Star.
London, England, 1809-01-10 00:00:00

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On Saturday the 17th ult. the bet• North Star,
Eli's, from London, in ballast, put in t& Whitbt in I
a violent tale, northerly. In atteMpting to run -for
the upp?r partof the harbour, herfore-rigguig-hivilg-
got entangled with one. of -the chains of the'bridge,
carried away its massy levers; which falling With a
tremendous crash upon the vessel's -deck; slave the
boat in pieces, but providentially did no injUry-tonny
of the people, some of whom not a minute Wote had
beets standing close to the boat's bow. The brig had
her fore-top-mast carried away, besides receiving da-
?nage in her hull. The bridge, which was rendered
impassable, remained in that state till Monday even-
ing, when the eommunicatien..Was restored by means
of a teniporiry foot-bridge. The wind having in-
creased in the course of the afternoon to a tremen-
dous gale, accompanied by.a prodigious fall of snow,
several persons lost their lives in attempting to return
from Whitby market. CUIUSTOPHEit SWALES, a
b'acksmith, in Goarland, about ten miles from
Whitby, on his return, called upon his son at Sleights,
who seeing his father determined to proceed on his
journey, undertook to accompany him over the most
difficult part of the road.- Having travelled a few
miles, the old man grew se faint that his son was
under the necessity of taking him upon his back.—
After
encountering the greatest difficulties, they
reached the end of their journey, but not before the
father had suffered so severely from the cold and fa-
tigue, that he expired in the arms of his son almest'
immediately on entering the house. The latter was'',
also reduced to such a state of weakness by the exer-
tions he had been compelled to make, that his reco-
very was for some time doubtful.

Another victim to the severity of the storm, was a
young woman of the name of Sellers, likewise a resi-
dent in Goatland; the most pressing entreaties and
remonstrances on the part of her friends at Whitby,
could not prevail with her to stay the night ; her con-
stwit reply being, that if she did not go home her
Mother would conclude that something had happen.
ed to her. On the evening of the 18th, she was
found sitting upon the snow en the moor, with her
horte stondily by her, and the bridle in her hand,
nearly' wished to death ; bin on being taken to a farm
hOute shi soon recovered. She must have been expo-
sed to the severe storm no less than thirty hours.
A farmer of Liverton, called Reuben Rodger, also
returning from Whitby, lost his life on the atur-
day, near Scalingdam, from the inclemency of the
weather. His body was found a few days after-
wards under the snow. The people who disco-
vereclltixo being drawn to the spot by observing a
sOck,placed, upright in the snow, which measure, it
appears, the deceased hadadopted as a signal, when
eah. attged nature had been compelled to resign the
hopeless contest.
Two men have been round on the Moor, near
Cock-moor Hall, in the neighbourhood of Scarbro',
Who had perished in the storm on Saturclay,..the 17th
ult. They are supposed to he father and son, but it
is not known where they belonged to,
A melancholy and affecting scene occurred at
Southend, about six o'clock on Wednesday evening.
During the extreme violence of the storm, Thomas
Rayner; John Sadler, William Kendall, Ebenezer
Battissett, and John Parker, fire of the Huinber pi.
lots, took a small boat, with the intention of going
aliettid their pilot boat, lying off the garrison. Just
as they put off, a tremendous wave struck the boat,
and instantly upset her, in the sight of a number of
people asieinblect at Southend. The spectators in-
stantly ran to afford the Unfortunate men every pos-
sible assistance, but the swell was so great, and the
spray so strong, that it was a task of the utmost
cfifilculty: and danger. A sloopman, named Dixon,
gallantly leaped into the water to the assistance of the
uafOrtunate men, but in this humane attempt one of
ali legs was so much bruised, as to occasion consi.
&able apprehension ofhis losing the use of it. We
are glad to learn, .homever, that tie is something bet-
ter. A man named - Cowley, succeeded in
dragging out one of the pilots, and two more were
also brought out by some other persons. These three
were Thos. Rayner, John Sadler, and Wm. Kendall;
the former was much injured : Sadler, when taken
out, was to -all appearance lifeless, but the means re-
ceninterided hi the Humane Society being judiciously
employed for a considerable time, he was at length
restored. Kendall at first manifested some signs of
life but having received a violent contusion on the
head, all attempts to restore perfect animation proved
ineffectual. lie has left a wife and five children ;
two of them are young girls : one boy a prisoner in
France, and another serving on board a man of war
A rope was thrown to Bannon Which he succeeded
in catching, but the mail who had hold of it was un-
able to draw him ashore, and before any other per-
sons could get hold of it, the poor man, being ex-,
haUsted, let go Ms hold, and was seen no more. He
has left a wife, but no family. Parker sunk imme-
diately on the boat upsetting : he has left a Wife and
one child. Amongst others of the stuyottuding. spec.
tators whom the accident brought to the spot, the
press-gang ,were very active in endeavouring is save
the lives of these poor men : the dismal shrieks and
cries of their wives and Children, whom the melon-
cholinftdirigs bad drawn thither, rendered the .scene
distressing in the extreme.

Ilutton ntishel Hall, the seat of —.Osw.D.EVION,
Esq. was c.asumed by fire, with the excel) .0n of one
wiQg, on Wednesday last.

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