Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-21
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
More Wrecks Of Vessels Than Ever Before
in One Day.
THE EUROPEAN GALE.
II Has Spent Its Force. But Tremendous
Seas Are StIii Running--Disaster
on Disaster.
Ry cable 70 the pispatch.,

LONDON. November 20-Reports re-
ceived from many points along the coast
this evening show that the gale has spent
its force, although heavy seas are stili
running. The list Of disasters grows ra-
pidly. Between Calais and Dunkirk fifty
eight vessels were ashore at 6 O'Clock.
Most OF them are fishing boats. but two
are steamers. and seven or eight barks-
Along the coast near Calais seventeen
more dead bodies were recovered this
afternoon. Many houses were unroofed
last night in Calais and Dunkirlx, and the
streets were swept clean Of distractions.
A life-boat went out from Dover this
afternoon and rescued eight men from a
sinking schooner The barque Johanna
Marie sank off Dungeness this morning.
At Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast.
/ several houses were blown down and
many were unroofed. Fifteen fishing
smacks are missing from the town. The
Swedish schooner Djalmar foundered
near the headland this morning, but the
crew were saved.
ON THE FRENCH COAST.
The Norwegian barque Gratia is strand
ed on the French coast near Harfieur.
Nine OF her crew were saved aud three
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Gothenburg sank off Withernsea, near
Hull. The captain and four sailors were
drowned. The rest were saved. A large
steamer whose name has not been ascer-
tained, foundered off Withernsea this af-
ternoon with all on board.
All along the coast near Hull tremen-
dous sea is still running. The British
steamship Amcott, 627 tons. was wreck
ed OF Aldborough, Yorkshire, this morn
ing. and all aboard were lost. although
nine attempts We're made to reach her
with rockets. The British steamship Olive
Branch, 1,767 tons. was wrecked this
morning off the Welch caost, and only
one OF the crew was saved.
THE MEDITERRANEAN.
a dispatch from Toulon says that a
heavy storm has swept the Mediterra-
mean coast to-day. At Toulon it did
much damage.
Lloyds recorder to-day reported Ia
wrecks, the highest ever reported for a
single day. The worst day before was
In 1879. when 139 vessels were lost in
twenty-four hours. The steamer Abou-
kir Bay was wrecked to-day OFF Morlaix,
near Brest, France. and fourteen bodies
have been washed up on the shore oppo-
site the wreck. A violent gale blew yes
terday all day all along the Atlantic
coast of Spain and Portugal, and great
damage was done at Bilbao md nearby
ports Several deaths from drowning In
rivers are reported from the interior OF
Spain.
A HURRICANE AT BIARRITZ.
PARIS, November 20--Dispatches from
| Biarritz, the watering place on the Bay
of Bscay state that a hurricane set In
there last night, and that the wind IS
| still blowing with terrific violence. y
fearful sea is running In the bay. The
wind during the afternoon gained In
| strength, and Is now said to be blowing
at least ninety miles an hour. Where 1t
has free sweep it is almost impossible to
stand up against 1t.
THE STORM UNPRECEDENTED.
CHERBOURG, November 20.-The
! storm has been increasing in violence ali
day long, and the wind IS this evening
blowing a perfect hurricane. SeafarinS
men say they never before saw such n
storm. Fears are entertained for the
safety OF the breakwater. Giant waves
are pounding 1t with awful power. The
boom OF the sea as II strikes the walls
can be heard across the harbor in all
parts of the city. At times the break-
water is invisible. the spray hiding II
1 counuleteIy from view