New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-20
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST
A DEATH-DEALING STORu.
MANY WRECKS OFF TIE COASTS OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM AND NORMANDY.
OYER 800 PERSONS DRoWNED At CALAIS

SEVERAL STEAMERS rOUNDEI-THE Ma.
T1oNAL LINER nELvETIA IN DISTRESS
THE YoRKanIHE COAST sTREwN
WITH wEECKAGE - GREAT
DAMAGE DONE ON THE
OEKNEYs
Iondon. Nov. 19.-The storm which swept
The United Kingdom all yesterday is still raging
f,iouslv Reports received from Havrc and
Calais this evening say that the storm aiohs
the Norrsandy coast IS the worst one experienced
in the last fifty years. More than 5oo persons
were drowned between noon yesterday ana
noon to-day ct Calais. and in the immeo'a'e
neighborhood Fifty bodies have been re-
covered. Wrecks arc reported from ever!
point along the coast of Normandy. lnnumera-
b,e small craft vanished last night from the
waters along the coast. Vessels were dragged
from their moorings and !. nix with all on
board.
The Channel steamer Foam left Dover for
calais t>,s morning before the companies de-
cided to suspend the Channe, service She had
the greatest difficulty in entering Calais har-
bor Her officers counted twenty-nne wrecks,
principally fishing boats in the twe,ve-'nile in
terval between Gravelnes and Calais. They
found the eas, pierhcad at Calais and the light
house in Calais harbor swept away. More
than 600 feet Of the pier had been washed away
IN the night Tremendous seas were still piling
up on the waterfront. The harbor looked as
If IT had been shaken b. an earthquake
Throughout last night and to-day reports Of
shipwracl, were received almost necessarily off
the coas; Of Great Britain and Ireland Al
10 O'clock this evening 139 deaths in the storm
had been reported The losses of the fishing
fleets doubtless will raise the number TO 200
more
TWO STEAMERS FOUNDER WITH ALI. on BOARD.
The British steamship Hampshire. 1888 tons.
went down this morning off Gurnard's Head. on
the Cornish coast All the crew took to the
boats One boat reached shore, but the other
went down. and the .wenty-three men which it
carried were los: One of the sailors who were
saved said that III. vessel sprans leak after
having beer beaten abou. by the storm for hve
hours. She was on her way fror' Liverpool to
Cardiff.
Chief Officer swanston of the Hampshire, told
this story of the last part OF the vessels voy-
age: eve ran before the gal, for thirty hours.
Then, as we saw ths leak gaining. we
lowered two boats and put away from the ship.
The captain command ed one and commanded
the other. The captains boat was swamped
and all hands went under My boat began
filing. and we had to jump overheard. saw
nothing more of the others. I was thrown
ashore bruised, half-stunned and with three
ribs broken. 1 managed however. to climb the
Gins and get help
The British steamship Princess. 1870 tons.
plying between Sunderland and Bilbao. went to
the bottom near Marlborough, Yorkshire. with
all board.
NATIONAL LINER HELvETii IN DISTRESS
The ~teemship Killarney which arrived at
Cork to-day. reports that she found the Ma
tional Line steamship Helvetia making signals
of distress about ten miles from Milford. The
captain OF the Helvetia asked that his vessel
be taken ir tow to tha. port. and several haw
sers were passed to her from the Killarney.
They all snapped as soon as the Killarney
steamed ahead. The Killarney stood by the
Helvetia for five hours. and then the storm
was increasing in fury. was obliged to leave.
The Helvetia's signals of distress
swered finally by the Government tug Storm
Cock. which took her in tow and brought her to
Milford Haven There she now lies at anchor,
with 800 steerage passengers aboard her.
The vessel reported to have been wrecked off
Sand End Banffshire, Friday night.
probaby the st,,mship Moray. She had crew
of fifteen. all o. whom supposed to have
been lost.
The survivors Of the American bark A. c.
Bean wreck .d off the coast of Donegal yester-
day. ar, two ssilors. Formoos and Halmstrom.
The United S'..tes Consul in Belfast will
for them.
The Norwegian schooner Arne sank off Filey.
on the Yorkshire coast Only one or the nine
men aboari her saved trawler went
ashore near Reay, on the Cathness coast and
seven of the eight members Of her crew were
lost. Scotch trawler capsized off Scarbor-
ough. Yorkshire and the eight men aboard her
We're lost.
A Norwegian bark foundered off Malin Head,
Donegal Ireland this Afternoon. and the crew
Of eight were lost. The steamer Mayo. whch
plies between Dublin and Liverpool, arrived at
the latter port this afternoon. Forty head of
cattle were killed and thrown overheard during
the voyage. The steamer Upups. from New
port which was disabled off Kinsa!e yesterday,
arrived at Queenstown to-day and proceeded
- Cork
In consequence Of the storm the Cunard Line
steomer UmDria had to wait two hours and
forty minutes for her mails at Queenstown to-
day.
A crowd gathered at tho docks in Liverpool
In at night TO await the steamship I.ucana but
she did not arrive until this morning The last
Messengers left her at o'clock this afternoon.
Several OF them were disabled The Lucana
WAS towcd into the Mersey, which is full OF
wreckage.
The British steamship Sycamore. which sailed
from Boston on November T. is In the Mersey
She is badly battered. Her officers say that
many Of her cattle died or had to be killed
during the storm.
sTEAMnEs DRIVEN ASHORE AND BROKEN W.
The yulture and the Bessie. small steamers
which took refuge yesterday afternoon In the
rbor of ST. Ives. off the Cornish coast be-
gan dragging their anchors toward evening
Both signalled for help. but no assistance couo
be sent in such terrible weather. Inc vessels
were driven ashore. and atter Two hours oi
per,lous work the crews were rescued Win me
lines by the coastguard ana hsnermen' Inc