The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-28 00:00:00

THE GALES.

The four dare gale, terminating on Saturday
evening, which swept over the Cornish coast, caused
not only
immense injury to shipping and house pro-
perty, but the. loss of more than 20 lives. It is the
general opi4ion that a gale of equal severity and
duration has not been experienced in Cornwall for
something like 20 years. The barce of the wind on
Friday night and Saturday morning was most terri-
fic. Several persons were more or less injured. The
most serious disaster that is reported is the total vrreck
of the Brazilian bark Santisto, of and from Santos
for Havre, with cotton, coffee, &c. She was one of
six vessels that ran ashore in Mount's Bay. Her
crew numbered 18, of whom 16 perished before any
effectual assistance could be rendered. The bark
William, of Sunderland, for Oddessa, with wheat,
ran ashore in Porthleven harbour ; all the crew suc-
ceeded in landing in safety, with the exception of
one poor fellow, whose weakness was too great to
allow of his efforts being successful, and he was
drowned; the captain's arm was also broken. The
Constance, a French lugger, bound to Cardiff, with
barley, was driven on shore three miles east of
Fowey ; the vessel was soon beaten to pieces, and
two of the crew were drowned. The French schooner
Galatee, of Dunkirk, with 200 tons of china clay,
was driven on the rocks off Charlestown, and was
abandoned by her crew. The brig Tabaco (T. A.
Heins, master), bound to Hamburg, with a cargo
valued at nearly £1,500, ran ashore about a mile
from Penzance, and her crew, with the exception
of two, were rescued by the lifeboat. A small fo-
reign brig, name unknown, went down off the
Lizard, and no doubt is entertained that her crew
were lost with her. A Neapolitan brig, from
Genoa, with grain, ran ashore under the cliff
at Acton Castle, on the western side of Cuddan
Point ; the captain and crew, with the exception of
one seaman, who was exhausted, were rescued by
rocket apparatus. Three or four vessels went ashore
in the Land's End distria, but upto Saturday after-
noon no definite news had been received of them.
A man was blowninto the sea off Penzance pier, and
a lad was blown into the river near Truro, but was
saved. Alarge building of corrugatediron was blown
to the ground at Falmouth, and the greater portion
of the building carried into the sea. House property
in inland as well as coast towns suffered very much,
and dozens of farm buildings are reported to have
been completely levelled. In Truro, Penzance, Fal-
mouth, Redruth, Camborne, Helaton, St. Ives,
Hayle, St. Austell, and St. Columb many houses
were entirely unroofed, and hundreds of panes of
glass were broken. On Saturday several vessels
drove from their anchors at Falmouth and got on
the northern bank or grounded on the eastern shore.
The bark Anne Lee, of South Shields, laden with
wheat, from Taganrog, which was anchored at the
entrance of the harbour with two cables, drove on
board the Italianbark Emilio Barbarino, and, carry-
ing away her stern by the collision, instantly filled
and sunk on her beam-ends to the water's edge.
The master and crew with great difficulty were
hauled by lines on board the Italian vessel and
saved. The Spanish steamer Elena, from Liverpool
for Bilboa, got into collision with the brig John and
Elizabeth, from Taganrog, and did her considerable
damage. The brig Zeus, of Sunderland, from Ismail,
was driven into by the American ship Addison and
the French ship Adele, and lost bowsprit, had cut-
water damagii, and other injury. Several other
casualties of a like kind have occurred. Consider-
ing the violence of the gale, and that more than 150
vessels were at anchor in the roads and harbour, it
is wonderful that more damage has not been done.
At Plymouth the weather continued very unsettled
yesterday morning. The Norwegian bark Baricola,
from Marseilles, put into the Sound, leaky ; the Nor-
wegian bark Diabane, from ICustendje, with loss of
bowsprit, &c. ; and the English bark Plover, from
Taganrog, with loss of foremast, mainmast, &c.
The bark Clorinda, Capt. Gerolino Avegno, of Leg-
horn, from Nicholaief, has gone to pieces at Lard -
enham, nine miles S.E. of Exmouth ; crew saved.
In the course of the day the storm drove more ves-
sels into the Sound. Among them were the schooner
Mary Ann, of Fahnouth, Capt. Ferris, from Galatz,
with loss of topmast ; the bark Hiawatha, Capt.
Hancock, with cotton seed, from 41exandria, with
loss of mainmast ; the Mecklenburg bark Wienho-
hen, Capt. Schultz; from Thaboe, and three Aus-
trian vessels—the brig Cavalier Baugardner, Capt.
Zaccaria, from Sulina, the bark Anna Al—, Capt.
Racich, from Odessa, and the bark Aquila Sichrar,
from Nicholaief—all more or less damaged. The
Norwegian bark stranded in the river Ycalin is the
Dei Gratin, 551 tons, from Trapani. The steam-
ship Erl King, from London on Saturday for Port
Phillip, arrived yesterday evening. She passed in
the Nore the Essex, bound for Melbourne, and the
Charley Palmer, for Queensland, both to call at
Plymouth. The storm drum was hoisted all day.
r.lhe prevailing wind was from S.S.E.
FOWEY (CORNWALL), Nov. 25.

I am proud to report (says Mr. W. E. Geach)
that the Fowey lifeboat of the National Lifeboat
Institution (the Catherine Rashleigh) and her crew
behaved most nobly yesterday in rescuing 22 poor
fellows from a watery grave. During the heavy
gale two large vessels—a barque and a brig—were
seen in distress in St. Austell's Bay driving before
the wind towards Par Sands. The lifeboat was soon
launched, and making her way through the breakers
towards the ships which had now taken the ground,
and were broadside on to the fearful breakers which
were running high over the topmasts' heads. With
great difficulty the crew managed to get the lifeboat
midway between the station and the stranded ships,
when the sea rose so high that six of the boats'
oars were snapped asunder, so that the crew
could make no headway against the violence
of the increasing storm. The coxswain, Mr.
Heath, with great presence of mind, allowed
the boat to drift to leeward for some distance,
and then, knowing her sailing qualities, hoisted
canvass and steered her close to the wind's eye, so
as at last to reach the pier at Par. The boat be-
haved most nobly under her canvass, without which
she could not have reached the ships. The crew of
the brig despairing of the lifeboat reaching them
proceeded to launch their boat, and two of the crew
got on board, but so fearful was the aspect of the
broken water that one of the crew returned to the
ship, and before the other could follow the hawser
snapped and the boat falling into the breakers was
swamped. The poor fellow clung to the boat, and
the lifeboat's crew abandoning the vessel for a time
pulled oft and rescued the batiut jum,
b he was being
swallowed up by the raging surf. He was soon
landed, together with a cat, which had clung to him
during his perilous situation, and was taken to the
Cottage Hospital at Palmear, and provided for.
The lifeboat's crew were warmly received by the
assembled multitude on shore, and again made for
the barque, where a similar ovation awaited them
from the crew of the doomed ship which was lying
broadside to the sea. The crew, including the master
—l3 in all--were taken off, and safely landed.
They were taken in charge by Mr. Lowry, of
Fowey, Vice-Consul, and agent of Lloyds', and pro-
vided with refreshments and dry clothing. The life-
boat again proceeded on her errand of mercy, and,
after a severe struggle, the gale having increased its
fury, reached the brig, and took off the captain and
eight hands, and also landed them safely. They
were also amply provided for. The barque proved
to be the Drydens, of North Shields, 381 tons'
register, W. E. Elliott master, from Sulina, with
maize, to Falmouth for orders.' The brig was the
Wearmouth, of Sunderland, Churnside master, 275
tons register, from Taganrog, with linseed, to Fal-
mouth for orders. The captain of this vessel was
inclined to remain by his ship, but after being
warned of the almost certainty of losing his life was
induced to come off. For five days and nights he
had been on deck, and was consequently
ex-
hausted state. During the night willttli iencaonmin
tide the gale increased, and before midnight the
barque had rolled over, broken up, and together
with her GOO tons of Indian corn, was strewn over
the beach from Par Harbour to the cliffs at Palmear.
The brig still holds on, is half filled with water, her
stern broken in, and her decks lifted by the swollen
cargo, and will, unless the weather moderates, also
become a total wreck. The anxiety manifested by
the bystanders, many of them young sailors volun-
teering their services to relieve the crew of the

lifeboat, were most praiseworthy ; but nothing
could induce any of the crew to quit the post
of honour until the last man was brought ashore,
and their " dear craft," as they called her, taken
care of. The crew were in the boat for five_hours,
and her behaviour was the admiration of all present,
both sailors and landsmen.

PLYMOUTH, NOT. 25.

A vessel was observed (reports Thomas Stevens,
Esq.) coming into the Sound this evening during
the heavy gale that was blowing from the south-
west, and anchoring dead to leeward, near the
Batten Ledge. At half-past five o'clock two
rockets were sent up from the Mount Batten coast-
guard station. The Prince Consort lifeboat of the
National Lifeboat Institution was thereupon imme-
diately launched, and in a very short time neared
the brig, which was found ashore on the Ledge.
The Liverpool steamtug Napoleon was near the
wreck, and the master informed the coxswain that
he had saved five of the crew in two trips by veer-
ing a small boat down to the brig, but the latter
having got so far on the Ledge, and the sea being
so tremendously heavy the steamer could not again
approach the wreck. The lifeboat was then veered
by her own rope attached to the steamer to the lee-
AN and of the brig, and succeeded in getting out the
other six men. The lifeboat afterwards took off
the five men from the steamer, and was then towed
by:the tug to the Royal William yard, and the
rescued crew taken to the Sailors' Home. The
wrecked vessel was the brig Commerzieweathin
Haupt, of Mecklenburg, with a cargo of wheat.