Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-11-25
FEARF I'LL HAVOC.
Hundreds Lost in the
Big Storm.
Over 300 Deaths Reported Along
the English Coast.

The storm which swept the United Kingdom
brought death and devastation. The reports
this far indicate at least 300 deaths.
The Vulture and the Bessie, small steam
ers which took refuge in the harbor OF st.
Ives on the Cornish coast, began dragging
their anchors toward evening. Both signaled
for help, but none could I've sent in such ter
rible weather. They were driven ashore,
and after two hours OF perilous work the
crews were rescued with life lines by the
coast guard and fishermen.
The packet Osprey was torn from her
moorings and carried out to sea- She has
not been seen since.
Signals OF distress were seen flying from
vessel on the Goodwin sands, OF the Kentish
coast. The fishermen on shore made re-
peated efforts to get lifeboats through the
sea to her but were driven back.
Six vessels went ashore near Holyhead, OF
the Welsh coast, four OF them breaking up.
The Yorkshire coast is strewn thickly with
wreckage. Near Whitby three vessels went
ashore In the night. The crews were saved.
The excursion steamers Tern and swan,
were torn loose and both went to the bottom.
on Winterton, county of Norfolk, "a
schooner foundcred shortly before noon and
five Of the crew were drowned.
Trawlers, fishing smacks and small craft OF
other sorts have been reported by the score as
missing from every important point ON the
coast.
The loss Of life has been great but no esti-
! mate of the number drowned is possible, as
communication with many ports OF the coast
| has been cut OF.
| Dispatches from Havre say that the Nor
| mandy coast has been scourged more severely
| than before in years. Many fishermen are
| known to have been lost; dozens are missing.
Reports OF minor wrecks multiplied rapidly.
| The Norwegian schooner Arne sank on F1ey,
| a.. .1.,lt nTl, nfth ha min Ia
men aboard her was saved. trawler went
ashore near Reay, on the Caithness coast. and
seven OF the eight in her crew were lost
| At several points on the coast the mercury
fell rapidly and the high winds have piled up
enormous snow drifts. Two soldiers were
found frozen to death in a drift near Ports
mouth.
The British steamship Hampshire, 1888
tons, went down Off Gurnard's head, on the
Cornish coast. All the crew took to the boats.
One boat rca he'd shore, but the other went
down, and % men which 1t carried were lost.
The British steamship Princess, 1870 tons,
plying between Sunderland and Bilbao, went
to the bottom near Flamboro, Yorkshire, with
:. all on board. Scotch trawler capszed OF
Scarboro, Yorkshire, and the eight men
aboard were lost.
The steamer Killarney, which arrived at
Cork. reports that she found the National
line steamer Helvetia making signals
OF distress. The captain OF the
Helvctia asked that his vessel be
taken in tow to that port, and several haw-
sers were passed to her from the Killarney.
They all snapped IA soon as the Killarney
steamed ahead The Killarney stood by the
Hclvetia for five hours and then, as the fury
OF the storm was increasing, was obliged to
leave.
Norwegian bark foundered of Malin
Head, county Of Donegal, Ire, and the crew
OF eight was lost.
Reports received from Havre and Calais
say that the storm along the Normandy coast
is the worst one experienced in the last oO
years. Wrecks are reported from every point
along the coast Innumerable small craft
vanished from the waters along the coast.
, Vcsscll were dragged from their moorings
, and sunk with all on board.
The channel steamer Foam left Dover FOL
, Calais before the companies decided to sus'
, pend the channel service. She had thegreat
, est difficulty in entering Calais harbor. Hel
, officers counted % wrecks, principally fishing
: boats, in the l2-mile interval between Grave
, lines and Calais.
More than 300 persons were drowned a
Calais and in the immediate neighborhood
, Fifty bodies have been recovered.