Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-20
THREE HUNDRED rERIsHED
fa the storm Which Swept the
Engii-h Coast.

Engii>h Coast.
LoTDox. Nov. l9-The storm which
swept the United Kingdom all Of yester'
day, Mas still furious at II O'Clock today.
Throughout last night and this morning
reports II shipsreek we're received al
most necessarily. The vulture and the
Bessie, small steamers " hich took refuge
yesterday afternoon IN the hsrbor OF 81
Ives. on the Cornish coast. began drag
ging their anchors towards evening.
Both signailed for help. bat none could
be sect ia such terrible weather. They
we're driven ashore. aud after two hours
of perilous work the crews we're rescued
with lie lines by the coast guard aud
ishermen. The steamers went 10
pieces 10 the tremendous seas which
rolled over them In the night and this
morning not yestige 81 either hull was
sen. The people Ot the Orkney islands.
of the nOrth cuast Of scotland. have
Suffered terribly. Many houses were
unroofed yesterday. walls and barns
we're ieveled and hay stacks were lifted
from the fields and blown out 10 sea
lhe packet Osprav was torn from herr
moorings and carried out to sea She
has not been seen since. The whole
plantation Of Dunbeath castle ia Cath
ness. the most northerly county IN Scot
land. was swept clean TO the ground
Signals OF distress were seen lying
this morning from vessel on the Good
win Sands. OF the kentish coast. The
fishermen on shore made repeated ef-
forts 10 get iifeboats through the sea to
her. but were driven lack. Six vessels
were ashore this morning near Holy
head. OF the Welsh coast -Four Of them
are breaking up. Six other vessels were
making signals Of distress The York
snlre coast - strewn thick with wreck
age. Near Whitby three vessels went
ashore in the night and were going to
pieces at noon. The crews were saved.
The excursion steamers. Tern and
Swan. which were at anchor at Winden-
mere lake. county Of Lancaster. when
the storm BEGAN. were torn loose
before daylight and both went to the
bottom. Oh Winterton. county OF Nor
folk. a schooner foundered shortly be-
fore noon and five OF the crew were
drowned. The loss OF life has been
great. but no estimate Of the number
drowned is possible. as communication
With many parts OF the coast has been
cut OF. Dispatches FROM Havre say
that the Normandy coast has suffered
more severely than for many years
Many lives have been lost. The service
of channel steamers has been suspended
completely. At several points on the
coast the thermometer has fallen rap
idly and the high winds have piled up
enormous snoadrifts Two soldiers
were found frozen 20 death in a drift
near Portsmouth
The British steamship Hampshire,
4 M
Qurnardshead, on the Cornish. coast
al the crew took 10 the boats One
boat reached the shore. but the other
went down. anu the twenty three men it
carried were lost The Norwegian
schooner Arne sank of filsia on the
Yorkshire coast Only one IL the nine
men aboard her was saved. The British
steamer Princess 80 tons. plying be
tween Sunderland and Bilbao. went 10
the bottom near Flamberaugh. York.
shire. with all on board. A Scotch traw-
Ter capsizesi OF Scarborough. Yorkshire.
and the eight men aboard her we're lost.
A Norwegian bark foundered Oft Ma.in.
head. county - Donegal. Ireland.
and the crew of eight were lost.
The steamship Mayo. which plies toe.
tween Dublin and Liverpool. arrived at
the latter port this afternoon. Forty
head q cattle were killed and thrown
overheard
The channal steamer Foam left Dover
for Calais this morning before the com
pany decided 90 suspend the channel
service She had the greatest difficulty
In reaching Calais harbor. tier officers
counted twenty nine wrecks principally
fishing boafa. IN the twelve mile inter
val They found the east pier head at
Calais aud the light house IA Calais har-
bor swept away More than 600 feet 81
tie harbor works had been swept away.
The harbor booked as II IL had been
shaken by aa earthquake. More than
% persons we're drowned between noon
Yesterday soi noon today az Calais aud
/ "a the Immediate Deighborhood