Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-11
IN FURIOUS BREAKERS
Trying to Save Lives on the British
Coasts.
HER0ISM OF THE LIfBBOAF MEN.
Sailors Drowned in the Sight Of
Thousands.
LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
FIGHTING TO SAVE LIFE.
Heroic Efforts to Rescue Wrecked Sailors on
the British Coasts.

Heroic Efforts to Rescue Wrecked Sailors on
the British Coasts.
LONDON. Nov. l1.-Another furious south
easterly gale is sweeping over the British coasts
and is causing an immense amount of damage.
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 efforts of the life savers. who were en-
abled to tahe of the rest of the crew.
telegram received at about the same time
from Sandgate, not iar from Hythe, says that
the British ship Bienvenue Of Glasgow had
driven ashore there after a terrible struggle
with the storm.
The crew of the Sandgate life boat station
made every effort possible to launch their boat,
but without success. The, life boat was rolled
over and over by the pounding surf and finally
the lhe savers gave up the attempt to get her
ahoat.
Hosts of volunteers went to the assistance OF
the regular life-boat men and these amateur
life savers tried to do what the regular boat
men had failed to do. Three times the yolun-
teers, assisting the regular crew. tried to get
the life boat through the terrible surf,
but still without success; the heavy self
righting and self-emptying boat was lifted
up at right angles by the waves and
tossed over if nothing more than
q large cork, nearly crushing some of the life
life belts they wore would have undoubtedly
been drowned. As il was it required the efforts
of scores OF volunteers, forming life lines, hand
and hand into the surf to rescue the imperiled
boatmeu.
In spite of repeated warning from experts
that such q course would be both useless and
dangerous, the Dover life boat crew. stimu-
lated by the efforts Of the life savers of Hythe
and Sandgate, succeeded in getting to sea, and
made a most gallant attempt to reach the Bien-
nnt hat fls asaf
Dover would succeed where those Of Hythe and
Sandgate had failed, but the rivalry between
the crews Is very great and the zeal OF
the life savers all along the coast has been stim
uated by the recent incident at Sennen in
Wales. where upon the refusal of a number of
the regular life-boat crew to put out TO the
sistance of a distressed vessel, volunteer crew,
composed Of lawyers clerks and bankers,
manned the life boat and spent the whole night
in furious gale at sea, trying, unskilfuly il is
true, to rescue the endangered mariners
ALL EFFORTS FAIL
The efforts to save the crew of the Bienvenue
have resulted in serious loss of life. The Hythe
life boat, which finally got afioat after dozen
fruitless efforts, has been capsized while trying
for the honor of reaching the shipwrecked
crew of the Bienvenue. Several of tine life
savers have been drowned.
The exact details of this disaster have not
yet reached here. There are seventy-one men
Bull Ill udIStr III Tue TlkSlrR OF the Dlenteuu6.
Every effort is still being made by the Dover
and Sandgate life boats to rescue them, but up
to this hour the Bienvenue has not been reached
and the life boat men are almost exhausted
with their many hours struggle with the ele-
ments.
ANOTHER VESSEL IN PERIL.
While these attempts at rescue were going
on a telegraphic message from Hastings, on
the same coast, and not very far from Sand
"a "A 18th. tla& h.
life boat making a desperate struggle to
reach barque, supposed TO be British vessel.
which has been driven ashore at some
distance from that watering place. The barque
was in most perilous position and
the prospects were that all her crew would be
drowned. The rocket lines and life boat up to
noon failed to rescue the stranded craft and il
was feared that she would break up before as
sistance can reach her. The sea is terrific and
at times the life boat is lost sight of. Strange
to say, in spite of this fearful weather pre-
| vailing in the channel and elsewhere. where
life boats can hardly live and where stout ves-
sells are being broken up within a few miles of
each other, small dog managed TO swim
ashore near Hastings apparently from the
barque ashore near there. At least the dog
reached the surf in safety and was there res
cued by people ashore, who ventured out into
the water for that purpose.
PASSAGE OF THE CHANNEL STOPPED.
A fair idea of the force of the storm can be
gained from the fact that the entire steamboat
service between Dover and Calais Boulogne
and Folkestone and between British ports and
Ostend has been suspended. in spite of the fact
that the boats engaged in these services
accustomed to face the most severe weather
imaginable.
Many fishing smacks have foundered while
vainly struggling to reach port and quite a
number Of coasting schooners have met the
| same fate. At Lowestoft, near Ipswich. Suffolk.
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long and piucky tussle with the storm. was Just
upon the point of making Lowestoft harbor
| was suddenly completely overwhelmed by more
than usually heavy seas and foundered in full
sight of Thousands of people who were unable
to he of any assistance to the crew. The latter,
numbering seven souls in ALL were all drowned.
The accounts of wreck give only a small idea
of what is going on along the coasts here this
morning. In addition to the three vessels
mentioned there are many others in distress,
and much further damage has been done to
piers, sea walls, seaside railroads, bathing es-
adjustments, &c.
From the inland districts come reports that
floods are increasing rapidly and on all sides are
the telegraph poles and wires again blown down
and useless for the time being. In this city
and in other towns the wind is howling with
weird intensity and devilish force Chimneys
and signs have been blown down In the streets,
causing number of accidents and
creating a feeling of dread among those who
are compelled TO pass through the streets.
Umbrellas can hardly be carried and hats are
sent scurrying about the streets. Riding on
omnibuses or in hansoms is becoming dam
gerous and further excessive damage TO prop
erty is reported from the country d.stricts-
STORM ON THE NEW JERSEY COAST.
AsBURY PARK, N. J., Nov. ia heavy
storm ragged along the New Jersey coast all
night AL the telegraph wires were prostrated.
The surf was very high and strong. II under
mined the bathing pavilion Of Joseph Ross at
Ocean Grove and tore out and carried away
number of the timbers in the structure.
The surf is now tearing big gaps into the
bluff along Ocean avenue. Slight damage has
been done at several places at Monmouth
Beach. No damage is reported at Seabright
The Concord Soon to Sail.
New YoRK, Nov. 1.-The U. s. s. Concord will
sail in few days join the Philadelphia, Admiral
Gherardi's flag ship. in the West Indies. The
friends of officers and men on board the Phila-
delphia can send letters care Of the Concord,
navy yard, Brooklyn, N. Y, up to Saturday OF
this week, and they viii be delivered TO the
Philadelphia when the Concord meets her.
Mayor Grants Foreign Trip.
New YoRx, Nov. u.-Mayor Grant left for
Europe, per steamship City of Paris, at
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