The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

THE GALE OF LAST WEEK.

(From Telegraph.)

We believe we speak without exaggeration when
we sly that the 25th and 26. th of October has en-
graved a melancholy line in the annals of maritime
disasters. For the time the gale lasted it was,
perhaps, the most destructive of any storm
since the beginning of this century, the loss of
vessels and life being most appalling whilst its
devastating fury continued. We speak in re-
ference to those whose fate is beyond conjec-
ture, but, to swell the total, numbers of un-
fortunate craft have foundered with their crews,
leaving only floating fragments for the mind to
guess at a fate not to be revealed in time. The
sctu d loss to the shipping interest on the 25th and
26th of October, 1859, is beyond all conception, and
perhaps without parallel within living recollection.
To give our readers some idea of the destructive
fury of the gale in question, we give below, col-
lected with great care, so as to be as accurate as
possible, a list of the vessels that were totally lost
only, in the now memorable late gale, with an ac-
count of the crews all drowned, partly saved, and
all saved. We have omitted including the vessels
that have suffered damage only by being driven on
shore in that gale, for the reason that the list would
then, exceed more than double its present length,
and far beyond our available space. As will be
seen, the loss in human life during the 23th and
26th of last month is most melancholy indeed.
Ariadne, at Newhaven—all saved
Amais, at Newquay—all saved
Ann, at Newquay—all saved
Anna Maria, at Watchet—all saved
A brig, at Morte Bay—all drowned
A brig, at Yarmouth—all drowned
A sloop, at Newport—all drowned
Abbey, at Margate—all drowned
Anna Dorothea, at Yarmouth—all saved
Ann, at Bideford—all drowned
A schooner, at Aberforth—all drowned
Admiral Cater, at Hartlepool—all saved
A brig, on the Goodwin Sands—all drowned
Busy, at Port Isaac—all saved
Beverly, at Bude—one drowned
Brigantine, at Penarth—all drowned
Brothers, at Porthcawl—all saved
Benjamin, at Bridlington—all drowned
• Blanche Marie, at Guernsey—all saved
British Rover, at Dunbar—all saved
Beatrice Catherine, at Porthor Bay—all drowned
Bubona, at North Berwick—all drowned
Cuba, at Yarmouth—all drowned
C. G. Fryer, at Widmouth—all saved
Caroline, at Rye—three drowned
Charles Holmes, at Aberbach—all drowned
Carolina, at Porthgain—all saved
Catherine, at Cemaes—all saved
Claudia, at Porthor Bay—all drowned
Diana, at Douglas Head —all saved
Elizabeth, at Yarmouth—all saved
Enterprise, at Bridlington—one drowned
Elizabeth Lass, at Dartmouth—one drowned
Eleanor, at Northam Burrows—all saved
Edward Protheroe, at Sandy Mouth—all saved
Eliza Benyon, on the Mumbles—all saved
Ebenezer, on the Mumbles—all saved
Eliza, at Bardsey—all drowned
Ellen, at Newquay—all saved
Eliza, at Porthferin—all drowned
Favourite, at Padstow—all saved
Fame, at Mostyn—one drowned
Five Vessels, at Ilfracombo—all drowned
Friends, at Newport—all saved
Golden Grove, at Lowestoft—all saved
Hawkhill, at Hartlepool—all saved
Hope, at Port Lechog—all saved
Huntley, in the Mersey—all saved
Hope, at Newquay—all saved
Isa, at Plymouth—all drowned
Isabella, at Rye—all saved
Jane and Susan, at Minehead—all saved
Joseph, at Milford—all saved
John St. Barba, at Penarth—ono drowned
John and Jane, at Spital Point—all saved
Kingston, at Penarth—all saved
Leo, at Folkestone—all saved
Louis Albert, at Penarth—all saved
Lord Douglas, at Lowestoft—all saved
Major Nanney, at Newquay—all saved
Mary Jane, at Newquay—all saved
Mary Ann, at Newquay—all saved
Morninc, Star, at Cardigan—all drowned
Martha Jane, at St. Ives—all saved
Melanis, at Padstow—all saved
Mary Lauder, at Watchet—all saved.
Mathildis, at Newport—all drowned
Marlborough, at Ilfracombe—two drowned
Mary, at Sully Island—all drowned
Messenger, at Penmon—all drowned
Mecca, at Hartlepool—all saved
Majestic, at Spital Point—all saved
Martha, at St. David's—all saved
Margaret, at Newquay—all saved
Nancy, in the Channel—all saved
Norwegian schooner, at Rye—three drowned
Orion, at St. David's—all drowned
Oriental, at Rhyl—all saved
Paragon, at Yarmouth—all saved
Providence, at Padstow—all saved
Primers Galan, at Dover—three drowned
Pilot, at Dover—all drowned
Percival, at Bristol—all saved
Priscilla, at Porthor Bay—all drowned
Queen, at Bristol—all saved
Royal Charter, at Red Wharf Bay-400 drowned
Rosebud, at Watchet—all. saved
Robert, at Nowquay—all saved
Sir R. Peel, at Portreath—all drowned
Swift, at Bristol—all saved
Susan, at Bideford—all saved
Sultan Selina, at Bristol—all saved
Silia, at Yarmouth—all saved
Sprite, at Maluko—all drowned
Syria, at Whitby—four drowned
Ship, on the Cow and Calf Rocks—all drowned
Thistle, at Morte Bay—four saved
Trio, at Stratton—all saved
True Bess, at Solva—three drowned
Thames, at Penarth—one drowned
Three Vessels' at Dines Head—all drowned
Two Sisters, at Grimsby—all saved
'Union, at Newquay—all saved
William, at Lyme--atl saved
Watchet Trader, at Skyrawathers—all saved
Wave, at Freshwater Bay—all drowned

On the bright side of this picture stands the Royal
National Lifeboat Institution. It is only just we
should acknowledge—and what place more fittting
—the noble assistance it has rendered in the cause
of humanity, for through its timely aid many.of the
crews recorded above as saved were snatched from
death by its excellent boats. May the institution
meet with all the support it so eminently deserves.