Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-25
WASHED OVERHEARD.
Many Sailors Perish During a
Storm on tho British Coast.
The Fury of the Gale Causes the WrecIs-
ing of Numerous Vessels - Heroic
Rcscucs and Thrilling Ex-
periences Reported.
pEArn ON THE WAVES.


LONDON, Nov. 20.--one of the worst
gales of the season is raging on the
western and southern coasts of Great
Britain. The storm set in Thursday
and has been increasing in violence
ever since. Many vessels are in danger
and it is thought that the maritime
casualties will be great. A tre-
men dously heavy sea sprangsup in the
English channel and the Irish sea, and
many vessels have experienced great
difficulty in reaching port. Fishing
and coasting vessels made for the near
est shelter, but all did not reach their
havens of refuge in safety.
The schooner Favorite, of Ilfraconbe
was seen Thursday night staggering
along under short canvas up the Iris
tol channel Shortly after she was
first sighted she disappeared from view
in a black squall and when it became
possible to again see objects seaward
the schooner had disappeared. 1t is
believed that she was capsized in the
squall and filed and sank, carrying all
on board down with her.
The French brig Hortense has ar
rived at Swansea and reports having
picked up, near Lundy island, four of
the crew of the Cardiff steamer
Boileau, who were drifting about in a
small boat and in an almost exhausted
condition. The survivors of the
Boileau say that the steamer, carrying
beside the captain sixteen to twenty of
crew, foundered during a gale which
has swept over this coast.
Tho CT N, yvlnr Ruth RpltnI c
caught in a squall during the storm off
the mouth of the Tyne and four of her
crew were washed overheard. The
schooner Eliza Bello was wrecked near
Port Logan and all her crew was
drowned Several other small vessels
we're wrecked on the British coast, but
their crews were rescued.
There was an exciting scene at Liv-
erpool upon the arrival there at noon
Friday of the steamer Black Rock from
Dublin. The passengers say they never
PASSED such night in theii
lives. Shortly after the steamer
left Dublin it got the full fury
of the gale and made the worst kind
of weather of it. There was q
large number of cattle on board ant
some of them were thrown off theil
feet and had their legs broken or were
otherwise injured. The steamer wa;
thrown on its beam ends. The freight
shifted and prevented the vessel from
rightiug There was almost a panic
among the passengers. When the cat
tie were put on the landing stage 16t
of them We're so badly hurt it wa:
necessary to kill them at once.
The French trader Rannie wen
ashore at Swansea Thursday evening
All the crew We're saved.
The gale was very severe off tn,
Tyne. The bark Lowestoft was driver
on the rocks near Shields and wrecked
The crew were saved by the rocket ap
paratus.
The gale burst over Holyhead will
great suddenness, causing several yes
sells to drag their anchors Anon.
them was the brigantine Bessy, whicl
was dashed into the breakwater an,
wrecked. The crew We're rescued b,
the rocket apparatus and breeche
buoy.
The coasting vessel Jane Douglas
is ashore at Holyhead. Her crew wer
taken off by Il life-saving crew. Man,
minor casualties have been reported.