck, after some hears' exposures bat Mr. Wets-in,
his mote, and four of the hands mat with a watery grave. The ship
went to pieces. There were many other Tree schooner Argo,
from Sunderland, bound to Yarmouth, WAS driven ashore, but the
crew ware preseived in their own bolts. Another wreck happened
on the Sere'); to the brig Robert and Dean, for St. Mslo, from the
Wear, bat the crew were a'so ewe 1. At the neighbonring port,
Lowestoft, there were many disasters. The schooner Brother, from
Hertlep to Southwold, fonnlerel in the Smith Route Between
Yarmouth and Cromer a quantity of wreck was seen, and a brig is
sunk insi le assborough Sant A Nor wegiee barqna, hien with deals,
the Henrik Da; oats Minds, from B -evie, bound to Fechamp, near
Ha ire, was totally lost on the Ha eberoneh Sand. Towards Alborough,
Howie], and the Swin, the same fearful we ither was experienced.
A numl'er of disable ships pat into Harwich harbour ; and off
Aldborough, the echo :ner Mary, Sampson master, bound to Milton
from Hartlepool, went down.
The loss of several sh'ps by collision is reported. Off Hasborough
the Albeit steamer came in collision with the Catherine, of Whitby,
bound to London frim Hartlepool, and the latter went down with
two of her crew. 0/ Dunlington the Sir Char'es :Napier, b3unl to
t nue eeand, ran late the Vic, et, for Bou'ogne, and the crew of the
latter got on board the barque.
The accounts from Hell, Brid'ington, Sun leeland, and other ports
on that range of coast, spat of the gale h tying been very severe, and
it is feered that more sal losses have yet to be reported.