The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-01
Storms in the English
Channel.
WORK OF THE LIFE-SAVERS.
Ten Bodies. of Seamen on the
Osseo Washed Ashore.
MORE VESSELS ARE MISSING.
II Is Believed the Collier Napoleon
and Steamer NordSee
Are Lost.

I,oNDoN. Dec. 31.-The weather is cold
throughout Great Britain. Gales are blow
ing and SHOWS generally are reported. Sew
eral trains are snowbound In Scotland.
Between Kindrace and Forsinard the
passenger train has been BLOCKED ID snow
since Yesterday In Scotland the snow
storm was accompanied by lightning. A
terrible gale is raging over South Durham.
and another storm is sweeping the coast or
Essex, doing much damage in the east ana
north of that country. The sea Is very
high and much damage has been 1one TO
shipping. The gale in the channel contln-
uas, and lifeboaLs at various points along
the coast have accomplished many heroic
deeds.
The Ramsgate (KenO lifeboat crew put
to sea al midnight, and did not return
until some time before noon. bringing
ashore, however, the crew of the schooner
Union, wrecked on Goodwin Sands.
At Holyhead the bodies Of ten Of the
crew OF the British bark Osseo. from Tal-
tai, Chile, for Androssen, Scotland, have
been washed ashore. The Osseo was
wrecked on Holyhead breakwater yester-
day morning, and all her crew. twenty
four men, persisted in spite of the efforts
to save them.
HAMBURG, Dec. Silt Is regarded as
certain the collier Napoleon and the fish
ing steamer Nordsee fOundered during the
recent gale. There were twenty-five per-
sons on both vessels, and there is hardly
doubt that all of them were drowned.
BILBAO, Spain, Dec. 31.-A heavy gale
has prevailed over the southern part Of
Spain for two days. interruptlng telegraph
communication. On the coast heavy seas
have been running and numbers of vessels
have been seeking shelter in ports.
ST JOHNS. N..F., Dec. 31.-Two damaged
steamers arrived here this morning The
Boston City, from London, December 10.
Tor Halifax, reports fearful experience.
She only had light cargo of about COG
tons and rolled terribly when the seas
were heavy. She experienced the worst
gale of the passage yesterday forenoon,
about $50 miles from here. Her spare pro-
pellar broke adrift, tore up the deck and
crashed through the siarboard side. Then
when size rolled to port the propeller
careened across the deck and drove
through the port side. The seas rushed
in through these two holes at a fearful
rate and it was feared the steamship
would sink. But thanks to the steam
pumps the Boston City managed to keep
above water until she made port. The
British steamship Lord O'NeiI, from Bal
timore, December 10, for Dublin, put in
short of coal. The Lord O'Neil tried to
make this port last week, but contrary
gales drove her 200 miles off the coast and
she then tried to continue the voyage across
the Atlantic. She was compelled TO aban-
don the attempt on account of strong con-
trary winds. Her deck, bulwarks and
stanchions are damaged by the seas and
the crew was utterly exhausted when this
port was made.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3l.-Tbe Phila-
delphla coal barge Venus, Captain Adams,
with a crew of five men and cargo Of
1000 tons of coal, is supposed to have
foundered at sea during the terrific gale
of December &c, and all hands have per-
shed. In company with the barge David
Crockett 10 tow of the tug Argus. Captain
Tilton, the Venus sailed from Norfolk
Christmas morning, bound for Providence.
When off Chncteague on the following
night the tow line parted and the Venus
drifted off TO leeward helpless. The fact
that the Venus has never been seen or
heard from is a strong proof that she has
Fou