The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-29 00:00:00

THE LATE GALE.

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gale increased to a hurricane on Friday.afternoon,
have yet been received of the ship, and, as the
much anxiety is felt for her safety. The ship was
in ballast. The schooner Ythan, Dorward, master,
of and from Arbroath for Sunderland, in ballast,
encountered the gale when to the south of the
Coquet Island, and made for Holy Island Harbour
for shelter. At the entrance to the harbour two
anchors were let go, but they failed to hold the
vessel, which drove ou to the Steel Point, on the
north side of Holy Island harbour. A boat's crew
ventured alongside, but owing to the fearful storm
DO assistance could at that time be rendered, and
the vessel continued to strike and bilge on the rocks,
where she was left high and dry when the tide re-
ceded. The crew were afterwards landed. The
vessel was got off on Saturday ; damage estimated at
£l5O. The sloop Ann, of Newcastle, Elsdon, master,
from Anstruther for Sunderland, with potatoes, '
drove from her anchors and went ashore near the
Coastguard boathouse at Holy Island, the sea mak-
ing a clean breach over her. The crew were saved.
The vessel is expected to become a wreck. The
schooner Mischief, of Carnarvon, in ballast, in at-
tempting to enter Holy Island harbour on Friday
afternoon, drove ashore on the Parton Steel, about
a mile south-east of the Beacons. The lifeboat suc-
ceeded in rescuing the crew. The schooner Indus-
trious Helen, of Arbroath, Barrie master, bound for
Goole with potatoes, drove ashore near the boat-
house at Holy Island the same afternoon, the crew
being saved. Several of the fishing boats in Holy
Island harbour were capsized and sunk during the
storm, and some of them have been very much da-
maged. During the storm the fishing boat Thistle
was returning from the fishing ground to Eyemouth
harbour, and when about two or three miles from
the shore the boat missed stays, and Archibald Nes-
bit, who was at the helm, was struck by the handle
of the rudder and knocked over into the sea. A
boat-hook was thrown to his assistance, and he
seized it, and attempts were made to put the boat
about to reach him, but the boat thrice missed
stays, and when at last the crew succeeded in reach-
ing the place they found that the unfortunate man
had sunk.

On Friday Glasgow and the West of Scotland
were visited by a gale unparalleled in intensity and
destructiveness since the hurricane of 1856. The
streets in many parts of Glasgow were rendered un-
safe from the fall of slates and chimney cans, and
several severe accidents, involving loss of life and
injury to the person, occurred. On the south side
of the river a chimney was blown down on a roof,
through which it penetrated, killing a woman and
seriously injuring a man. In Gallowgate, a well-
known offender, while stripping a roof at a height
of four stories, was blown to the ground, and re-
ceived injuries from which he is not expected to
recover. At Pollokshaws, a brick building, two
stories in height and about9oft. long, was caught by
the wind, which drove in the south wall together with
the roof. A man and woman were killed, and five
others were seriously hurt. In the north quarter a
labourer received severe injuries from the fall of a
brick wall 10ft. high. Three turrets were thrown
down from the tower of Dr. Morison's church in
Dundas-street, and the slate roof of a saw-mill,
145 yards in length, was bodily lifted away. In the
western quarter the chimney stacks belonging to a
bakery establishment were blown down, and pene-
trated the roof of the main building, but fortunately
none of the workmen were hurt. There are no re-
ports of great disasters on the coast, but the da-
mage done has been considerable. Many of the
river steamers met with injuries from being caught
in the storm. At Strone thekier and pierhouse
were blown down ; as also at llelensburgh, Kil-
creggan, and other places along the coast of the
Frith, great damage was done to the trees and
lighter kinds of houses. At Portpatrick the
schooner Release, from Liverpool was totally
wrecked, :,n I all hands, five in number, were lost.
The Northern Ensign states that on the Latheron
coast the storm caused sad loss of life and pro-
perty. At Dunbeath, where a number of boats
had run for shelter, three fishermen from Por-
tessie were drowned, one had his leg broken,
several boats were wrecked, and there is re ison to
fear, from pieces of wreck coming ashore, that at
least one entire crew of eight or ten men, supposed
to belong to Portknockie, have perished a little to
the southward of the river. It is reported that
several boats were seen off the head of Bruau during