Evening journal., 1893-11-20
LOST IN WlNTRY GALES.
Hundreds Drowned on the Eng
lish and Irish Coasts.
SHORES sTRBwN WITH WRECKS.
The British Isles Visited by n Terrific
Storm Which Disabled Railroads aud
Telegraph Llnes-Fishing Fleets Miss
ing-steamship Helvetia May BE Lost.

LONDON, Nov. 20-Over 200 lives are
known to have been lost during the gale
which is now sweeping over the British
coast, and the crews of several boats are
still missing.
The news arriving every hour records
further fatalities and details the great dam
age done by the storm. 10 is generally
agreed that the weather which has just
visited the coast of England, Scotland and
Ireland is the most severe in many years
Dispatches received here from Bann say /
that the seashore for 30 miles is strewn /
with the wreckage of three vessels.
Owing to the severity of the weather, /
the railroads and telegraph lines in the /
north Of Ireland are virtually stopped. |
Some idea of the force of the gale can be |
gathered from the fact that two heavy rail |
road engines were blown off the track near |
Inverness, blocking all traffic north and |
necessitating the dispatch Of two wreck |
ing trains to clear the track The wreck |
ing trains have not since been heard from,
so it is supposed that the work has been
impeded by a fall Of snow.
Many Fishing Boats Missing.i
Only four of the twelve members Of the
crew of the steamer Cintra, which was
wrecked near st. Ives, Cornwall, escaped.
The coast guard has been on the alert
night and day all along the beach since
Friday evening, and many exciting rescues
by means OF the rocket apparatus are re-
ported. During these rescues the coast
guardsmen brought ashore the seamen Of
the Nulture and Bessie and four men saved
from the Cintra.
The steamer Rosedale entered the harbor
of St. Ives, but after letting go her anchors
both chains carried away, and she driited
toward the rocks The coast guardsmen
manned their lifeboat and were preparing
to 90 to the rescue when the Rosedale
stranded on the rocks, and the guardsmen
with difficulty managed TO rescue the crew
by means of the rocket line
Tremendous damage has been done at
West Hartlepool by the storm, which will
cause much loss and consequent suffering
to the miners Of that locality. Considerable
anxiety is expressed for the safety of the
crews Of 100 fishing boats. which were last
seen being driven northward by the force
Of the gale.
From all parts of Ireland where there is
telegraphic communication come reports
Of the severity of the gale, which has been
accompanied there by heavy snowstorm.
During the height of the fury of the gale
the steamer Hampshire was driven ashore
in ST. Ives bay and was pounded to pieces
near Barnard's head. Twenty-one of the
| Hampshire's crew were drowned. Only
one man managed TO reach the shore alive.
The coast guardsmen Of St. Ives have
/ already since the commencement Of the
gale rescued 40 seamen and officers by
means of the rocket apparatus.
Owing to the severity of the storm, the
mailboats running between Dover and
Calais have been compelled to suspend
their trips, which is very unusual occur
renee, as these vessels venture across the
channel in very heavy weather. Manyve
sells have sought shelter, badly damaged,
under the lea of the high, jutting cliffs Of
the channel, and at least two vessels are
known to have perished on the Goodwin
sands.
The steamship Lucania, from New York
to Liverpool, was unable to land her pas
sengers at the lattar port until Sunday.
fNine vessels were reported stranded be-
tween GrinhBy and Cle6thorps, and two Of
these were dashed to pieces. So fearful
was the sea that the iifeboat was unable to
leave the harbor, though its crew made
several attempts to do so, and lost their
cockswain during one Of these attempts,
the lifeboat man being crushed between
the pier and the boat.
The schooner Nicklasses has been wrecl,-
ed near Yarmouth, and five Of her crew
were drowned while the boat lay on
ledge of rocks pounding to pieces in I
view of thousands of spectators. II "
impossible to launch the lifeboat on
count of the tremendous sea dashing III
the coast, and the schooner was too far out
to be reached by the rocket line. Thus the
people on shore saw the poor sailors
drowned one by one, while thousands
/ 4 -. ala
Exciting Scenes Along the Coast.
Two tourist steamers on Lake Winde-
mere foundered during the gale, but nc
lives are reported to have been lost by these
accidents.
The streets of Scarborough, the well
known watering place, are filed with de
bris. Seventeen fishing smacks have not re
turned, and the greatest anxiety is felt fol
their safety.
Amid the driving storm a large vessel
, was seen running before the gale, with a
! tar barrel blazing on board of her as a sig
I nal of distress.
After a long and exciting pursuit alonl
the coast-station after station Of the coas
guard being notified TO be on the lookout
for the vessel in distress-the steamer wa
finally driven ashore and made out to b.
the Rose of Aberdeen. The steamer wen
ashore near Spreeton cliff, where the coas
guardsmen managed to fire a rocket lint
over her, and the crew hauling the breeche
buoy tackle on board, they were rescue,
just as the steamer seemed upon the poin
Of breaking up
The coast guardsmen had hardly got tn
a II men belonging to the Rose ashor
! through the boiling surf when the Norwe
: gian three masted vessel Arnie was drive
ashore by the fearful seas and wind pre-
vailing and began to pound to pieces o.
the rocks, the seas making clean swee
over her and washing the crew overboar
a one after another, only the mate out of tn
:. crew Of nine being saved.
N The fishing boat Vine during the gal
r capsized entirely off Scarborough and wa
lost to sight while thousands Of people say
the crew struggle terribly in the wave
and sink after being completely el
p hausted.
At midnight the reports received mad
n the total number of deaths from drownin
during the gale 1874 without reckoning IL
crews of the several vessels which haN
been seen to founder off the coast, and I'll