Complex sentence: The mines and West Somerset Mineral Railway closed in 1898 and in 1900 and 1903 a series of gales breached the breakwater and East Pier with the loss of several vessels each time and subsequent repairs.
Split into simpler sentences: The mines and West Somerset Mineral Railway closed in 1898. In 1900 and 1903 a series of gales breached the breakwater and East Pier with the loss of several vessels each time and subsequent repairs.