The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-15 00:00:00

THE GALE.

The heavy rain which fell incessantly' through-
out Wednesday was accompanied towards evening
by another fearful gale, which in violence, as regis-
tered by the anemometer at Lloyd's, exceeded those
which raged on the last and previous Sunday. The
gale set in about 8 o'clock from the northward and
eastward, and after midnight shifted round to the
westward. It was at its greatest height between
11 and 12 o'clock, when the wind-gauge showed a
pressure of 161 b. to the square inch. As the morn-
ing advanced the wind blew in heavy squalls, with
rain, from all points of the compass. The accounts
posted by the meteorological department of the
Board of Trade yesterday morning showed that the
range of the gale extended from Portsmouth to
Aberdeen. An intimation has been received to the
effect that another storm may be expected to sweep
the northern part of the United Kingdom about
Tuesday next, and the usual notice has been for-.
warded to the harbour authorities in order that
shipmasters and fishermen may be warned.
The returns received at Lloyd's show that the
gale of Wednesday evening told with serious effect
on various points of the coast. Even the seagoing
steamers which had made the entrance of the
Thames could not make their way up the river
through the storm, so heavy was the wind and gale,
and brought up in the Lower Hope and other
reaches until daylight and the weather moderated.
Two American ships lying off Gravesend drove from
their moorings and came in collision. The Dublin,
London and Bordeaux steamer, had a narrow
escape of being lost on the Margate sands. She was
on her return passage from the Thames, when she
encountered the bad weather and went upon the
sands. Fortunately, she got off; but in a very leaky
condition, and in the course of yesterday morning
was assisted into Ramsgate harbour.
A telegram from Hartlepool states that the gale
raged with terrible fury on that district of the coast.
It burst forth in th© early part of the evening from
the north-east, and gradually increased as the night
advanced. Three ships are reported to have driven
on Shanton sands, near Hartlepool, during the
height of the storm, and were lost; and another ill-
fated vessel foundered with all hands. The name of
the latter vessel is not known, but she is supposed
to have been a coaster. The other ships were the
brigs Forsyth and Concordia, of Shields, and the
William, of Hull.

SHIELDS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Yesterday afternoon, the following message was
received here from Admiral Fitzroy, "London, Wed-
nesday, Nov. 13, at 3 30 p.m., hoist drum,—Robert
Fitzroy." The explanation of which is, dangerous
winds may be expected from nearly opposite quar-
ters successively. At the time the message was re-
ceived (4 o'clock in the afternoon) the barometer
was at 29 68, and the thermometer at 45. During
the course of Wednesday the weather had a very
ominous look. The sun rose in a fog, and with a
large ring round it. At noon the fog cleared away,
and in the afternoon we had what the sailors term
a mackerel sky, followed by the wind chopping
round, towards nightfall, from the S.S.W. to the
N.N.E., bringing up large fleecy clouds from the sea,
indicative of an approaching strong wind from the
east. The night kept tolerably fine until the clecks
were chiming midnight, when a storm of wind and
rain burst on the coast from the N.E., and with
short lulls it has been increasing in violence since,
the wind continuing in that direction. The sea is
rising rapidly on the coast, and from the manner
that small craft are making for the harbour bad
weather is being experienced out at sea. The Bri-
tannia steamship and about half a dozen small ves-
sels have reached this port to-day. Yesterday fore-
noon about half a dozen small collier vessels sailed
hence for London ; others of a smaller tonnage were
ready, but it is stated that their masters, from the
appearance of the weather, refused to go out to sea.
There is a large fleet of colliers lying in the Tyne
ready for sea, The collier vessels that left the Tyne
the night bef ore the gale of the 2d of this month,
and have not since been heard of, were the Friend's
Good-will, of North Shields (not Whitby, as before
reported) ; the William and Thomas, of South
Shields; the Stella, of North Shields; the Persever-
ance, of Scarborough; and the Emma of Staiths.
Not very far short of 40 hands of all sorts would
form the crews of those vessels, and there is too
much reason to fear that every soul of them have
perished. At any rate the last thread of hope is
becoming more and more attenuated every day,
and if no news come of the poor fellows by the end
of the week they will have to be given up.

SHIELDS, THURSDAY, 8 P.M.

except
the
the mate of the Phoenix and the mate
worse and the sea has increased in violence. It has
Since I sent off my despatch the storm has become
been a fearful afternoon. At our harbour's mouth
the Phoenix, of Aberdeen, with coals from Hartle-
pool; the Albion, of Aberystwith, with wheat from
Stettin; and a Dutch vessel, the Anna Catharina
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saved
of
have been driven ashore. The Tyne pilots, with life-
boats, at great risk saved the crews of the two for-
lmatetrervvesessesles;
andith toliceh Coastguardst;
of the Anna
Catharina, the two latter poor fellows being
drowned. The storm is as
violent
as ever. It is
likely to be an awful night at sea.

- GREAT YARVIOUTH, TiIURsDAY, 8 A.M.
Last night and this morning we were visited by
another gale of great violence. On Monday and
Tuesday the weather was fair, and few could un-
derstand the meaning of Admiral Fitzroy's danger
signals, which swung from the staves on the beach
and the quay during Monday. On Tuesday after-
noon, however, the sky began to grow wild, the glass

fell rapidly, and just as dusk closed in the danger
signal was again hoisted, indicating bad weather
from the north. Shortly after the wind got up from
E.N.E., accompanied by pouring rain, and con-
tinued to blow with increasing violence during the
evening. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
night, many townsmen were on the beach until a
late hour, who watched with anxiety the lights of
the vessels appear and disappear in the seas. Be-
,
tween 10 and 11 the gale had become a hurricane,
sweeping the roads with tremendous fury, the sea
breaking along the beach in a terrific surf. At
midnight the storm abated, and there was a tem-
porary lull, but about 3 a.m. it again got up, blow-
ing in furious gusts from the west. At daybreak
thin morning those who had been on the beach the
previous night again visited it at early dawn, and
as the dark outlines of the vessels showed in the
gray light of morning, still riding in safety where
they had last been seen, many a heart was relieved
of its anxious foreboding. No casualties are re-
ported, though several vessels were seen to proceed
through the Roads last afternoon, tidings of which
are awaited with anxiety. Some of our luggers and
smacks are also out and alarm will be felt for their
safety until they are heard of. The barometer
stands at 28.8, having fallen from 29'8 since the
previous afternoon. At the hour of sending off our -
parcel the gale still rages with great fury, and
shows no sign of abatement.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.
On Monday night, while the gale was at its height
the steam tug Brother Jonathan took in tow the
brig Euxine, of Hartlepool, Capt. Robertson, from
Alexandria, laden with beans, off the Lytham shore.
Soon after 8 o'clock, when a tremendous sea was
running, the hawser broke, and Capt. Robertson re-
fused to have a new hawser supplied, saying he
would let go his anchor and ride out the storm. No
more was heard of her till Wednesday morning,
when the ill-fated vessel was discovered on the
Horse Bank, near Lytham, on her beam ends, and
her crew is supposed to have perished. Yesterday
morning a letter was received by Mr. T. Court, sec-
retary to the Underwriters' Association at Liver
pool, of which the following is a copy :-,--"-Fleet=
wood, Nov. 13,1861.—Dear sir,—The body of a man
has been picked up in this district. In hii pockets
were found a receipt given by W. H. Lambton and
Co., bankers, Newcastle-on-Tyne, for £220, paid
into the bank. It is dated May 30, 1861, No. 15,139,
and is endorsed by Alexander Robertson. Also a
bill of exchange, dated Alexandria, Aug. 7, 1861,
No. 9,667, drawn by Briggs and Co. on Heath and
Co., London, in favour of Thomas Belk, for £75,
He had a gold watch and guard, stopped at 4 55.
From the appearance of the body he seems to have
been about 55 years of age, and does not appear to
have been in the water above a day or two. I am
informed that a brig was totally wrecked off Ly•
tham on Monday. Probably he was the master of
her. She was loaded with beans. I think his name
Alex. Robertson. Pro F. Kemp, J. W." It has since
been ascertained that the body referred to in the
above letter is that of Capt. Robertson, of the Euxine,