Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-11-24
BRITAIN IN a STORM.
Scores OF Steamers and Fishing Vessels
Destroyed and Over 900 Lives Lost.

Scores or steamers and Fishing vessels
Destroyed and Over 900 Lives Lost.
A gale of hurricane proportions swept
over the coasts of Great britain for
over As hours and spread death and
destruction among the shipping and
fishing vessels. Returns are naturally
slowly in coming in but it is known that
fully 200 lives have been lost.
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 Iverness. From all
parts of Ireland where there is tele-
graphic communication come reports
of the severity of the gale which has
been accompanied there by heavy snow
storms. Hundreds of fishing boats are
missing, and numerous wrecks are re-
ported. In addition, the harbors were
filled with weather-bound vessels.
Much loss has also been caused to live
stock, houses and produce.
The landing stage at Londonderry
has vanished and the steam ferry was
sunk. During the height of the fury
of the gale the steamer Hampshire was
driven ashore in st. Ives Bay, Corn
wall, and was pounded TO pieces near
Gurnards Head. Twenty-one of the
Hampshire's crew were drowned, only
one man managed to reach the shore
alive. The guardsmen of st. Ives res
cued 40 other seamen and officers by
means of the rocket apparatus.
Only four of the twelve members of
the crew of the steamer Cintra which
was wrecked near st. Ives, escaped.
The steamer Rosedale entered the har-
Dor of st. Ives. but after letting go her
anchors both chains were carried away
and she drifted toward the rocks. The
coast guardsmen manned their lifeboat
and were preparing to go to the rescue
when the Kosedale stranded on the
rocks and they with difficulty managed
to rescue the crew by means of tho
rocket line. Three yachts and two
coasting vessels were ashore near
Greenocb.
Dispatches received from Banff say
that the scashore for thirty miles is
strewn with the wrecllage of three
vessels. At Grangemouth the barken-
tine Betty was wrecked on the rocks,
but the crew was saved. An unknown
steamer was next wrecked on the
Head and and soon went to pieces and
seven lives were lost. Several fishing
boats have been lost off the same spot.
In Tough Foyle two wrecks are re-
ported with IL lives lost.
Many vessels sought shelter badly
damaged under the lee of the high,
iutting cliffs of the English channel
and two vessels persisted on the Good
win Sands. The Deal life boat went
TO the assistance of the crew of one of
these vessels but both vessels disap-
peared before the life boats could get
alongside Of them and the sailors per-
ished.
The Ramsgate fishing fleet was
caught'in the gale and nearly all were
badly battered by the sea, two of the
fleet were stranded and their crews
were rescued by the life boats. The
schooner Weaknesses was wrecked near
Yarmouth and five of her crew were
drowned while the boat lay on ledge
of rocks, pounding TO pieces in full
view of thousands of spectators who
were utterly unable to be of any as
sistancc to the drowning men. 1t was
impossible TO launch the lifeboat on
account OF the tremendous sea dashing
upon the coast, and the schooner was
too far out too be reached by the
rocket line.
The packet boat Killarney, from Mil
ford, arrived at Cork and reports that
when Is miles out she sighted the dis
abled National Line steamer Helvetia
showing signals of distress. The Kill
larney stood by the Helvetia for five
hours but was unable owing to the
tremendous sea, to take her in tow
and was obliged to leave her to her
fate.