The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-09 00:00:00

The Ga!e.

A very heavy gale broke over London on Monday
night, and continued to blow with great violence
until 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The direction
of the wind was chiefly from the S.W. and S.S.W.,
but there were sudden squalls from all points of the
compass. Considerable damage was done to houses
and in the parks, but no serious accident is reported
to have taken place.

CHATHAM, Jan. 8.

It blew a furious gale from S. and S.W., with oc-
casional heavy squalls of rain, during the whole of
last night and up to noon to-day. Since that time
the gale has sensibly moderated, while the barome-
ter, which yesterday was remarkably low, is rapidly
rising. 'Most of the vessels in harbour had extra
anchors down, and with this precaution they rode
out the gale in safety. At sunrise this morning a
numerous fleet of colliers and outward-bound ves-
sels were at anchor outside the harbour, near the
Grainspit, some of them giving signs of the severity
of the gale by loss of spars and other minor casual-
ties. The gale, which at times had the force of a
hurricane, was severely felt on shore. Several of the
telegraph posts on the road outside the town have
been blown down, and in the neighbourhood of Gil-
lingham the hurricane was so high as to unroof a
block of houses in course of erection. In the after-
noon the gale had sensibly moderated, and the mer-
cury in the barometer continued to rise. The wea-
ther is fine.

DUNGENESS, KENT, Jan. 7.
A French vessel was seen on shore some distance

'rom this station, with men in the rigging (says Mr.

11. Stringer). The lifeboat Providence, of the Na-
tional Lifeboat Institution, was launched and pro-
ceeded to the spot, but before she could reach the

!atal scene the vessel had become a wreck and three

of the crew were drowned. There was only one man

left, and he was rescued by the clergyman of the
parish, the Rev. C. Cobb. A correspondent of the
Kentish Gazette says—•" Dymchurch, Sunday.—Last
evening the wind blew a gale from the south-east
dead on shore. About 9 p.m. a large bark was seen
close in shore. The signal for a vessel on shore
was instantly given, and the Volunteer Life Com-
pany, with the Coastguard in this village, were soon
on duty with the life apparatus, and a line was
thrown off to the ship, but she was able to hold her
own, and came fairly ashore with apparently little
damage. Her name was the Towey, of Llanelly,
Wal.s. On Sunday morning, at daylight, a vessel
was seen in the offing waterlogged, and men hang-
ing in the rigging. Manby's apparatus and the ser-
vises of the Life Company were again called for, but
it was found the vessel was beyond reach of the ap-
paratus. The next resource was the lifeboat from the
Littlestone station, three miles to windward, but
the crew, by some extraordinary arrangement, were
found to be in attendance on the bark Towey, which
was then high and dry on the beach, and it was an
hour and a half before any move was made to get the

feboat down. In the meantime the men were seen

dropping one by one from the rigging, as there was
then little hope of any assistance from the lifeboat.
Continued attempts were madeto throw a line to the
vessel. At last a line was thrown across the rigging,
but by this time all but one of the crew bad disap-
peared, and it was soon seen he stood but little chance
of getting to the shore without further help. In this
emergency the Rev. C. Cobb, rector of this parish,
volunteered to go off to the vessel, which
had now drifted to within 50 or 60 feet of the shore.
In company with one of the Coastguard, he safely
reached :the vessel, got the man out of the rigging,
and safely to land amid the plaudits of hundreds on
shore. The lifeboat made its appearance in an hour
or two after the man was fairly and comfortably
housed. The vessel proved to be the Courier, from
Dunkirk. One man was found dead on board, and
the others were lost, the vessel being a total wreck.
PORTLAND, Jan. 8.
About midnight yesterday a dreadful storm broke
over this part of the coast. This morning, between
5 and 6 o'clock, the sea began to make breaches
completely over the beach, and by 7 o'clock the rail-
way from Portland to Weymouth was submerged
some three-quarters of a mile. This was at full tide,
and as the waters gradually decreased at the ebb.
breach after breach was made through the permanent
way. Telegraphic communication was stopped,
several posts having been washed down. In one
instance the breach was some 30 feet in length, the
metals dangling over the opening. The pressure of
water on the side of the beach was so great as to force
it completely through this great natural breakwater.
At 8 o'clock a.m. the traffic on the Weymouth and
Portland Railway was completely stopped, and
about 10.30 the great Western Company's engineer,
Mr. Lane, with the superintendent and some of the
directors, inspected the line, and shortly after some
100 men were put to work to repair the damage. The
traffic, however, cannot be resumed for some days.
It is feared that at high water this evening some por-
tion of the village of Chiswell will be carried away.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. 8.
We have had a very severe gale from the south-
ward and westward all the night. The schooner
Teazer, from Saundersfoot, of and for Ipswich,
is ashore in Batten Bay. Captain Austin, and
Henry Burgess, a seaman, are drowned. The
mate, E. J. Gooding, succeeded ia dropping from
her bows into the lifeboat. The others (lid not
follow, and the boat was compelled to leave on
account of the surf. The schooner Palmyra, 69
tons, belonging to Southampton, went ashore about
the same time as the Teazer. She was laden with
oats. All her crew have perished. There are no
casualties to report in respect to the ships of war in
Hamoaze. This afternoon the storm has somewhat
abated. The schooner Derrynane, Capt. Phillips,
of and from Cork, with oats, for Poole, slipped her
cable in the Sound, and went ashore in the Cutwater.
She-was towed off by the tug Secret, and is now in
Sutton harbour full of water.

CORNWALL, Jan. 7.
The awful storm on Saturday, which commenced
about 1 a.m., raged with increased violence as the
day advanced or the Cornish coast. Several lives
were lost and vessels wrecked, while inland property
suffered severely from the wind and floods. Rain
descended in torrents for more than 14 hours. A
complete report of disasters is not yetobfutalliynabl
obtainable,
but the following information may be
de-
pended upon :--.-Early on Saturday morning the
Emblem, trawling sloop, was seen in great distress
off Looe. Intelligence was at once conveyed to the
lifeboat authorities at this station, but in the mean-
time the crew of the vessel made an attempt to land
in their boat, 13ft. long, and it was at one time
thought that their endeavours would be crowned
with success. A heavy breaker, however, suddenly
capsized the boat ; three of the crew immediately
disappeared, but the fourth was observed for a few
minutes making an effort to swim to a buoy ; at
last he was overwhelmed by the surf, and, conse-
quently, all the poor fellows perished. The vessel
washed ashore; her owner, John Williams, was on
board acting as skipper, and was therefore lost
with the others. He has left a widow and one
child, as also another of the crew, Samuel Wil-
liams. At Par the gale was very strong, and a
seaman named Richard Ilooper, belonging to the
schooner Model, of Fowey, was blown overboard
and drowned ; he has left a widow and one child.
At Falmouth! the gale was more violent than has
been known at the port for many years. The Carols,
Capt. Christensen, from Rio de Janeiro, with coffee,
bound for Hamburg, shipped a heavy sea near
Penzance Point, during which the cook was washed
overboard and drowned ; the captain, mate, and one
of the seamen were also partly washed over the sides
of the ship, but they retained their ! old and got on
board again. Soon afterwards tLe Carola was
thrown ou the rocks between Gylbk,vase and Swan-