The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-01 00:00:00

THE LATE HEAVY GALES,

In addition to the sad events detailed in this
ournal cn Monday, there appear to have been from
:he reports of Lloyd's agents upwards of 100 vessels

stranded, and the number which foundered with all
hands were. unhappily painfully numerous. Perhaps
on no part of the coast was the mischief greater than
in the vicinity of the entranca of the Humber.

During the height of the gale on Friday, a brig,
which is supposed to be the Venus, of Arundel, was
seen to founder about ten miles north of the Dud-
geon, and every one belonging to her met with a
watery grave. About the same period a large-sized
craft was seen by the Favourite, of Shields, to go
down a short distance from Cromer with all on board.
A third one was seen to meet with a similar fate in
the neighbourhood of Boston Deeps. The master of
the Ann and Elizabeth, from Newcastle, since arrived
at Gravesend, reports seeing a brig disappear on that
part cf the coast ; her bowsprit, bulwarks, and sails
were carried away. Her name could not be distin-
guished, but the letter T was seen on her stern. She
was believed to have belonged to Blyth.
In one instance there was an extraordinary preser-
vation of life. The brig St. Catherine, bound to
Hull, on entering the Humber bay was blown over.
The crew contrived to cling to the side of the hull,
and so continued for nearly 24 hours, when, with one
exception, they were taken off, although suffering
from exposure and want of food. A lamentable
casualty took place on the Lemann-shoal while the
gale was raging with all its might on Friday
night. The brig Seven Brothers, Mr. Alexander
Sibbald master, of South Shields, was driven on
the sand and immediately capsized. The master
and four of the crew took to the jolly boat, but un-
fortunately before the wife of the master, who was on
board, and the remainder of the crew, eight, could be
taken off, the wreck got adrift and every one of them
is supposed to have perished. As it was, those in the
boat had a narrow escape ; without a sail or an oar
they were baked about for many hours, when at
last they were picked up by the Whin pilot-cutter
and landed near Yarmouth. A sloop called the Ma-
deira, for Goole, had her master and boy walhed over-
board. She then foundered, the wife of the master
perishing with her. The above forms but a brief
notice of the disasters on this portion of the coast.
Higher up the channel the gale was almost as de-
structive. We have already detailed a melancholy
list of casualties on the Yorkshire coast, especially in
the vicinities of Whitby and Reclean Amongst the
many additional disasters resulting from the storm,
the Triton, of Newcastle, is reported to have been
wrecked near the Kettleness, and that her crew
perished. Some of the bodies have been washed
ashore.

The Northumbrian line of coast also suffered from
the fury of the wind. On Hely Island a schooner
called the Margaret, for Sunderland, from Cromarty,
was wrecked; and off Bamborough Castle the Mar-
garet and Ann, from Newcastle, met with a similar
tate. Abreast of the Immanuel-head, while the gale
was blowing with all its violence, a brig, since ascer-
tained to have been the Falcon, of Aberdeen, foun-
dered, with all hands. The body of the master, Mr.
Smith, his trunk, and some of the vessel's papers,
have been cast ashore. Sbe was laden with wheat,
and is snpposed to have been from Stettin. About
the same time a sloop was observed to go down, in
deep water, off Newton, and it is said that all be-
longing to her also perished.
The vicinity of Kilrush was nigh being the'scene
of a most shocking shipwreck. it seems that the
Owen Glendower, a fine yacht of nearly 130 tons
burden, the property of Mr. William Moore, of
Waterford, and which had on board in addition to its
owner, Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Massey, Miss Llewllyn,
and a crew of 11 men, was caught in the gale
in making for the Galway bay, and when almost a
perfect wreck, as reported, was observed off Arran
Island by a ussian bark, which had left Galway a
day or so previously, with emigrants for New York.
The master, Mr. Hein, after going as near the
wreck as possible, had the boats lowered, and after
much difficulty and peril, succeeded in preserving all
who were on board. The yacht had been in the most
dangerous position for upwards of 30 hours, and the
suffering of those on board may probably be imagined.
Mr. Moore made a most munificent donation to the
captain of the barque for the promptitude and hu-
manity he had displayed in rescuing them from the
wreck.

The later accounts from the respective ports de•
scribe the gale to have moderated considerably, but it
is more than probable that many other casualties,
resulting from the storm, are yet to be made known.