Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-12
NEWS By TELEGRAPH
From All Quarters.
MANY VESSELS WRECKED
And Numerous Lives Lost
by Destructive Gales.
AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL STILL SERIOUS.
Reorganization of Govern
ment in Chilli.
From ALI Quarters.
DolNGs OF The CHRISTIAN WORKERS

Discovery of an Opium
Smuggling Scheme.
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS.
The British Isles Again swept by
Heavy Gales several Vessels
Wrecked and a Captain and His
Family Drowned-The Majestic I'm
able to Touch at Queenstown.
LONDON, Nov. 11.-After the long con-
tinued gales of few weeks ago had sub
sided it was thought that normal weather
would prevail. Last night, however, a
heavy gale set in in the south of England
and Ireland. Vessels bound up and down
the channel shortened sails, and, though
some of the larger ones held their courses,
many of the smaller craft made for har-
Dor. AS the night passed the wind grew
stronger, and finally blew with hurricane
force. Even ocean steamships, lacking
sea-room, were compelled to keep off
shore. Extra lookouts were set to prevent
collisions with the sailing vessels which,
either hove to or scudding under storm
sail, made the channel a dangerous place
for navigation.
THE MAJESTIC IN HURRICANE.
The White Star line steamer, Majestic,
from New York, which arrived off Fastnet
late last evening, was caught in the hurri-,
cane, and Captain Parsell decided that it
would be too dangerous to attempt to en-
ter Queenstown harbor. The steamship,
therefore, proceeded on her way to Liver
| pool, from which place her mails and pas
sengers will be transferred to London.
1t is feared that when details of the
storm are received they will bring intelli
life. Already few dispatches have been
received telling of wrecks caused by the
| storm. From Hythe, one of the Cinque
ports on the English channel, comes the
report of the wreck of French schooner.
The crew managed to reach the shore in
safety, but the captain, his wife and son
were overwhelmed by the high seas and all
three persisted.
WRECK OF THE BENvENUE.
Sandgate, another port in the county of
Kent, was also the scene of shipwreck.
The iron ship Benvenue, of over 1000 tons
burden, sailed few days ago from Lon
don on voyage for Sydney, N.S.W. She
had made good weather down the channel
| until last night, when she was caught in
| the storm short distance from Sandgate.
The vessel drifted towards the land. and
was finally lifted upon the crest of huge
wave and dashed ashore. Whether it will
| be possible to get her afoat again will not
| be known until the wreckers make a sur
vey.
A SAILORS EFFORT TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
A later despatch from Sandgate says that
the life savers have abandoned all hope of
saving the crew of the Benvenue. They
made another effort to reach the vessel in
their boat, but failed. One" of the sailors
who WAS in the rigging apparently made
| up his mind that he could reach the
shore by swimming. He was seen to
dive from the rigging and to strike out
| strongly in the direction of the shore.
| On he came, drawing nearer and nearer
| to the beach, until it seemed as though he
would reach the land. A number of the
| residents of the town joined hands and
their leader dashed into the sea in an at
tempt to reach thestruggling sailor. When
the swimmer had approached to within a
couple of yards of his would be rescuers
he threw up his hands and with gurgling
|
TROOPS SENT TO SYNDICATE.
A body of troops has been sent to aid
the life savers along the Sandgate section
of the coast in their efforts to render as
sistaEce to distressed vessels and to resc ue
their crews. The bodies of several vic
tins Of the storm have been cast upon the
beach at SYNDICATE. It is believed to be
only question of very short time when
other bodies will be washed ashore. The
storm has extended northward and now
RACES with great fury from Wick on the
east coast of Scotland to the Scilly islands
in the English channel. This group of
islets numbers about 140 and constitute a
constant menace to vessels during storm y
weather. There are several lighthouses on
the islands, but the shipwrecks that have
occurred there have been many.
A VESSELS CREW DROWNED.
A telegram has been received from this
point stating that a schooner has been
wrecked. The crew, however, were saved.
vessel named the Paramount has sunk
, off Lowestoft, in Suffolk. All hands on
board of her except two sailors were
| drowned. The bark Amor is stranded
!, near St. Leonards in Sussex. Her crew
clambered into the rigging where they
dashed themselves fast. At last accounts
they had not been rescued.
The interruption to the telegraph ser.
5 Vice is general throughout the west OF
England. In London the storm has done
considerable damage.
A dispatch from Sandgate says that the
life boat crew made another strenuous
but fruitless effort to reach the Benvenue
Some of the crew exhausted by theil
long exposure to the warning elements, be
Q came so weakened that they found it i'm
It possible to longer cling to the rigging ant
80 were forced to let go. They dropped
into the waters and sank from sight. TIL
others, some of whom are undoubtedl,,
Is dashed fast, are still in the rigging.
MANY VESSELS WRECKED.
A number of vessels have been driver
= past Sandgate showing signals of distress
The Norwegian brig Solertia has bee
wrecked at Studland in Dorset.
- The fishing boat Star of the East, Will
entering Lowestoft, crashed against tn
north pier and was wrecked. Six of he
crew were drowned. One man was ref
cued, but he soon died from e1haustian.
The schooner Marguerite Marie, boun
for London, was caught in the hurriean
off Dungeness and was blown ashore an
wrecked.
1 The British steamer Brazilian, boun
4 from London for New Orleans, while prc
8 ceeding down stream yesterday collide
81 | in succession with and damaged barg
q | the brig Ploughman and her majesty
81 training ship Arethuesa. =,
81 Part of the life-saving crew at Myth
81 while rescuing a shipwrecked crew wei
= swept from their boat and drowned.
LIFEBoAT CAPsIzED.
y A foreign bark went ashore at Dunge
ess and the lifeboat men started to Il
rescue of the endangered crew. A hea'
sea was running and the lifeboat capsize
Five of the crew were swept away a,
lost The other men succeeded in rigt
% ing their boat and scrambling into her.
At Deal a fishing boat was capsized al
BAR two men were drowned. Several vess
ZEN are ashore between Dungeness and Dove
en- and it is feared they will go to pieces a
their crews will perish.
sry The damage to fishing and other SIN
Ely craft is large.
the The damage to property at Folekestc
,ou and Deal is very great. The roofs OF g.
= eral houses were blown Off and the sire
teo are strewn with states and tiles.
MI RIVERS OVER THEIR BANKS.
OF At Christ Church, on the English CHI
lty. mel, the rivers Stour and Avon have ov
- flowed their banks. The country n