St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-20
TnRASHEO TO DEATH,
Nearly 200 Lives Lost on the
British Coast.
STORM OF TERRIFIC Sc VERIFY.
The Weather the Roughest
Known in Many Years.
NARROWING SCENES REPORTED.
NARROWING SCENES REPORTED.
Ships Crews Are Drowned in
Sight Of Thousands.
GRAPHIC STORY OF FATALITIES.

ChHFHIC S}UHI UF FAIHLffIES.
LONDON (midnight. Nov. 20.-Th
midnight reports received make the
total number of deaths from drowning
during the gale along the British coast
134, and this is without reckoning the
crews of several vessels which have
been seen to founder off the coast, and
the total fatalities. irrespective of the
numerous crews of missing fishing
fleets, is estimated at quite 200, accord
ing to the most conservative estimates.
LONDON, Nov. 19.-Up to Sunday
morning at least eighty lives are known
to have been lost during the gale which
has swept over the British coast for
forty-eight hours past, and, in addition,
the crews of several boats are still miss
ing. The news arriving every hour
records other fatalities and details the
great damage done by the storm. 1t Is
generally agreed that the weather which
has just visited the coast of Englan d,
Scotland and Ireland is the most severe
in many years. Dispatches received
from Bantf say that the seashore for
thirty miles is strewn with the wreck
age of three vessels. The schooner Pi-
oneer, of hull, was the first vessel
stranded on Friday evening. She was
carried over the rocks and cast on the
sand. Her crew was saved in their own
boat. AT GrangemOuth the barduentlne
Betty was wrecked on the rocks, but
the crew was saved. An unkn own
steamer was next
WRECKED ON THE HEADLAND,
and soon went to pieces. Wreckage
inscribed "Grangemouth' has been
washed ashore with quantity of in
terna fittings. life boats, etc., and il is
also reported that several fishing boats
have been lost off the same spot. In
Lough Feyele, two wrecks are reported.
The \. G. Beans from Miramichi, New
Brunswick, which stranded at Malin
Head.-Donegal, lost her captain and
seven of her crew. The Swedish sea-
men who were shipped on the A. c.
Beans were saved. The barque Lance
field is reported ashore near Neville
Owing to the severity of the weather,
the railroads and telegraph lines in the
north of Ireland are virtually stopped.
Three vessels have been wrecked near
1.-the, causing the loss, however, of
only one life, the other endangered sea-
men being rescued by the life boats.
Some idea of the force of the gale can
be gathered from the fact that two
heavy railroad engines were blown off
the track near Inverness, blocking all
traffic north and necessitating the dis
patch of
TWO WRECKING TRAINS
to clear the track. The wreckage trains
have not since been heard from, so it is
supposed that the work has been i'm
peded by fall of snow. Three yachts
and two coasting vessels are reported
ashore near Greenock. Only four of
the twelve members of the crew of the
steamer Cintra, which was wrecked
near St. Ives, Cornwall, escaped. The
coast guard has been on the alert night
and day, all along the beach since Fri
day evening, and many exciting reScues,
by means of the rocket apparatus. are
reported. During these reScues, the
coast guardSmen brought ashore the
Seamen of the Vulture, Bessie, and the
four men saved from the Cintra. Late
Saturday evening the steamer Rosedale
entered the harbOr of st. Ives, out,
after letting go her anchors. both chains
were carried away, and she drifted to-
wards the rocks. The,cOaSt guardsmen
manned their life boat and were prepar-
ing to go to the rescue when the Rose
dale stranded on the rocks, and thew,
with difficulty, managed to rescue the
crew by means of the rocket line. Ire
mendous damage has been done at
West HartlepOOl by the storm, which
will cause much loss and consequent
SUFFERING To THE MINERS
of that locality. Considerable anxiety
is expressed for the safety of the crews
of hundred fishing boats, which were
last seen being driven nOrthward by the
force OF the gale, From all parts of
Ireland, where there is telegraphic COM
munication, come reports of the severity
of the gale, which has been accompanied
there by heavy snoWstorm. Several
fatalities and numerous cases of injury
are reported at Waterford, Carrick Fer
gus, Belfast. NeWry and Skilibreen.
Hundreds of fishing boats are missing,
and numerous wrecks are reported. In
addition, the harb0rS are filled with
weather-bOund vessels. Much loss has
also been caused to live stock, and con-
siderable damage has been done to
houses and to produce. The landing
stage at Londonderry has vanished, and
the steam ferry was sunk. During the
height of the fury of the gale yesterday
evening, the steamer Hampshire was
driven ashore in st. Ives bay, and was
pounded to pieces near Gurnard's bar.
Twenty-one Of the Hampshire's crew
were drowned, only one man managing
to reach the shore alive. The Hamp-
shire belonged to Glasgow, and was OF
1857 registered tons. She left Liver
pool on Thursday last, and was going to
Cardiff for coal. She was commanded
by Capt. Weir. Such was the
FURY OF THE GALE
she encountered that the steamer be-
came almost unmanageable from the
outset, and the boats were torn from the
stanchions, to which spare crankheaC
was fastened. loosening the latter anc
causing it to penetrate the ships side
The position Of the Hampshire was soor
most critical, and Capt. Weir decided t.
run for st. Ives bay. When entering
the bay the steamer began to sink. Thi