The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-20
MANY SEAMEH MEET DEATH.
Two Hundred 10 the Estimsse Placed
Upon che Loss OF Human Life-Oi
twenty-five Men Aboard the stssmsr
Ham pshire but One Was saved.

weather Wnlcd na- just vlslteu Jne cohsts
Of England, Scotland and Ireland IL the
most severe In many years.
Dispatches re eivel from Banff say
that the SEA b re for 80 miles is strewn
with the wreckage of three vessels.
The schooner Pioneer Of Hull was the
first vessel stranded on Friday evening.
She was carried over the rocks and cast on
the sand; her crew were saved In their own
boat
At Grangemouth the barkentine Betty
was wrecked on the rocks, but the crew
were saved. An unknown steamer was
next wrecked on the hcacland and soon
went TO pieces.
Wreckage Inscribed Grangemouth has
been washed ashore with quantity Of fit-
tines, ami it IL also repol ted that several
fishing bOats Lave been lost on the same
spot.
In Lough Feyle two wrecks are reported.
The A. G. Beane, from Miramichi, N.
b., which stranded at Malin Head, Done
gal, lost her captain and even OF her crew.
The bark Lanceneld 10 ashore near Mo-
Vile.
Three vessels have been wrecked near
Leith, causing the loss, however, Of only
one life.
The Storms Awful Power.
Some idea OF the force of the gale can be
gathered from the fact that two heavy
railroad engines were blown OF the track
near Iverness, blocking all traffic north
WreckinR trains sent out have not since
been heard from, so IL 10 supposed that the
work has bcen tmpeded by the fall Of
snow.
Three yachts and two coasting vessels
are ashore near Greenock.
Only four Of the IL members OF the
crew Of the steamer Cintrs, which was
wrecked near st. Ives, Corn wall. escaped.
The coast guard has been on the alert,
night aud day, all along the beach since
Friday evening, and many exciting res
cues by means Of the rocket apparatus
are reported. During these rescues the
coast guardsmen brought ashore the sea-
Of the Vulture. Bessie and the four men
saved from the Cintra.
Late on Saturday evening the steamer
Rosedsle entered the harbor of ST. Ives,
but after letting 20 her anchors both
chains carried away and she drifted to-
wards the rocks and stranded. The coast
guardsmen managed to rescue the crew.
Considerable an nxiety is expressed for the
safety Of the crews OF q hundred fishing
boats which were last seen being driven
northward by the force Of the gallo.
From all parts OF Ireland come reports
Of the severity Of the gale, whiSh has been
accompanied there By q heavy snowstorm.
Several fatalities and numerous cases Of
injury arc reportsd at Waterford. Carrick-
fergus, Belfast Eewry and Skibbereen.
Hundreds OF fishing boats are missing and
wrecks are reported; in addition the bar
bors are filled with westher-bound vessels.
Much loss has also been caused to live
stock, and considerable damage has been
done to houses and TO produce. The land
ing stage 1t Londonderry has vanished
And the stsam ferry was sunk.
wreck Of the Hamp
During the height Of the gale Saturday
evening the steamer Hampshire was
driven ashore in ST. Ives and was pounded
to pieces; 81 Of tho Hampshire's crew
were drowned; only one man reached the
shore alive. The Hampshire belonged to
Glasgow and was Of 2597 registered tons
She LETT Liverpool on Thursday last and
was going to Cardiff for coal She was
commanded by Captain Weir. Such was
the fury of the gale she encountered thai
the steamer became almost unmanagcable
from the outset; the bolts were torn from
the stanchions to which spar crank head
was fastened, loosening the latter aud
causing it TO penetr to the ships side.
The coastguardsmen OF st. Ives have
already since the commencems u OF the
gale rescued ~ seauen and officers by
means of the rocket apparatus.
Many v, ssels have sought shelter, badly
damaged under the ledge of high, jutting
cliffs OF the channel, and at least two YES
sells are known to have been lost on the
Goodwin sands. The Deal lifeboats went
to the assistance Of one Of the crews Of
these vessels, but were compelled to re-
turn without having been able to rescue
any of the endangered seamen, an both ves-
sells disappeared before the lifeboats could
get alongside Of them.
Nine vessels were stranded between
Grimsby and Cleethorps on Saturday, and
two Of these were dashed to pieces during
the night. 30 fearful was the sea that the
lifeboat was unable to leave the harbor,
though its crew made several attempts to
do so, and lost their coxsw ain during one
Df these attempts.
Several steamers and q number Of sail
Ing ve,s, Is are in dis ress of Spurn Head,
at the entrance of the Humber river,
Yorkshire.
News From Yarmouth.
The schooner Wicklasses has been
wrecked near Yarmouth and Ave Of her
crew were owned while the boat lay on
, a ledge OF rocks, pounding to pieces In full
view Of thousands Of spectators who were
utterly unable 10 BE- OF any assistance TO
the drowning m n, 1t was impossible TO
launch the lif-bnat on account Of the tre-
meudous sea and he schooner was too far
out to be reached ~ the rocket line.
Considersblr. nxiety 10 felt for the safety
of the large Yarmouth herring feet, as
well a. for number OF Scotch fishing
boats which hal just started for hcme
when the gale hurst over the coast, and
which have not been heard from since.
Lfeboats rescued the crews OF three
schooners Saturday and yesterday, aud
saved ~ men from drowning, putting to
sea In the face OF a binding snowstorm.
Much damage has been done to shipping
and several small boats have been sunk Ia
the Tyne Two tourists steamers on Lake
Wincemere fouudered during the gale.
but no lives are reported 70 have been lest.
Scarborough Under Water.