The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-02-25
MARINE DISASTERS.


Severe Gales Ti.@,e 4reat Damage TO
shipping Interests.
LONDON, Feb. 23.-As dispatches continue
to be received the list ofmaritime casualties
due to the fierce gales which have just
swept over the coasts of Great Britain and
Ire and. grows in length. During the year
1891 the losses to the writers of marine in
surance was so heavy that several members
of the society of Lioyds withdrew entirely
from the business Of assuming marine
risks, and already this year the under
writers have sustained heavy losses. Among
the long list of wrecks is the Norwegian
timber bark Dronnin Sophie. which went
ashore at Galley head. She had crew OF
eleven men. who were safely landed.
A large steamer bound for Glasgow from
South African ports IS stranded at Morris
castle. County Wex trd. She blew signals
of distress and sent up rockets, and in a
short time the ii g boat aud coast guard
were at this scene. A rocket was shot
across the steamer and the brecchcs buoy
was rugged after some difficulty, and the
captain OF the steamer. his-wite and al the
crew We're sa'ely landed. much worse Tor
their experience.
The yacht Surprise has been wrecked at
/. Donaghee, County Down, about sixteen
miles northeast OF Belfast.
The steamer JANE and Alice foundered off
Dungaryin, County Wexford. A trawler
rescued her crew. The anxiety that WIS
iet concerning the safety of the British
|. steamer Sir Walter Raleigh, at sea with a
broken shaft, has bern allayed by Ecr re-
arrival at Bear Haven. She was picked up
at sea by the British steamer Ninian Stew
art. TIE British beTk Nikaria vas aban-
doued. All hands on board of her were
UnI rNII I,,Ix, han i,,,,I IoI Into ofa
Chile.
The body of q man has been thrown
ashore by the sea at Penzlnce. Itis sup-
posed that he was one Of the men who be-
longed to the unknown steamer that was
wrecked off PenZarcc A coat has also
come ashore at penzance in Il pocket o..
which are number o. letters addressed TO
Capt. Fabrei, o the Aus rian bark Fra:el-
lilo, which sailed from Antwerp Feb. 10 .or
Buenos Ayrts.
A large ii eboat. painted black, which
appeared TO have been washed from the
transatlantic line steamer, has stranded at
Killincy, county Dublin. Her name could
not be read. The steamer Tunisie is as!. ore
at Lundy island. at the entrance OF Bristol
channel. The BIZ tish bark Brandon has
put into Holyheud with some of her sails
gone.She has ALSO sustained other damage
Terrible weather prevailed in st. Georges
channel last night. The French steamer
rrignac ,oundered off the S9iliy islands and
three o: her crew were drowned. A FLu,h-
ing sail boat stranded at Queensborough
during heavy fo- last night. Her sigma s
Of distress were heard at Sherntss and the
British war ship Scoat went cut in search
of the vessel, but when she arrived at the
place whence the signals wcre heard the
vessel had vanished. An unknown ship
went ashore al Cspe Sparte On the north
| east coast OF Morocco, at the entrance to the
| straits Of Gibraltar. 1t is believed that
every soul aboard was lost.
A man la~hcd to spir has been washe1
| upon the beach at PenZance. He was al
most completely Exhausted. and it was inn
| lossible or him to utter word. His last
enin.s were cut and hew removed to a
dwelling where a doctor was at once SUM
moned to 1T end him. Hopes are entepe
tGined that IL vii, roviYo.
The weather to-day throughout the
United Kingdom is mil,ler than it has been
| for some days past. TeleIraphie cummu-
nication. which has be. II more or les in
terruptesl siEco the storm began, over a
week ago, Is now being restored.