New-York tribune., 1891-10-15
IT RACED FOR MANY HOURS.
uRSIpENCE OF THE FURIOUS STORM IN
GREAT BRITAIN.
SPECIALLY FIERCE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
FEARFUL WEATHER REPORTED By INcoN'
ING STEAMERS-GRoUNDING OF THE
ANCHoRIA-MANY MARINE DIsAS-
TERs-MUCH DAMAGE DONE
ON LAND.


TERs-MUCH DAMAGE DONE
ON LAND.
ro,5on Oct. lathe furious gale raging over
~ England. Ireland and the south of Scotland
,;noo yesterday morning did not subsidc until
'a,o tonight The partial arrangement OF the
,o,ocrapb lines retards, to a great extent the
.occton of the full details of the storms ravages
The losses of life and property, so far as is yet
known are comparatively small, when the extern
.;ve area and the extreme violence of the hurrl-
zane are taken into consideration.
From all ports in the path of the storm comes
,enorts Of damage Several fishing vessels are
rcported missing, and it is feared that there mas
becn serious loss of life among the fishermen VINO
we're caught at sea by the storm. This alter
noon the gale in the Channel was increasing III
fury. instead Of decreasing, and all steamers
A. sea were forced to make some safe harooi'
while those desiring TO put to sea were uH"'4'
10 do So rollye
A telegram received this afternoon from FUN N.
stone said that steamer flying signals oil ui',
trcss had been sighted of that port anu TT,o
,o no in danger of becoming total "reoN' 80
local Ifeboat repeatedly attempted 10 puV 10
her assistance. but the fearful surl d. o''O
the boat back. ,,. arnounce
Telocrams from Douglas Isle OF Man, an"V''.Io IL
that great excitement was causeu 'i'i' - do
distress of a vessel which seemed uool9" -
s,rpction in Douglas Bay. Inc NoS''i aon,o
hoo,,iI,, and showed signals OF dls'loS' i01 1l
,,roe Thousands of people hocKeu 10 Vii, -
sn;.nose tho scene The lifeboat, IN l"oe VI
-, coz MANAGED to put of TO her assistance,
80 r,ooi,.ino q severe buffeting reacheu
a. s;s+rossod shin rescued the crew. ana .re'urheu
- % noucIas where the Tescuers ana Vhe
rescned received an enthusiastic weIconl''
Tic steamship Anchoria, of the Anchor Lane
urorrded at Grecnock. owing 10 the force oil 'iie
S,rricare She has since been foated, ana is not
,,no,,,n 20 have sustained any damage. All the
incoming steamers which have been aoie " in''N0
mort report having encountered fearlul Weo'"ei
and their wave-b5ttered condition well bears out
these statements u
The passengers by the White Star steamer
Majestic. which could not put ashore her uid1s
st Queenstown yesterday because of the violence
of the storm. arrived safely at Liverpool to-day
They are loud in their praise Of the sea-golhs
qualities Of the big steamer and have no COIL
plants to make either about the sllght usIp
nointmeut at Queenstown or Of the effects of the
storm generally.
Additional reports from Glasgow say that at
since the terrible Tay Bridge disaster. The ship
Trania which has only recently been launched;
broke from her moorngs and soon afterward
orrsbed into the Italian barkentine
Girolmina, of Castel-a-Mare The Girominas S
foremast snapped, and soon the vessel was com
pletelv dismasted Both vessels then drifted
down stream. Finally the Urania's bowsprit
crashed into the sheds of the Anchor Line Steam
shin Company, and this enabled her TO be cap
tured.
Two coasting vessels have foundered in Loch
Long. a branch of the Firth of Clyde, and six men
Of their crews were drowned. The new snip
Helen Brewer capsized at Glasgow, and more than
n dozen yachts, number of coastlng vessels, ana
many LIGHTERS are ashore in the Clyde. Four ol
the stranded lighters have already sunk.
DISPATCHES received here from Dover say that
Che hurricane is worse than the fearful weather
experienced during the blizzard OF March. Inc
Ostend steamer put out from that port Tor Dover
and, under ordinary circumstances, would nave
arrived there in three or four hours; put altei
being out for fourteen hours, under 1ull mead
OF steam, and being able TO make no progress
whatever she was compelled TO return to Ostehd'
OF recent years, by the expenditure of immense
sums of money Dover has been made " h3rDor Ol
,efuca" long. powerfully built jctties having
been thrown out seward, and a huge granite
oier. called the Admiralty Pier one third OF
mile long. which is still uncOmpleted, HAVING
been built The pounding the Admiralty Plel
has received has been so severe that great
amount Of damage has been done it, huge granite
blocks of several tons weight being washed out
of place in spite Of the irOnwork and cement whlcf
held them. The costly pier extension works
which took three years to build, have been almost
completely destroyed.
TIE greatest danger was experienced by persons
compelled to pass through the streets of Dover
owing 70 falling tiles states and bricks from
rhimneys. which have been tOppled over by the
wind A number of injuries from such accidents
have been reported. In one street. stack oil
brick chimneys was hurled down with such force
that il smashed in the roof upon which il fell and
buried in the ruins the inmates Of the hOuse-a
number of women and children, who were badly
injured by the crashing ratters and tiles. AT
Sunderland the hurricane unroofed factory the
tall chimney of which fell upon a house and
seriously injured four persons
The hfe-bOat at Peel seaport town of the Isle OF
Man rescued the crews Of two vessels which were
signalling for assistance at midnight
AT Folkestone, one of the great landing places
Tor the trans-C Channel steamers. throughout the
night immense waves swept the great pjer. carry
my away all uc lighter portions of the structure
anu threatening TO wrench away It's most power
ful supports. The lighthouse At lis extromitv yas
9eIuseu, ana 1t was even feared that IT, MIGHT
be swept from its foundations The Channel pas-
SoHggL oo@,S were unable To cross last night and
vertnre ot %iO i & HHow the weather these vessels
Of the storm '" VI Vhc seFeii'S
AZ HeensbgTg' watering place on the Firth
DumbaTtcn Scoa1d T'tnce t5S Of the Gareloch near
which had been drawn high up on the bcacb .,
fhe hrst approach Of the gelc were carried SIo1
sree,s me sdin 1uins WA Wa'es which poured into the
mates from their homes. Two passenser % troi III,
running between Glasgow and feleRshnrr uoro
brought 10 standstll by the waves, which d,SbnS
over and threatened 10 wash out the traoIo
The fires of the locomotives were eytinanieLn NJ ~
thus completely stra1ding the trains and nIan;nn
ne lives Of the passengers in peril. Escape from
the cars was impossible and al attempts made M