, 1861-03-07
The Great Storm on tho British Coas'
-Fearful EoHe of Itfcs

The violent gale which Iaya9ed the east
eoasts OF England aud Ireia4,d on Friday anu
Saturday, February 8th and 9TH, appears ~
hnye been more destructive IN its enee9 tnan
any similar visitation which has occurred On
those shores for many years. u Was 6o s1o.
northeast, that numerous tmau coaating Tts,
sells were sacrificed to tts fury, when, nag
there been any previous phenomena to mo-
cate such an interruption to the t1ne "ehtQeE
which had prevailed, they might have remain a.,
ed safely anchored IN sheltered haEooEs- Inc
storm set in On the afternoon OF Friday. anu
ragged without tntesmisaion until SATURDAY
uight--the weather yanes indicating an oeca-
sioual change in the wind from northeaSL TO
south and west. In the neighberhood OF HUI,
Shields and HartTepeol, on the English coast,
and Eingstown and the adjacent ports on me
Irish coast, the greatest rava5es we're commit n
ted At Shields, Hartlepool, Redcar anu scar
borough sixty.three vessels are reported 10
have gone ashore or foundered, Of which about
forty are total wrecks. Fourteen shlps are re-
ported wrecked or disabled at kinSsto,en
alone, and to this list Of casualties ls added
melancholy catastrophe which befel Captain
Boyd, Of Her Msjesty's steamer Ajax, and
number OF his crew, while enGeayorins to saEe
the lives Of shipwrecked mariners
The English and Irish papers abound III haf-
rowing details Of the disasteTs.
At Bray" says the Dublin Freensa1a's Jour
aal, 'swhere the storm roged with no less fury,
one of those heroic LEEDS which exalt human
nature, was performed By Ia:ues Lacy: JAS
Bodeu deserves almost equal commentator
A large brig went on shore, and the men clnng
to the rigging, while atrightful sea broke over
the vessel. Boden succeeded in casting rope
to the men, Of whom four got ashore: ons
!. remained on board, and he was believed 10 oe
too faint to make his escape. He showed nc
signs Of animation, and was reported bE h.S
fellows to be In sinking state. How was he
to be rescued? No boat could venture out II
such 8. sea, and the rope was nnayailing. Lacy
volunteered to work his way to tie bag along
| the rope, and nearly perished IN the attempt
He succeeded in reaching the ship-lashed tht
| halEdead man to the rope, and with the :id Q
some Of the fishermen OF Cray, the last OF IN
| men was drawn to land through the faGGan:
| surf. Along the Northern shore, as Nigh
have been expected, the scene was still nlor
| narrowing, if one terrible disaster could D
surpassed in horror By another. From HOWL
| to the mouth Of the Boyne the coast Is sire"
! ed with the fragments Of wrecks. SeFefa
| VESSELS, some of them Of large Tonnage, wef
driven ashore, and, Of course, went TO pieces
They attempted to best otf, bat that dreadtt
northeaster furcade escape, aud they hrok
up The crews are mostly reported to hav
escaped, but one very sad occurrence, in Whlc
every man on board persisted, took place i
the forenoon Of Saturday at ekerrles- a larg
sckooner.rigged vessel struck on the rock:
and went down in deep wafer. Net part
Gle of her hull or rig ying could be dlscoyere
few minutes after, ana w1tL the ship perlsi
| ei The crew to I ulau,"