Morris tribune., 1891-11-18
MANY VESSELS ASHORE.
ANOTHER FURIOUS GALE RAGING
ALONG THE BRITISH COAST.

ANOTHER FURIOUS GALE RAGING
ALONG THE BRITISH COAST.
A Number of Vessels Driven Ashore and
Many Lives sacrificed-ChanneI TRAFFIC
Entirely Suspended Owing to the vio-
lence of the Storm.
LONDON, Nov. 12.-Another furious
southeasterly gale is sweeping over the
British coasts and is causing an i'm
mense amount of damage. From 3
number of points already the news has
been telegraphed that ships are ashore
and that their crews are in danger of
drowning or already drowned. Follow
lug so closely upon the many recent
storms which have spread death and de-
struction on the coasts of England, Ire
land and Scotland, and which have done
an immense amount of damage to the
crops besides flooding whole districts
and destroying railroad embankments,
this latest storm is really more than the
most sanguine of British farmers can
pass through without dependency. To
give an entire list of the wrecks re-
ported would be difficult and lengthy
task. A dispatch from Hythe Kent just
received, says that the French schooner
Edirimi has foundered off that place,
and that the vessels captain, his wife
and son were drowned in spite of the eff
forts of the life savers, who were en-
abled to take off the rest of the crew.
A telegram received time from Sand
gate, not far from Hythe, says that the
British ship Bienvenue, of Glasgow, has
been driven ashore there after terrible
struggle with the storm. The crew Of
the Sandgate hfeboat station made every
effort possible to launch their boat, but
without success. When the crew of
the Bienvenue saw the futile efforts of
the life savers they gave way to dis
pair, pitifully moaning for aid and i'm
ploring help from the crowds of people
lining the shore. The situation of the
men in the rigging of the Bienvenue
became more desperate at every mo-
ment One by one, the numbed,
weakened sailors dropped from the
Bienvenue's rigging and were swallowed
up by the angry waters surging around
the doomed craft. At noon only five
of the crew were left in the rigging.
The Remainder Rescued.
No braver struggle for life has been
witnessed on this coast than that which
resulted in the rescue of the remaining
members of the crew of the British ship
Bienvenue. About 4:3o in the afternoon,
the Bienvenue began to break up, but
the masts, with the unfortunates cling
ing in the rigging, still held together.
The storm abated somewhat as dark
ness grew, and another attempt was
made to launch the Sandgate ifeboat.
Scores of volunteers assisted in the
launching and amid the shouts from
thousands that must have sent a hope
full echo across the stretch of foam to
the weary hearts and numbed limbs on
the wreck, the ifeboat started. 1t
seemed doubtful for while whether
the task could be accomplished, but at
length, after a tremendous struggle,
the brave life savers brought their boat
up to the rigging of the Bienvenue and
rescued every one that remained. The
poor fellows were almost unable to help
themselves. They had clung mechani-
cally for hours in their perilous position
and they were utterly exhausted.
Bark's Crew Saved.
Ten minutes after the Sandgate crew
had succeeded in saving the crew, the
Dover hfeboat arrived. The bark I. P.
Pfuger from San Francisco for Bremen,
was wrecked at Hastings. Her crew of
seventeen and five passengers remained
in the rigging five hours, while the life
savers sent rocket after rocket, with
line attached, to the rescue. Several
rockets fell short, but at length line
reached the vessel. Thousands were
assembled on shore, their sympathies
more aroused by seeing a woman's form
among the shipwrecked. A tremendous
cheer went up when it was seen that the
line was fastened. The crew behaved
nobly, and the woman was the first to
be sent on the perilous journey to
safety. Nearly half dead, she was
hauled ashore. Then followed two boys,
and after them the men, the captain
coming last.
The Dungeness lifeboat in making an
effort to reach vessel, was overturned,
and five of the crew were drowned. The
men from the stranded ships lost their
lives in trying to swim to the shore.
The schooner John poberts, of Modoc,
Wales, went ashore during the after
noon near Brighton. Rockets failed to
carry lines to the vessel. The crew
were in the rigging and the vessel
seemed about to break up. The ship
wrecked mariners leaped into the sea,
and battled their way to the shore with
the assistance of volunteers.