The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-12
ON SEA AND LAND
Gales Sweep Over the Southern
Counties of England.
Much Damage Done-Many Vessels are
Wrecked Gallant but Futile Efforts
of Life saving Crews.

LONDON, Nov. 11.-Last night heavy
gale set in in the south of England and Ire
land. Already few dispatches have been
storm. From Hythe, on the English chan
mel, comes the report of the wreck of an
English schooner. The crew reached shore
safely, but the captain his wife and son
persisted. AT Sandgate the ship Envenue
was wrecked. Her crew took to the rig
ging. An attempt was made by ife-savers
to rescue them, but the sea was too high.
Another vessel is reported ashore close to
where the Envenue lies.
Later reports from SYNDICATE say that all
hope of saving the crew of Envenue are
abandoned. The bodies of several victims
have been cast upon the beach. A body of
troops has been sent to aid the life savers
along Sandgate section of the coast in their
efforts to render assistance to distressed
vessels and their crews. A telegram has
been received from the Scully Islands stat
ing a schooner has been wrecked there, tue
crew was saved. A vessel named the
Paramount was sunk off LoWestoft in
Suffolk. All hands on board except two
sailors were drowned. In London the
storm has done considerable damage to
dwellings in course Of erection. A dis
patch received from st. Leonards, well
known watering place in Sussex, announc-
ing the bark Amor was stranded near that
town. Her crew took to the rigging where
they now are. All attempts to rescue them
are futile. The only hope for the wrecked
sailors is that the storm may subside be-
fore they die of exhaustion. The Interrupt
tion of telegraph service is general
throughout southwest England.
| A dispatch from Sandgate this evening
says the life boat crew made another siren
| uous, but fruitless, effort to reach the Ben.
venue. Some of the crew, exhausted by
their long exposure became so weakened
they found it impossible to longer cling tc
the rigging and dropped into the water and
sank out of sight. Others are still in the
rigging. Thousands of people gathered
along the shore sympathetically watching
| every attempt TO save the lives of the ship
| wrecked sailors.
| The storm has caused considerable dam
age throughout the southern counties Of
England and Ireland. Rain has fallen IN
large quantities. Telegraphic communlca-
lions are interrupted to great extent
The fishing boat Star of the East, while
entering Lowestoft, crashed against
she of pier the and orev was wsre G %rsSRsd
ing in. 1t is believed the storm has spen
Its force and when the final estimate O
damage is made, it will be found the loss il
much greater than that incurred through
any storm that has prevailed for years
Reports from the gale swept districts ar
very slow coming in, but those thus far re
ceived show the damage must be wide
spread and very heavy. The damage t.
property at Folkestone and Deal is very
great. The roofs Of houses were blown OFF
and the streets strewn with states and tiles
At Christ Church the rivers, swollen by tn
excessive heavy rains which accompanied
the gale, have overfowed their banks, flood
ing the country and part of tn
town itself. Farmers in the mid
land counties are growing discourage
at the misfortunes pursuing them. II
these counties previous gales and flood
did an immense amount OF damage. L
some sections the water was just subsidiny
aud the farmers began to look for
ward to pIowing and preparing tn
land for autumn sowing. Now waters hav
again submerged the land. The rivers ar
rapidly rising and it is feared there will b
a general repetition of the floods.
Part of the life saving crew at Hyeth
while engaged in rescuing a shipwrecke
crew, were swept from the boat an
drowned. From Dungeneness, too, come
the story Of the loss of some brave lif
boat men. A foreign bark went to shor
lantly to the rescue. A tremendously heav
} sea was running aud the life boat capsize
and all hands went overheard. Five Of tn
, crew were swept away before they coul
grasp the life lines and thong
they wore cork jackets the
were lost. The other men succeeded
l in righting their boat and scramb bling il
Several vessels are ashore between Dul
geness and Dover and it is feared they wi
= ha ick g.,
assistance can get TO them. A number
) vessels in distress have been driven PAL
Sandgate. 1t was impossible to do any
. thing to relieve them, on account Of TT
tremendously heavy seas.
Part of the roof of the Ludgate Hill st
ton, In London, has been blown off.
dispatch from Lowestoft announces
a Scotch lugger capsized of that port Il
day and six of the crew were drowned.
thousand ton boat, The Plunger, we
ashore at Hastings, and after tremendol
struggle the crew and passengers we
rescued. Unknown vessels are reports
, wrecked at many points Great ankle
; prevails on the east and south coast as
l the fate of hundreds of fishing boats whit
0 put TO ses yesterday, lured by the fl
weather then prevailing.
Then came another terrible struggle
: reach the shore, the boat finally bringil
up at Folkestone, where the survivors
= the wreck were tenderly cared for. T.
: captain and four Of the crew were drown
4 before the life savers reached the vessel.
Later the life savers at Sea Brook ma
another desperate attempt to get out
Benvenue this afternoon and after TT
I mendous struggle succeeded in getting
. line to the ship. The work OF taking ht
> the dead men from the rigging was beg,
: and twenty-seven of the officers a
f crew Were safels gotten into the bo;