Evening star., 1893-11-20
Wrecks Caused by the Storm Off the
English Coast.
THREE MASTER FOUNDERS NEAR DOVER.
Too Rough for the Calais and Bou
Iogne Steamers.
MANY FISHING SMACKS LOST

LONDON, Nov. 20.--As the day progress
es reports of wrecks and loss of life come
in from the coast towns and villages with
which telegraphic communication has not
been cut off. 1t is feared that the loss of
life will be greater than in any storm of
recent years.
A spar bearing the name Moray has come
ashore at Lands End. Banffshire This is
taken to confirm the report that the steam
er Moray was lost off that place during the
gale of Friday night. There is now scarce
ly doubt that her entire crew of fifteen
persons were drowned
The Electro has foundered in the North
sea, near Heligoland. Her passengers and
crew were saved
Eight fishing smacks from Hastings are
missing. and it is feared that they were
not able to ride out the storm.
The German vessel Corrientes, bound for
Lisbon. has been wrecked near Barf1eur,
fifteen miles east of Cherbourg France
There were fourteen persons on board of
her, eight of whom were saved
Neither the Calais nor the Boulogne
channel steamers left Calais today. The
Boulogne boat feared to face the awful gale
that Is sweeping up the channel. The Ca
iais boat could not have left even had she
SO desired. The sea is pounding the jetty
there to pieces In fact, it is already about
completely destroyed. The entrance to the
harbor has been so blocked up by the mass
es or rock swept from the jetty that it is
impossible for vessels to get in or out.
Foundered i'm Sight of Dover.
dispatch from Hythe. on the English
channel. eleven miles southwest of Dover
states that a three-masted vessel foundered
hat yaIr
took to the small boats. but before they
had got far from the vessel the boats were
swamped and all in them We're drowned
When the vessel 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 The
vessel was too far off shore for a rocket
TO reach her. and 1t would have been fool
hardy to have attempted to get life boat
through the surf that was pounding with
terrific roars upon the beach There is
scarcely a chance that a single man in the
rigging will get ashore alive. In fact some
the sea.
Three ships are ashore between Dym-
church and Romney, on the English chan
mel Distress signals were thrown up by
the stranded vessels. but no assistance
could be rendered from the shore
The Dungeness life saving crew tried to
get their boat afioat, but they were swamp
eu ana thrown into the sea. Their cork
jackets saved them from drowning
The whole Kentish coast is strewn with
wrecks of large and small vessels, and it is
believed that aside from those heard of.
many others have been wrecked at places
remote from telegraph communication. The
maritime underwriters will sustain heavy
loses through the storm.
Many smacks are missing from Yarmouth.
The ship Samuel Landann has foundered
i'm 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 her were drowned. One body has
been washed ashore.
Two large vessels are ashore at Dunge-
ness on the English channel