New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-21
WRECKS OFF MANY SHORES.
RECORD OF VESSELS LOST THE HIGHEST
EVER REPORTED IN ONE DAY.
COAST WITH ALL on BoARD-sCoEES OF
FISHING sMACKS MISSING - HA'oO
WROUGHT FROM THE BALTIC TO
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
npIFTS IN ENGLAND.


| J,ondon Nov o0-Tbere was some abatement
yesterday afternoon in the great STORM "h'ch
swept over the British Isles The lull was
brief however. and then the gale was ie"e"eu
with apnarently increased fury. Many steamers
have reached Dover with their smoKestacKs
gone. Reports received from many points along
the coast this evening show that the gale has
| spent its force although heavy seas are sui
running The list of disasters grows rapidly.
Lloyd's Recorder to-day reported l4i wrecks
the highest ever reported for single DAY. Inc
worst day before was in 1872 when lS9 vessels
were lost in twenty-four hours
The steamer Aboukir Bay was wrecked To-Day
off Morlaix, near Brest France four'een
bodies have been washed upon the shore op-
posite the wreck.
A large steamer whose name has not been
! ascertajned foundered off Withernsea this after
noon with all on board All along the coast
near Hull a tremendous sea Is still running
The British steamship Amcott, 621 tons, was
wrecked off Aldborough, Yorkshire TINS morn
! ing All aboard were lost although nine at
tennis were made to reach her with rockets.
The British steamship Olive Branch. l.7eI tons,
was wrecked this morning off the Welsh coast.
Only one Of the crew was saved
CLUSG FOR HOURS TO THE RIGGING
A dispatch from Hythe. on the English Chan
mel eleven miles southwest of Dover says mat
a three-masted vessel foundered off that place
to-day A part of the crew took To the small
boats but before they had got far from the
vessel the boats were swamped, and all in
them were drowned When the Vessei SANK
her topmasts stood above the water, Nine men
could be seen for hours clinging to the upper
rigging, with the water sweeping over them.
T,,o far a rocket
reach her. There is only chance that single
man in the rigging will get ashore alive
The schooner Wick Lassies ran on the rocks
off Winterton Norfolk, and became total
wreck Every soul on board Of her pershed
The ship Samuel Landann has foundered in
Lynn Channel. Five Of her crew were drowned
The British steamer River Garry has gone
down OFF Dunbar, at the mouth Of the Firth OF
Forth 1t is feared that all on board Of her
were drowned One body has been washed
ashore.
The Electro has foundered in the North Sea
near Heiigoand. Her passengers and crew
were saved Eight fishing smacks from Hast
ings and many smacks from Yarmouth are miss
ing. Three ships ashore between Dym-
church and Romney. on the English Channel.
The life-saving crews had to wait for several
hours until there was a lull in the storm. and
those aboard of them. Two large vessels are
ashore at Dungeness. on the English Channel
The bark Johanne Marie sank of that place this
morning. three-masted vessel Is ashore III
Dover Roads.
At Scarborough. on the Yorkshire coast sew
eral houses were blown down and many were
unroofed. Fifteen fishing smacks are missing
from the town. The Swedish schooner Djalmar
foundered near the headand this morning but
the crew were saved The whole Kentish coast
is strewn with wrecks Of large ard small yes
sells. and 1t is believed that many wrecks have |
occurred at places remote from telegraphic COM |
muncation.
TWO VESSELS WHICH ARE PROBABLY LOST.
A body cast up on the beach at Margate |
to-day identified as that Of the captain |
of the brigantne Economy. 1t is feared that |
the vessel has foundered
The British ship Garsdale. which some time |
ago arrived at Hull from Tacoma, Is probably |
lost She was being taken to the Tyne in tow.
When off Marlborough Head. the North Sea.
the tow lines parted and the Garsdale went
adrift. She was short-handed and flying light.
and 1t was known that she was in no condition
to battle with the storm.
A heavy snowfall is reported in some parts Of
the country. A train left Saffron Walden. in
1t got stuck in the snow at Barlow and finding
ii impossible to proceed, returned To Saffron
Walden. The snow lies In drifts twelve feet
deep on the railway. The s45 o'clock express
train from London for Cambridge showed
in yesterday morning near Royston. one hun
dred men worked all day in digging out the
train. Snow-ploughs had gone out in advance
Of the train. and they too embedded in the
drifts. Toward night the track sufficiently
clear for the train to proceed. All went well !
until Harston was reached where the train
,trly I'm he ma tb.,, han
Between Calais and Dunkirk hfty-eight vessels
were ashore at O'Clock tonight. Most Of them
are fishing boats. but two are steamers, and
seven or eight are barks. Along the coast ncaI
Calais seventeen more dead bodies were recOv-
cred this afternoon.
THE NETHERLANDS COAST sTORMSwEPT.
dispatch from Toulon says that a heavy
storm has swept the Mediterranean coast to-
lay. At Toulon 1t did much damage a violent
gale blew yesterday all along the Atlantic
coast of Spain and Portugal Great damage
was done at Bilbao and near by ports Several
ieaths from drowning in rivers are reported
rom the interior Of Spain.
Cherbourg Nov 20.-The storm has been in
,reasing I'm violence all the day long, and the
wind is this evening blowing a perfect hurri-
,ane. Seafaring men say they never before
Jaw such a storm Fears are entertained for
he safety OF the breakwater here. The Ger
nan vessel Corrientes, bound for Lisbon, has
1een wrecked near Barieur. There were four
cen persons on board OF her. eight Of whom
we're saved.
Calais. Nov 20--Neither the Calais nor the
3oulogne Channel steamers left port to-day. |
rhe jetty here Is almost completely destroyed |
'he entrance to the harbor has been so blocked |
lp by the masses Of rock swept from the jetty
hat IL is impossible for vessels to get I'm or out
Paris Nov. photographic communication !
,etween Paris and other cities has been Sc
iously interrupted by the storm which is rag
ng over central and northern France Dis
atches from BiarrtZ say that a hurricane set
n there last night and that the wind IS blow
ng with terrific violence. fearful sea IL
unning in the bay. The wind is said to be |
lowing at least ninety miles an hour
HEAVY STORM is THE psLTlc SEA.
Kiel Nov. 20.-A great northeast storm is
aging over the. baltic Sea. and much damage
float and ashore is being done. The gale has t
aused an extraordinarily high tide here. ana s
he streets in the harbor quarter are Inundated :
The Imperial yach; Hohenzollern broke from
er moorings in the bay and began to drift Q
l.<as c.la--.