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THE LATE STORM AT SEA.

DISASTROUS LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

(Abridged from the Aberdeen Herald.)
On Wednesday last, our coast was visited by a tre-
mendous swell of the sea. The wind here was generally
S.E., but was by no means so violent as to have caused
the. heavy sea which prevailed. The waves lashed into
the shore to an almost unprecedented extent; and, had
the' wind been more easterly, it is believed, by compe-
tent judges, that a considerable portion of the lower and
seaward district of the town would have been inundated,
if not destroyed. The results, we regret to say, have
been a lamentable loss of life and property. The fol-
lowling paragraphs embrace all the details of the melan-
choly effects of the storm, which we have, up to this
time, been able to collect:—
ABERDEEN.—The only ship which was seen in the
offing during the whole day, was a schooner, which
turned out to be the Labelle, of Dundee. She made her
appearance in the Bay about two o'clock, P.X. The
master had mistaken the Girdleness for Kinnaird's Head,
and was quite happy in the expectation of a fair wind up
the' Moray Firth. He tacked about for a short time, till
inent danger of running ashore.
andthe Gtniardtlhennewssaabeiningnnlimt up, he instantly saw his position,
After an ineffectual attempt to wear out of the bay, he
ran his vessel ashore on the sands, at the back of the
square,at five o'clock. The ship immedi-
ately round, broadside to the sea, and a heavy
fishermen'sw wave
strikingswung
her at the
moment, she turned over on her
beim-ends, the masts dipping in the water, and nothing
being visible but the side of the ship. The vessel soon
hove up to a steeper part of the sands, when a receding
waive drew her upon her bottom, mid she was thus once
more righted. Meanwhile, the life-boatand launched, with a crew—consisting of Captain Mer-
chant, Captain Johnston, Mr_ Douglas, and six pilots—
and, after a severe struggle amongst the breakers, they
succeeded in rescuing the whole of the crew. While all
hands were engaged in hauling up the life-boat (about
seven o'cloek), an alarm was brought along the sands,
by two men, that another vessel was ashore further
north. About a dozen men, amongst whom was the
pilot-master, soon reached the vessel, which was stranded
immediately under the Broadhills. Two hands were ob-
served on board of her, and as the waves had hove her up
close to dry land, the parties on shore were able to speak
them, and ascertained that the vessel was the Elizabeth
of this port, which had sailed from this on the 6th inst ,
with timber for Newcastle. After the tide had receded
a little, it was quite practicable to run out to the Eliza-
beth in the intervals of the waves, and some pilots who
ran out to her managed to bring ashore the two indivi-
duals who had been seen, and who, it turned out, were
the sole survivors of the crew! About three o'clock on
Thursday morning the Dahlia, of Newcastle, laden with
coals, was observed coming ashore. The master's con-
dubt was a remarkable instance of courage and intre-
pidity. He now saw that escape seaward was impos-
sible, and, when he had got abreast of our harbour, he
immediately put up his helm, with the view of running
his craft ashore. He ordered all hands down below,
lashed himself to the helm, and steered his vessel
right through the breakers. While among the
brbken waves, several dreadful seas swept the deck,
the force. of which may be imagined from the fact
that the binnacle and boom were carried away, and
the jaws were driven out of the gaff. The vessel,
notwithstanding the tremendous surf, answered her
helm beautifully, and a friendly wave hove it up al-
most close to the Bents, where It settled in the sands,
in 'a very favourable position, nearly opposite Messrs.
Blaikie's foundry. About a dozen individuals were
,
speedily on the spot, who very properly advised the
crew to remain on deck till the tide receded. On in-
yalll rassight! ha,d , been experienced the
There is little chance
answerquiring was whetherNo;—,, a n
of the Isabella being fit for anything, even if the sea re-
main calm. The Elizabeth, it is expected, will be got
off with comparatively little damage, and the Dahlia,
without any material damage to her hull, though of
course, her cargo will, in the first place, have to be re-
moved.

We may mention that a large barque, deeply laden,
passed through the Bay, northward, yesterday after-
noon, and signalled for a pilot but did not stop--she
was probably on her way to the Moray Firth for shelter.
It is confidently reported that a schooner foundered
off Slains Castle on Wednesday forenoon.
On Monday, about mid-day, the Union schooner,
Bridgeford, coal-laden, of and for Stonehavon, from
Newcastle, in attempting to enter the harbour, with a
south wind, fetched the Pier-end, and went to pieces
almost immediately. On Tuesday, the wind still con-
tinuing southerly, several vessels wereinjured by coming
too near the north side of the pier.
NEWBURGH.—Yesterday morning (10th instant) the
hull of a schooner, with the masts lying over the side,
was discovered at the mouth of the Ythan. From the
circumstance of a flag, with the name " Isabella" in it,
and a seaman's chest which has been identified, being
found at the same place, there is no reason to doubt that
the ill-fated vessel is the Isabella of Cromarty. There is
no tidings of the unfortunate crew. It is supposed she
had brought up on the evening of Wednesday, as her
anchors were found at sea, a little distance off. The
coast Ruud is taking charge of the wreck, which is fast
going to pieces.
PETERHEAD.—On the morning of the 10th instant,
it blew a heavy gale from the east, and our bay presented
a frightful appearance. About ten o'clock in the morning
the Katherine of Aberdeen came in sight, was unable to
keep to sea, and soon drove in at the south shore. The
bo/tmen vverfe promptly in attend ,nee with Manby's
a;parn,tuii, and, in x short time, a rope was attached to
the Nel,•sd, and do cradle put out, when one man
entered it, and was in the act of being drawn in, when
the rope gave way, and ho was precipitated into the