The record-union., 1891-11-12
special TO the REcoRD-Uy1oS.

Dy the storm.
From Mythe, on the English Channel,
comes the report Of the wreck of an Eng
lish schooner. The crew reached shore
safely, but the Captain. his wife and son
perished.
At Sandgate the ship Benvenue was
wrecked. Her crew took to the rigging.
An attempt was made by the life-savers
to rescue them, but the sea was too high.
Another vessel is reported ashore close to
where the Benvenue lies.
a later report from Sandgate says all
hope of saving the crew of the Benvenue
has been abandoned. The bodies of sew
eral of the victims have been cast upon
the beach. a body of troops has been
sent to aid the life-s2vers along the Sand
gate section of the coast in their efforts to
render assistance to distressed vessels
and their crews.
4 telegram has been received from the
Scilly Islands stating that schooner had
been wrecked there. The 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 consid-
erable damage to buildings in the course
of erection.
A diepatch has been received from St.
1eonardS, a well-knOWn watering place
IN Sussex, announcing that the bark
Amor was stranded near that town. Her
crew took to the rigging, where they now
are, all attempts to rescue them being
futile. The only hope for the wrecked
sailors is that the storm may Subside be-
fore they die of exhaustion.
\ dispatch from Sandgate this evening
says the litebOat made another strenuous
but fruitless effort 20 reach the Benvenue.
Of flp. yI,.,r fNI l. 81 -
long exposure, became so weakened that
they found 1t impossible to longer cling
to the rigging and dropped into the water
and sank out OF sight. Others are still in
the rigging. Thousands of people gath
cred along the shore, sympathetically
watching every attempt made TO save the
lives of the shipwrecked sailors
The storm has caused considerable
damage throughout the southern counties
of England and ireland. Rain has fallen
in large quantities. Telegraphic COM
municatiOn is interrupted to great ex-
tent.
The fishing boat Star of the East, while
entering Lowestoft crashed against pier
and was wreck ed.
Six of the crew were drowned.
Reports Of many other shipwrecks are
coming in. It is believed that when the
storm has spent its force and final esti-
mate Of the damage made 1t Will be found
that the loss is much greater than that in
Cured through any storm that has pre-
vailed for years.
Reports from the gale swept districts
are very slow in coming in, but those
thus far received show that the damage
must be widespread and very heavy. The
damage to property at FolkeStone and
Deal are very great. Roofs of many
houses were blown off and streets strewn
with states and tiles At Christchurch
the rivers SyyOilaO nv tho
heavy rains which accompanied the gale.
and have overtioWed their banks, flood
ing the country and part of the town
itself.
The farmers in the Midland counties
are growing discouraged at the misfOr-
tunes pursuing them. In these counties
previous gales and floods did an i'm
mcnse amount Of damage. In some sec
tons the water was just subsiding, and
the farmers began to look forward to
piowing and preparing the land for the
autumn sowing. Now waters have
again submerged the land. The rivers
are rapidly rising and fears are enter
tanned that there will be a repetition of
the floods.
Part of the hfe-saving crew at Hythe,
while engaged III rescuing a shipwrecked
crew, were swept from their boat and
drowned.
From Dungeness, too, comes story of
Aiit lOSS VI SOilG pTdNG 1lIGDO8b men.
y foreign bark went ashore at that
place and the liIe-boatmen started gall
Ianuy to the rescue. 4 tremendously
heavy sea was running ana the life-boat
capsiZed and all hands went overheard.
Five OF the crew were swept away before
they could grasp the lifelines, and though
they wore cork jackets they were lost.
The other men succeeded in righting
their boat and scrambling in.
Several vessels are ashore batwean
Dungeness and Dover and it is feared
they viii go to pieces and the crews per-
ish before assistance can get to them. A
number of vessels in distress have been
driven past Sandgate. 1t was impossible
10 do anything TO relieve them on account
of the tremendously heavy seas.
Part ofthe roof OF the Ludgate Hill Sta
ton in London has been blown off,
\ dispatch from Lowestoft announces
that q Scotch lugger capslzed off that
port to-day and six of the crew were
drowned. The thousand-ton sloop, The
Plunger. went ashore at Hastings, and
after a tremendous struggle the crew and
passengers were rescued.
Unknown vessels are reported wrecked
at many points. Great anxiety prevails
on the east and south coast as to the fate
OF hundreds of fishing boats which put
TO sea yesterday, lured by the fine weather
then prevailing.
other desperate effort to get out to the
Benvenue tonight, and after q tremend-
Gus struggle succeeded in getting line
to the ship. The work of taking the half
dead men from the rigging was begun,
and twenty-seven Of the officers and crew
were safely gotten into a boat.
Then came another terrible struggle to
reach the shore.
The boat finally brought up at Folke-
stone, where the survivors of the wreck
were tenderly cared for. The Captain
and four OF the crew We're drowned be-
fore the Lte-Savers reached the vessel.
STILL ANOTHER.
LISBON, Nov. IA great storm pre-
walls on the coast of Portugal and the
wind Is blowing hurricane.
on THIS SIDE, TOO.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-Two storms
that have been moving from the south
and northwest have united over the Up
per Lake Region, and have formed a
widespread storm from the DakotaS to
New England. y local cyclouic area has
formed OF the coast of Virginia, and con-
nected with the main storm over New
ork. y high area with cold wave is
moving from the northwest, and will
move over the Mississippi Valley and
Lake Region to-day and tomorrow, and
spread eastward during the latter days of
the week.
ST.. PAUL, Nov. 11.--Reports from the
DakotaS show that a severe storm is rag
ing there accompanied by q heavy snow
and rapid drop in the thermometer. AT
Elendale, y. D., the mercury is only l20
above Tonight \ high wind Is blowing.
and heavy loss to stock Is feared.
Held by Non-R Residents.