Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-14
MONUMENT TO RED JACKET
The New President of Adams Ex.
press Company in Charge.
AMERICAN EFFORTS FoRPEACE
Recent Disasters ON the American and British
Coasts.

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the snnd and washing buildings and
boats out to sea. Many pleasure crafts have
been missing since Sunday and it is feared that
they have been lost with all or board. George
White. Alfred Kane, Mark Thursby and Alden
Little of New York hired two boats Sunday for
a day fishing. They have not since been seen.
but one OF the boats has been picked up and
there is hardly a doubt that all four men
have been drowned
SIXTEEN MEN rosT.
AT Hollands Station on Rockaway Beach,
seven boats were let out on Sunday. They car
ricd sixteen men. None of them have since
been seen, and it is thought the storm carried
them out to sea. As the water outside the in
let ragged mountains high. SO that a small boat
could scarcely live a minute in 1t, the sixteen
men were probably drowned.
A two-masted schooner, sailed by James
Moore and having u crew of three men, put
out from Canaries Sunday afternoon. She was
loaded with coal and bound for Baltimore.
She was caught in the storm and the three
sailors were swept of the deck while trying to
make sail. Moore chung TO mast
and saved, but only after drifting
around for over twenty -four hours, and then at
the loss Of Julius Quay, life saver, who went
out to the vessel In breeches buoy and was
drowned. Moore was finally rescued. he is
believed to be insane from his awful expert
ence, as he talks in an incoherent way and con-
stantly begs to be taken back 10 the boat.
ON THE BRITISH COASTS.
LONDON. Oct. 14-The furious gale which has
been raging over all England, Ireland and The
south of Scotland fo- over twenty-four hours,
and which has ALREADY caused a vast amount Of
damage about the seaside towns and wrecked a
large number Of vessels, continues today in all
Its intensity.
IN THE CITIES.
In the cities and large towns proud of the
possession Of one or more parks q great
amount OF damage has been done. Trees have
been blown down or mutilated on all sides in
these peoples pleasure grounds, plants and
shrubs have been scattered literally to the
winds and flower beds have been crushed
nearly out Of existence by the fury Of the
storm
Chimneys and tiles were carried everywhere
from the roofs Of private dwellings, outhouses
of wood crashed down il built OF cards. Pc
destrianism was. during the height of the
storm, utterly impossible and the traffic by
railroad or water was almost brought TO q COM
plete standstill.
At Folkstone one of tine great landing places
for the transchannei steamers, throughout the
night the sea swept the great pier with
lighter portions of the structure and
threatening to wrench away its most powerful
supports. The light house at its extremity was
deiuged by the angry waters, and it was even
feared that 1t might be swept from its founda-
tions. The channel passenger boats were un-
able TO cross last night, and to those who know
the weather these vessels venture out in this
gives some idea Of the severity of the storm
which prevailed
Today the storm is raging very heavily and
Is still doing much damage. At Helensburg. a
watering place on the Firth of Clyde, at the en-
trance of the Gareloch, near Dumbarton, Scot
land, the fishing and other boats which had
been drawn up on the beach at the first ap-
proach of the gale were carried along by the
furious waves, which poured into the Streets
flooding the houses and driving the inmates
from their homes, many escaping through the
windows, SO little warning was given OF the
inundation.
A terrific gale arose at Brighton yesterday
afternoon, blowing down most OF the structures
in the course of erection for Buffalo Bills Wild
West show and wrecking them utterly.
PERIL OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
Two passenger trains running between Glas-
gov and Helensburg were brought to a stand
still, to the intense alarm of the passengers,
by the waves, which washed over and threatened
to demolish the track The fires of the locomotives
were extinguished, thus completely stranding
the trains and placing the lives of the psssen-
gers in peril. Escape from the cars was i'm
possible and all attempts made up to the pres
ent to reach the travellers have failed.
From all sections come reports Of damage
done and Lives endangered. The country roads
are strewn with and blocked by fallen trees
twisted telegraph wires and broken telegraph
poles. 1t is impossible yet to give even an
approximate idea of the damage done ON land |
and sea or of the lives lost. |
Instances Of the furious work Of the gale are |
constantly being recorded. At Southwold, |
Suffolk. on the North sea, between the River |
Blythe and Buss creek, the local life boat crew
has had one OF the many rough experiences of
the past night. A ship, taking for a time the |
place Of the regular lie ship, had been anchored
off Tizewell, near Southwold, in order to indi- |
cate the site OF q dangerous wreck. During
the gale last night the vessel was blown from |
her moorings and was tossed about help
some distance from shore. The south
void life boat put out to rescue the crew, but
1t was only after many hours Of hard work that |
the rescuers managed to take of the crew and |
bring them to land.
EXPERIENCE OF LIFE BoArs CREW.
At about the same time the life boat belong |
ing to Aldborough, on the same coast, was hav- |
ing an almost similar experience. The AID |
borough boat attempted to reach . distressed |
vessel After several hours of fear
tSi tSa 61atiIet'ns 1;,tIs ii, from the angry wave:
crew found that it was impossible to reach the |
endangered vessel and headed for home. But /
the storm now had reached such height that |
Aldborough could rot be made out and the /
crew were compeueQ 70 neaQ fOf oouthWolQ,
where they landed safely this morning.
From all parts in the path of the storm come Il
reports Of damage. Several fishing vessels are
reported missing, and it is feared that when /
the story Of the gale is all told it viii be found
that there has been serious loss of life among
the fishermen who were caught at sea by the
storm.
Advices from Devonport near Plymouth, the
largest naval depot in Great Britain, show that
II. II. 6. Northumberland, one Of the finest /
of the older ships Of the ironclad navy, came
very near sustaining serious injury. During
Q fierce burst Of the storm she /
parted her moorings and had il not been for
the prompt assistance rendered by the crew Of /
q. N. s. Ansar, the Dag ship Of Rear Admiral
Lotus +. Jones, the Northumberland would Il
have suffered . most serious mishap.
Throughout Devonshire and Cornwall the
storm was particularly severe, and from ali i
sections Of these counties come reports Of Il
rivers overAowsd and trees uprootsd and crops /
destroyed.
Al the details arrive here from countzyside /
and ssaboard r b seen that the effects Of the /
gale have been more general and Widespread
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