The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-09
BRITAIN SWEPT BY A BLOW.
heavy LOSS OF LIFE ALONG THE
COAST PROBABLE.

49,. Daunt's Rock Lightship OF
queenstown Missing With All on
noord-High Tides sweep Into
,ro,vrs in Wales and Flood Hun
dreds of HOuses-The Gale Sc
oIv Felt at Belfast and bristol.
-oraor. Oct. S.-Further reports of the
lbs show that their severity was greatly
..oosed during last night, and that an
.1,r,anse amount of damage has been done
=. ,ronerty along the coasts, while the
sornaoe to shipping must be very heavy
Trso Daunts Rock lightship, at the en-
.,oa +o Queenstown harbor, was miss
10 this morning, having been carried
an,av from its moorings by the terrific
.,o which swept the channel and the At
1.n+,, during the night. The Hghtship
noa on board a crew of eight men. Yes
aols we're sent out this morning to search
1or her but up to this time no trace of
nov has been discovered.
rba gale along the Welsh coast was of
...arooadented severity and the damage
5ao is very great Hundreds of yards
+ba
VI ,ont away completely, and the country
s"espooded for a mile inland. The lower
nf the town of Port Madoc is also
flooded. 49, ,.e.,,oa
Tbe postoffice authorities have issued
to IN the public that the land wires
az The west of England and Ireland are
nrostrated by the heavy gales which nave
prevailed during the last tWenty-lour
Two Of the crew of the Lowest of
rrouyIer were carried overheard ana
the storm has been the heaviest known
IN Great Britain and Ireland in years. On
the west coast the gales were accompan-
led by excessive tides.
The town of Llanelly, Wales, Is entire-
" Isolated by the water, and it is i'm
nossible for the inhabitants to leave. Hun
dreds of houses and a number of churches
are flooded. Three persons were drowned
at Llanelly.
part of the landing stage at Liverpool
Is impossible and the ferry to Cheshire
has stopped running, owing to inability
TO land passengers.
AS the steamer Bothnia, for Boston,
was leaving her dock at Liverpool one
of her seamen was blown overheard ana
was rescued with great difficulty.
A dispatch from Lloyds' agents 1T
Queenstown confirms the report of the
ship during last nights gale. Some cf
the harbor buoys at Queenstown have dis
appeared and others shifted.
The gale has been felt very severely
at Belfast and many vessels have taken
refuge in Belfast Tough. Several per-
sons have been admitted to the Belfast
hospitals suffering from the effects of
injuries received in the streets from fly
ing fragments of buildings, limbs of
trees, etc, which the gale carried
through the streets with great violence.
Many houses in the lower portion of
Bristol have been inundated by the wa
ter from the harbor, which has over
flowed the docks.
While a steamer was towing q schoon-
+ er at Holyhead the hawser parted and
& the schooner was carried away and lost.
She had five men on board all of whom
were drowned.
At Tenby, Wales, 200 feet of the pier
and large portion of the landing stage
We're carried away by the force of the
wind and water, a lifeboat was launched
at o'clock this morning for the purpose
Of putting out to the rescue of a vessel
N the Carmethan bay. The boat, with
JUS crew. disappeared in the darkness,
and up TO noon to-day it had not returned.
An abnormaly high tide greatly damag-
"a el the Cambrian railway. For a distance
o. mile the line was entirely destroyed.
II Will take fully a week to get the road
running order
The sea wall at Swansea was partially
destroyed by the heavy sea pounding
against it.
number Of small houses at Penclawd
COCK were demolished and the furniture
u them carried away.
Inc tide rose twenty-one feet at Aberyst-
WIN, making breach in the sea wall.
Many cottages at Borth were ruined.
large unknown ship was lost off Sko-
her Island and all on board of her perish
3D.
The river Severn rose seven feet above
US normal hight at Newham, and the low
portion of the town was flooded. Many
tlmals were drowned.
The sea wall and the railway at White
maven were badly damaged, and many
houses were badly flooded. The deluge of
'aIh was accompanied by heavy thunder.
reports from Ireland show that much
Ccamage was done along the coast of
.ounty Clare. The country was inundated
.ur miles, and thousands of tons of hay
snu great quantities of harvested corn
nave been washed away
trawler reports having seen quanti-
w OF deck-htting afioat off Poor Head.
,tney probably belonged to the Poor Head
.shtship, which has disappeared. Steps
Sle oeing taken to put another vessel in
s her place. The gale lasted for sixty
49, 10 dDdllnS IO-nlSnL.
a., "a HE boat which left Tenby, Wales,
u.ls morning to go to the rescue of the
p,eW Nv OF vessel in distress in Carmarthen
Day, returned this evening, having res
'geu the crews of four coasting vessels.
sHeports from other places give graphic
boats. ~ 'Ne
Is thought that the total loss of life
s uroWning will be large Numerous re-
fgrls ,rl OF drowning have been received.
l"e oolway Firth lightship broke from
% "sI moorings, but got out her spare an
sag which prevented her from going
ne White Star line steamer Germanic,
ltom New York, arrived at Liverpool to-
l,s. ahe reports that her boatswain was
'ost overheard.
Dundee' Oct. S-News has reached here
Il .ne loss off the west coast Of Green
l otl OF a whaleboat and seven men be-
"sHs TO Scotch whaler.
LOST WITH TEN MEN.
III NNtWeEtnn BarIx Gnaa an tFo nat