The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-11-24
THE STORM IN IT'S FVA
FROM ENGLAND TO lRElANoIT DOES
GREAT pAf6A6E.
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wrecks AionS the Irish osast-FJsitng
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I.oNpoN. NOV. I2.A1t vas thought
last nighs that the heavy gale wbish has
pfeyaped over Great Britain for two
da,s had passed op horth into the Ger
man sea, butitsdems the storm issstll
preyaillngJ 10 southwest Ireland. A dis
petch received THE morning from Skib-
beieen, forty miles southwest Of Cork,
on the river Hen, states that the gale is
raging there with great fury. Many
honses at Skibbereen, and some at Aid
court, two miles below the town, are
greatly damaged. The gale now pre-
yailihg I'M that portion Of Ireland is be-
ievedto be the first Of the storm which
the weather indications last night showed
was approaching the coast from the At
lantic. Echoes of yesterdays storms
are still heard. From Ramsgate, on the
eastern shore ofthe Isle of Kent, from
which port many fishermen sail daily to
pursue their perilous calling, comes in
telligence that some of the hardy resi-
dents OF that tewn have made their last
>the o,ise.
h,o. 4 fishing smack hailing from Rams
reached here this morning after a
lntehdlle experience. She was caught in
the Colll fury OF the storm and was. terri
ernor rffsaten by the tremendous rollers
oaten by the tremendous rollers
Well swept by tho channel from the
f,.o;n f,a,Hc. The smack was badly dam
,butthose on board OF her are glad
~ cnlet Js escaped the fate which has be-
genuinesQ. many OF ,their class, and are
iudici.:~ atulating themselves that they are
~, ice more ashore. But net all the mon
ppwho sailed IN her have returned to their
families who looked anxiously tor their
coming. -Four of her crew, while as
sisting n handling the smack in the
worst Of the gale, were swept overheard
by gigantic combers which came aboard
the vessel. Those on board were help-
less to save their companions. Not for
an instant could they relax their vigil
ance In watching the vessel and oven
had 1t been possible to spare some OF
the men to mana boat, it would have
been death to have attempted to put the
boat in the water. 1t was all the crew
could do to keep their smacks adoat,
and so they were compelled 10 let their
comrades drown. There is great excite
ment in Southport, at the mouth Of the
fCGa IelDUlc, Oh Guc lElSu scd, OfoE Ghe ldtc VI
the crew oflife boat men. who went out
yesterday TO attempt TO save the crew
Of a vessel which was in distress OF that
place. The lite boat was fully manned,
and tile crew pulled pluckily off the shore
and were soon hidden by tremendous
seas. The crowd on shore waited and
waited for the return Of the lite savers,
butthey did not come back. Up to this
informing they had not returned, and by
many they have been given up as lost.
Their families, hoping against hope, try
to console themselves by the belief that
the gallant life savers, being unable to
return to shore, have succeeded in effect
ing a landing at some unfrequent part
on the shore further north.
There is hardly any doubt among
those acquainted with. that part Of the
coast, that the life boat has toun6ered,
and that every soul in her las found a
watery grave.
The steamer ''Howarden Castle" was
wrecked at the mouth of the Mcrsey
last night. The men took refuge in the
rigging. -Four bodies have been washed
ashore from The wreck. The trans-At-
lantic liners, "Britannic" left the port
in the teeth of the gale. The quarter
master of the "Britannic" was carried
overheard in the Irish sea.