The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-30
British Waters Swept by n CycIOnic
Gale That Was Accompanied by
binding Snow and Hail.
HEAVY DAMAGES ON LAND
FASHIONABLE WATERING PLACES
INVADED BY FURIOUS SEAS,
Gardens Ruined, Buildings Wrecked
and Havoc Played with Govern
ment Docks and ArsenaIs.

LONDON, Nov. 29.-The latest reports
from various points along the coast show
that the gale which swept English waters
yesterday and last night and which had not
abated its fury up to noon to-day was one
of the worst storms of recent years. In
many places it was almost cyclonic in it's
violence and the long list of disasters in
cludes a large loss of life, many wrecks of
large vessels and the loss of scores, if not
hundreds of smaller craft, with serious
damage to property ashore at many i'm
portant towns. In the north the wind was
accompanied by binding snow and hail that
bid the lights and immensely increased the
difficulties of navigation. Many ships are
known to have foundered in most cases, it
is feared, with all on board. Scarcely a
town on the coast has escaped without more
or less injury, falling walls and flying debris
adding to the loss of life.
There have been rocket and lifeboat res
cues almost without number Stories of
thrilling escapes come from all points. On
the Norfolk coast, between Bacton and
Hapoisburg, five vessels, as yet unidentified,
went down, and the crews of all persisted.
A number of bodies have been washed
ashore near Yarmouth. The brig Rugby
was wrecked off Hemsby. The coast guard
service made desperate efforts to save the
crew and succeeded in getting a line on
board. A dying woman was ''rocketed' in
safety; and then the brig capsized, all the
rest of the ships company perishing.
A large steam collier dashed upon F'lam-
borough head, the famous promontory on
the North sea coast, f1oated off and then
foundered with all on board. A steamer not
vet identified was wrecked on BridlinSton
sands with her entire company. Last even
ing the ship Rose of Devon, Captain Davis,
went on the rocks near Redruth, Cornwall,
where she pounded all night long, her crew
of twelve perishing. This morning, the bod
les of the captain and five seamen, all wear
ing life belts, were washed ashore. The
British ship Iarnca, Captain Burgess, was
driven ashore near Fleetwood, at entrance of
Moretown bay, about eighteen miles north
west of Preston The crew were saved but
the position of the vessel is dangerous. She
left ST. John, N b., Nov. 1, for Fleetwood.
Phenomenally high tides are reported i'll
many localities.
ARSENAL INUNDATED.
The district near the mouth Of the
Thames has suffered severely, several
townships being partly submerged. The
Sheerness dockyard and Woolwich arsenal
were inundated. At Scarboro, the fashion
able watering place, the sea wall was
washed away. At Yarmouth Lowestoft and
other coast towns of Norfolk the esplanades
were flooded. At Liverpool the squalls blew
off the roofs of several houses, threw down
chimneys and tore up trees. The Mersey
flooded it's banks on the Chester side and
deluged the shore district for miles. Similar
disasters occurred at Holyhead, where a
number of valuable yachts were sunk at
their mornings. Scarcely a vestige remains
in sight of the wreck of Lord Nelson's old
flagship. the Foudroyant long fast in the
sands of the Black Pool There is Il great
deal of wreckage near the Goodwin sands.
The scenes at such popular resorts as
Yarmouth and Margate were of great
grandeur, but the damage was enormous.
Tremendous seas still invade the gardens
of the hotels and residences, wrecking the
parades and buildings, While much debris
is floating about.
Immense damage has been done to the
government property at Sheerness dock yard
and the Woolwich Arsenal. Seven thou
sand troops were hurriedly ordered out to-
day to remove thousands of pounds worth
of ammunition and stores from the wharves
and sheds to places of safety. The tide con-
tinued to rise and invaded almost all the
workshops quenched the engine fires and
stopped the electric lights. The workmen
were obliged to 60 home, wading knee deep.
Despite all the precautions, damage to the
amount of many thousands of pounds has
been caused. At Sheerness and greensboro,
two miles away, hundreds of acres have
been submerged, scores of cellars Hooded
and two hundred yards of the Sheerness pier
have been swept away
The boom of distress from Goodwin sands
has been almost continuous. Below London
bridge the low-lying houses and cellars are
flooded and all work is temporarily sus-
pended along the Thames, even as nigh as
charing Cross. The continual rising of the
river is looked upon as ominious, though as
vet no damage has been done above Lon
don bridge.
six vessels were wrecked between Var
mouth and Bacton, only few miles apart
: ON the Norfolk coast, and twenty-five lives
lost. The brig Vedra stranded at Bacton.
The storm tore out her masts, and when
the rocket line was fired the crew was I'M
able to haul it in. Finally they dragged
them into the surf and three out OF seven
were drowned. Rochester and Strood, on
the Midway, about thirty miles southeast
of London have suffered severely. At
Rochester the gas works are flooded and
the town is in darkness.
The gale is now travelling southwark and
traversing various parts of the continent
Very rough weather is reported along the
north coast of France
A French steamer has signaled to
Dinsche near Cardiff, that she has rescued
part of the crew of a steamer that round
dered in the Bristol channel last Thursday
and that the remainder of the crew We're
lost The name of the foundered steamer
has not been ascertained. but it is thought
probable that the vessel was the Labar
rouere, of Cardiff, which foundered off
Trevose head as the result of Il collision
with an unknown vessel.
22.35 KNOTS AN HOUR.
East Eastward Trim of the Steamer