The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-12
Terrible Southeasterly Gales Ragin,
Along the Coast OF Great
Britain.
Large Number Of Wrecks Reported
Many with Considerable Loss
Of Life.
A Lifeboat Capsized While Attemptin,
to Rescue sailors and Several
Drowned.

LONDON, Nov. 12.-Another furiou
southeasterly gale is sweeping over tn
British coasts and is causing an i'm
mense amount of damage. From
number Of points already the news ha
been telegraphed that ships are ashor
and that their crews are in danger O
drowning or already drowned. Follow
lug SO closely upon the many recen
storms which have spread death and de
struction on the coasts OF England, Ire
land and Scotland, and which have don,
an immense amount of damage to the
crops besides flooding whole district.
and destroying railroad embankments
this latest storm is really more than th,
most sanguine of British farmers car
pass through without dependency. X
give an entire list of the wrecks re
ported would be q 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 We're drowned in spite of the eff.
forts of the life savers, who were en-.
abled to take OF the rest of the crew.
Preferred Death to Separation.
The captain of the Edirimi. however,
refused to leave the vessel, and his wife
and son refused to be separated from
him, preferring drowning with the gal
liant sailor to being saved without him,
A telegram received at about the same
time from Sandgate, not far from
Hythe, says that the British ship Bien
venue, of Glasgow, has been driven
ashore there after q terrible struggle
with the storm. The crew of the Sand
gate lifeboat station made every effort
possible to launch their boat, but with.
out success. The ifeboat was rolled
over and over by the pounding surf and
finally the life % .ss4.. 4
fa,p,,s 4, rnt hes afioat. The rocket line
was then called into service, and four
times did the little cannon belch forth
its shot and chain to which the cable
line was attached. but each time tn
shot fell short of the endangered vessel.
As each successive wave which struck
her shook the stranded craft from stem
TO stern she was driven higher and
higher upon the rocks which were grind
ing and crunching her bottom with each
movement she made. When the crew
of the Bienvenue saw the futile efforts
of the Sandgate life savers to launch
their boat and their failure tc
convey the line of breeches.
buoy to them they gave away
to despair, pitifully moaning for aid
and imploring help from the crowds Of
people lining the shore. Several more
attempts were made to launch the life
boats, but in vain. During this time
the situation of the men in the rigging
of the Bienvenue became more desper
ate every moment. The women an6
children, and even strong men ashore
realizing that all hope of saving then
must be abandoned, wrung their handl
and wept, and cry of horror passet
over the crowds as, one by one, th'
numbed, weakened sailors dropped from
the Bienvenue's rigging and were swal
lowed up by the angry waters surgint
around the doomed craft. AS this dis
patch is sent, about noon, there are bu
five of the crew of the Bienvenue left Ii
the rigging, her hull is entirely sub
merged and her masts are expected +
20 by the board at any moment.
While these attempts at rescue wer
going ON a telegraphic message from
Hastings, ON the same coast and no
very far from Sandgate and Hythe, an
nounced that the Hastings lifeboat wa
making desperate struggle to reac
the barque, supposed to be Britis
vessel driven ashore at some distanc
from that watering place. The barqu
is in q most perilous position, and til
prospects are that all her crew will
drowned. These accounts of wreck Civ
only small idea of what is going o
along the coasts here. In addition I
the three vessels mentioned there an
many others in distress, and niue
further damage has been done to piers
sea walls, seaside railroads bathin
7 establishments, etc.
Channel Traflc Suspended.
a fair idea of tine force of the stor1
can be gained from the fact that the er
tire steamboat service between Dove
and Calais, Boulogne and Foltestone, an
between British ports and Ostend hi
been suspended in spite Of the fact ths
the boats engaged in these services al
accustomed to face the most sever
weather. Many fishing sInacks hay
foundered while struggling to reac
port, and quite number of coastin
steamers have met the same fate. Ne;
Ipswich, Suffolk, for instance, i
Lowestoft, d fishing smack which, afts
q long and plucky tussle with I'll
storm, was just upon the point Of NAL
ing Lowestoft harbor, was suddenl
completely overwhelmed by more tina
usually heavy seag and foundered
full sight of thousands of people, WI
were unable to be of any assistance