The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-26 00:00:00

THE WRECKS AT GRANTON.

The vessels driven ashore at Granton during the height
of the gale on Saturday night were yesterday visited by
large numbers of persons from Edinburgh and the vicinity.
The farthest east of the wrecks are those of the brig Eliza
Hall, of Whitby, and the Hanoverian galliot Dorothea,
which were driven in at the back of the east breakwater of
Granton Harbour. The Eliza Hall was commanded by
Capt. Carr, and was bound from Gefle for London with a
cargo of wood and iron. She had run to the Forth for
shelter, but parted her cables, and drove ashore at an early
hour on Sunday morning. Her crew, 8 in number, were
taken off by a party of officers and men from the Victoria,
revenue cutter, and the Princess Royal, fishery cutter, who
got a line on board the ship, and then drew the men ashore
singly in a sling. Shortly after the vessel struck her main-
mast went over the side, and she thumped so heavily that
her bottom and the side on which she lay were literally
ground out,and she now lies a total wreck, with the remains
of her spars and rigging floating round her, and threaten-
ing the entire destruction of the portion of the hull that has
held together. The crew have saved their effects, and the
greater portion of the sails and running rigging have been
got ashore. Atter striking the vessel drove up some dis-
tance, and what remains of her is now within 200 yards
of the railway embankment. The Dorothea, Captain
Sathoft, lies on the inside of the Eliza Hall, and her
lighter draught of water allowed her to drift upon a bank
of sand accumulated in the corner formed by the railway
embankment, and to this fact her escape from total
destruction is owing. As it is she has sustained very ex-
tensive injuries to her bottom, but it is expected that, should
the weather continue favourable, she will be got off. Her
spars and rigging are all standing. During the height of the
gale three small vessels drove from their moorings, and on
to the beach in the.weat harbour of. Granton. These were
damage to her false keel ; the sloop Providence, of Leith,
several planks sprung, and leaking badly; and the sloop
Ant, of Granton, which has sustained very slight injuries.
Three small boats and two lighters, all of which are more
or less damaged, were also stranded in the harbour. At the
inner end of the west pier of Granton lies the Danish
schooner Victoria, Captain Jense, from Amsterdam, in
ballast. She drove from her anchorage, and came ashore
at nine o'clock on Saturday night. Four of her crew were
rescued by persons on shore, but the fifth was drowned.
The vessel is a total wreck, The Norwegian brig Johanna
Margaretta lies about a quarter of a mile further west, and
immediately under the Caroline Park Battery. This
vessel, commanded by Captain Lawsen, was bound for
Longsund, from Dundee, in ballast, and while riding under
the Lee of Inchkeith, with two anchors out, one of the
cables parted, and the other anchor not out, having got a
hold was dragged, and between nine and ten o'clock on
Saturday night she took the ground about 200 yards fur-
ther eastward than she now lies, but drifted westwards
witk the flood tide. Her crew landed in their own skiff
on Sunday afternoon, and have since saved their effects.
The hull of the vessel is very much damaged, and she has
not a spar standing. With favourable weather it is thought
probable that she will be got off, The brig Bogamillia, of
Mecklenburg, Capt. Hoinaymown, bound to Dautzic with
a cargo of coal from Shields, parted both anchors on Satur-
day night, and drove on shore a short distance to the wast
of Granton Quarry. Her crew came on shore in their own
boat at four o'clock on Sunday morning, On the vessel
taking the ground the mainmast was cut away in order to
ease the vessel, but she settled down into the sand, and the
sea made a clean breach over her, and she is likely to become
a total wreck. This completes the catalogue of disasters at
Granton, and it is fortunate that, though so many lives were
exposed to imminent peril, only one has been lost. Tho
shore is strewn with wreck, but such was the violence of
the storm that the fragments are of the smallest dimensions,
and scarcely worth the trouble of collection by any one save
the few industrious fishwives and children who yesterday
occupied themselves therewith.
The Vanguard steamer, concerning which distressing
rumours were prevalent in the city on Saturday and Sunday,
arrived at Granton yesterday morning at half-past 7 o'clock
all well. She left Thurso on Saturday morning, but on
proceeding as far as Dunnet Herd it was found impossible
to face the sea that was running, and she ran for Longhope,
where she remained until Sunday morning, when she
started for the south. She was unable to call at either Wick
or Aberdeen, and ran right on to Granton.

Fears are entertained that all the disasters caused by the
storm have not yet been made known. Large quantities of
bones and coals were cast ashore along the beach at Leith, at
the back of the east pier and new docks yesterday, which
has led to the supposition that one or two vessels have been
wracked in the Firth, and that the materials picked up are
parts of their cargoes. All the east sands are covered with
immense quantities of seaweed driven ashore by the storm
and yesterday there were between 30 and 40 horses and
carts engaged driving it away to be used as manure.
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On Sunday forenoon during the tremendous storm a brig,
afterwards ascertained to be a foreign vessel, country un-
known, name Napoleon, was observed in the bay. She car-
ried no flag of distress. When nearly opposite the Castle,
and about two miles off, her course was changed towards
the shore, Shortly after it was observed that she suddenly
changed her course again, and it seemed as if the crew had
completely lost command of her, and she drifted rapidly
before the wind down the bay, in a southerly direction,
and ran direct in on the rocks, a short distance to the oast
of Boar-hills Harbour, about half-past one o'clock in the
afternoon, where she was tossed and creaked with the
increased fury of the rising waves, till about half-past five,
when she sank in deep water, c izrying her crew with her.
The gale which raged in the Forth on Saturday with such
severity appears to have spent its fury before reaching
Grangemouth, as, with the exception of a few trees and
stacks being blown down, no damage to property is re-
ported. All the vessels in the roads rode out the storm in
safety, and the foreign and coasting steamers wisely re-
frained from passing the ferries, remaining in St Margaret's
Hope till yesterday morning, when the gale moderated. A
Danish schooner, named the Karen Maria, ran before the
gale from off Rotterdam, and reached this port in the short
pace of 48 hours —about the uival time occupied by the
steamers. Five of her sails were blown away.
As the darkness set in on Sunday evening, seven or eight
vessels were descried in the offing at Dunbar, labouring
heavily in the agitated waters, and fears were entertained

that they would not all rido out the storm in safety. Seve-
ral of them, evidently well manned, shaped their course for
the lee side of the May Island, and were fortunate in get-
ting under its shelter. The critical state of a large steamer
was for a long time an object of sad interest to the spectators
who crowded the Castle Park and the headlands. She could
make little or no use of her steam, and the small sail that
she carried was unable to keep her from drifting nearer and
nearer the shore. For a long time it appeared that there
were only a few minutes between it and destruction, when
fortunately the wind moderated, and it was enabled to
weather the storm. It happened less fortunately with two
other vessels, both of which went ashore to the westward
of Tyne Lands, where the one from Arbroath was stranded
previously. One is a French vessel, but we are unable to
to say what the other is. We understand the crews of
both were saved by the North Barwick Preventive Force.
The weather yesterday had abated, but the sea was still
running pretty high in the fore part of the day, but towards
evening it gradually calmed down. Among the many
articles that came down the Tyne on Sunday was a dog
kennel, with a fine bitch in it, looking out upon the waste
of waters, and holding a young whelp in her mouth. Much

sorrow was expressed among the spectators that the poor
animal could not be saved ; but as it was beyond roach, the
kennel with its interesting inmates was carried out to sea,
and lost sight of.

Our Kelso correspondent, writing yesterday, says :—The
Tweed and Teviot have been again brought down in high
flood, the Teviot being particularly red and swollen. Large
massy branches of trees and quantities of turnips whirling
down in the flood told of the frightful devastation that must
have been caused by the storm in the river uplands. The
loss to farmers along the river banks must be very serious,
but we have not as yet learned of any injury to life or pro-
perty. Anglers have now prospects of excellent sport, on
the falling in of this flood, during the remainder of the
season, as besides cleaning the river bed the flood will have
afforded opportunities (aided by the east wind) for the
ascent of the multitudes of fish that were known to be wait-
ing for the upward run to their spawning beds. The rivers,
which had fallen from about 9ft on Sunday to 7ft, increased
in volume again in the evening, but had fallen inconsider-
ably yesterday. Yesterday was calm and fair, but still
watery looking,

A terrific storm of rain and wind raged all Saturday and
Sunday at Innerleithen. The rain fell in heavy showers,
and at times the streets were running like rivers, Ihe
Tweed, which had not fully subsided from the flood of
Thursday, again rose to a great height on Saturday, and
continued to run in high flood all Sunday. The b'trdering
haugbs were overflown to a great extent, and for a while
the road to Traquair was under water. As about all the
damage a flood could do to tho bridge in course of erection
over the Tweed at llaughhead was done on Thursday,when
all the planks within watermark were swept away, and the
foundation of a pier which had just been newly dug filled
up, the water swept over the works on the present occasion
harmlessly. The rainfall since Friday amounts to fully 21
inches.

The recent north-easterly gale broke out with great vio-
lence on Arbroath and the neighbouring country. Saturday
was the day of the weekly market, but the tempest of wind
and rain was so severe that scarcely a person was to be seen
on the streets, and little business was transacted. The rain
reached its height on Sunday forenoon, when the Brothock
came down in a flood, the like of which had not been wit-
nessed for many Sears. Ground floors in Panmure -street,
Park street, Gravesend,and Ladybridge-street were flooded,
and trees came tumbling down the stream, having b, e❑
blown down in the upper districts.
Writing late on Saturday night, our II untly correspon-
dent says :—The rsitts somewhat imbedded ort Friday, but

have fallen without intermission all day, and the rivers are
again rapidly rising. The disastrous results of the flooding
of the Burn of Rothes, Linkwood, Burn of Green and Glen-
Grant, have been unprecedented since the great flood of
1829, when the village of Rothes was completely flooded.
The continuation of the rains have again given rise to great
anxiety, and the broken banks of the raging burns will
leave a clear course for renewed and greater disaster. The
Spey is in full flood, and the Lossie, Findhorn, Dulnan, and
Fiddich are roaring from bank to brae.

Saturday was one of the stormiest days at Auchterarder
we have had this reason. From early morning till noon on
Sunday the storm continued to rage with unabated fury,
bringing with it deluging showers of rain and sleet, which,
by overflowing the side drains and flooding cellars, did con-
siderable damage. Field labour was at a stand, and it was
not without danger that pedestrians passed along the streets.
The Earn, Ruthven, Machany, and Allan were in flood,
and brought down a vast amount of debris, consisting of
trees torn up by the roots, fences, gates, foot-bridges, &c.
The Grampians and the Ochils, on the higher summits, are
covered with snow.—Scotsman of yesterday.
Shortly after 5 o'clock on Sunday night a mDst exciting
scene occurred at Tynemouth. About that time a schooner,
the John Slater, of Barrow, from Hamburg, in ballast, was
taking the harbour, when the wind fell off, and there was
some difficulty with a ship which was before her which had
broken her tow-rope. The consequence was that the John
Slater drifted on to the ridge of rocks under the Spanish
battery, slid grounded. The North and South Shields life-
boats were pulled down, and after some delay the Tyne-
mouth lifeboat was got out of the haven; but from the po-
sition of the vessel, well up on the rocks, none of these
boats couldapproach her to take off the crew. The apparatus
for rescuing life was brought down to the rocks by the
Coastguard, and two lines were fired over the vessel, but
from some cause or other the crew were unable to uee them.
In this dilemma a most gallant act was performed by Ed-
ward Fry, his son William, his nephew James, William
Ferguson, and Edward Tavassor. With assistance they
carried a small boat, the California, which drew less water
than the lifeboats, from Prior's haven to the Spanish bat-
tery rocks, and launched her, and then with stout hearts
the same bravo fellows manned her, and pulled her out to
the vessel. They succeeded in taking off the crew and a
little boy seven years of age, the son of the master.—New-