The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-21
WOEFUL WORK BY THE WIND
The Force Of the Blow Now Central
in Northern Europe.


The Worst of the Storm on Great
Britain Now over. But the Waves
Still Running High Fifty-eight Yes
sells Ashore Between Calais and Dun
kirk-The Gale Raging With Fierce
Fury in the Baltic and Many Lives
Lost.
London, Nov. 2O-Reports received
from many points along the coast tonight
show that the gale has spent its force, al
though heavy seas are still running
The list of disasters grows rapidly.
Between Calais and Dunkirk fifty-eight
vessels were ashore at o'clock. Most of
them are fishing boats, but two are
steamers and seven or eight are barks
Along the coast near Calais seventeen
more dead bodies were recovered this
afternoon.
Many houses were unroofed last night
IN Calais and Dunl1irk, and the streets
were swept clean of Instructions. A life
boat went out from Dover this afternoon
and rescued eight men from sinking
schooner.
The bark Johanne Marco sank off Dun
genness this morning.
At Scarborough, on the Yorkshire
coast, sever al houses We're blown down
and many were unroofed. Fifteen fish
ing smacks are missing from the town.
The Swedish schooner ID. Jalmar foun-
dered near the headland this morning,
but the crew were saved.
MANY SHIPS IN DISTRESS.
The Norwegian bark Gratia is stranded
on the French coast near Barfeur Nine
of her crew were saved and three lost.
The Danish bark Embank from Gothen-
burg, sank off Withern sea, near Hull.
The captain and four sailors were
drowned. The rest were saved.
A large steamer whose name has not
been ascertained, foundered off Withern
sea this afternoon with all on board
All along the coast near Hull tre-
mendous sea is still running
The British steamship A. NJ Cott, 627
tons, was wrecked off Aldborough, York
shire, this morning All on board were
lost.
The British steamer Olive Branch. 1877
tons, was wrecked this morning off the
Welsh coast. One of her crew was
saved.
A dispatch from Toulon says heavy
storm swept over the coast in that vicin-
ity. At Toulon it did much damage
Lloyd's Recorder to-day reported pa
wrecks, the highest ever received for a
single day. The worst day before was in
1879 when 1899 vessels We're lost in twenty
four hours.
The steamer Abouker Bey was wrecked
to-day off Morlaix, near Brest, France.
Fourteen bodies have been washed upon
the shore opposite the wreck
violent gale blew yesterday all along
the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal
Great damage was done at Bilboa and
near by ports Several deaths from
drowning are reported.
STUCK IN THE SNOW.
An express train from Condor for Cam
bridge was showed in yesterday morning
near Royston. One hundred men worked
all day long in digging out the train
Snow plows had gone out in advance of
the train, and they, too, were embedded
in the drifts. Towards night the track
was sufficiently clear for the train to pro-
ceed. All went well until Harston was
reached, where the train stuck again
The passengers then abandoned it.
BLOWING NINETY MILES AN HOUR.
Paris, Nov, 20.-Dispatches from Biar-
ritz, the noted watering place on the bay
OF Biscay, state that hurricane set in
there last night. and the wind is blowing
with terrific violence. A fearful sea is
running in the bay, The wind during the
afternoon gained in strength, and is
now said to be blowing at least ninety
miles an hour. Where it has free sweep
it is almost impossible to stand up against
it,
TERRIFIC AT CHERBoURG.
Cherbourg, Nov. 2O.-The storm has
been increasing in violence all day long
and the wind is this evening blowing
perfect hurricane. Seafaring men saw
tbpW hafDPa pfn
Fears are entertained for the safety Of
the breakwater lighthouse. Giant waves
are pounding it with awful power. The
boom of the sea as it strikes the walls
can be heard across the harbOr in all
parts of the city. At times the break
water is invisible, the spray hiding it
completely from view.
DUTCH FISHERMEN DROWNED.
Amsterdam, Nov 20.-A heavy gale
prevails here and elsewhere in Holland.
Dispatches from coast towns report heavy
loss Of life through the laundering Of FISH
ing smacks. Some of the fishing boats
belonging to Amsterdam have not been
seen or heard of since they left port, and
it is generally believed that they have
been lost
MANY TOWNS INUNDATED.
Lubbock, Nov. 2O.-Many places along
the coast in this neigh borhood have been
luuuuducu Dy bH6 lfeuleuuOuS sea. mar
ines from the naval vessels are busy saw
ing property in the warehouses, shops
and some private residences.
RAGING IN THE BALTIC.
Kiel Nov pa great northeast storm
is raging over the Baltic Sea, and much
damage, aloat and ashore, is being done.
The gale has caused an extraordinary high
tide here, and the streets in the harbor
quarter are inundated. The imperial
yacht broke from her moorings in the bay
and commenced to drift shoreward A
heavy anchor was hurriedly dropped over
board and a long cable paid out, which
held the yacht safely.
England's Mime Strike Ended.
London, Nov. 20.-The great coal strike