The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-30
ENGLAND IS
GALE SWEPT
One Of the Worst Storms of Recent
Years on Britain'S Coast.
BIG LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Many Large Vessels and Hundreds O.
Smaller Graft Wrecked, with Serious
Damage to Property Ashore at
Many Important Towns.

London, Nov. 8O.-The latest reports
from various points along the coas.
show that the gale which swept En-.
glish waters Saturday and Sunday
night was one Of the worst storms 0,
recent years.
In many places it was almost cy.
clonic in its violence, and the long lis.
Of disasters includes a large loss Of life
many wrecks of large vessels and the
loss Of scores, If not hundreds of small.
er craft, with serious damage to prop.
erty ashore at many important towns
In the north the wind was accompanied
by binding snow and hail that hid the
lights and immensely increased the
difficulties of navigation. Many ships
are known to have foundered, in mos
cases, it is feared, with all on board.
Scarcely a town on the coast has es.
capped with more or less injury, fall.
ing walls and flying debris adding t
the loss of life.
There have been rocket and lifeboaf
rescues almost without number. Stor.
les of thrilling escapes come from al
points. On the Norfolk coast, between
Bacton and Mappisburg, five vessels
as yet unidentified, went down, anC
the crews of all persisted. A numbe.
Of bodies have been washed ashore
near Yarmouth. The British brig RUBY
was wrecked off Hemsby. The coas
guard service made desperate efforts
to save the crew and succeeded in get
ting 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 team collier dashed upon
Marlborough Head, the famous pro-
monotory on the North sea coast, float
ed off. and then foundered with all
on board. A steamer, not yet identified
was wrecked on Bridlington sands with
her entire company.
Sunday evening the ship Rose Of
Devon, Captain Davis, went on the
rocks near Red Ruth, Cornwall, where
she pounded all night long, her crew
of II perishing. The bodies of the cap
tain and five seamen, all wearing life
belts, were washed ashore.
The British snip Larnica, Captain
Burgess, was driven ashore near Fleet
wood, at the entrance of Moretown
bay, about Is miles northeast Of Pres
ton. The crew were saved, but the po-
sition of the vessel is dangerous.
Phenominally high tides are reported
in many localities. The district neal
the mouth of the Thames has suffered
severely, several townships being partly
submerged. The Sheerness dockyarG
and the Woolwich arsenal were inun.
dated. At Scarborough, the Fashionable
watering place, the seawall was washed
away. At Yarmouth, Lowesteft anG
other coast towns of Norfolk the es.
planades were flooded.
At Liverpool the squalls blew off tn,
roofs of several houses, threw dow1
ohimneys and tore up trees. The Mer,
sey flooded its banks on the Chester
side and deluged the shore district 70.
miles.
Similar disasters occurred at Holy
head, where a number Of valuabl,
yachts were sunk at their moorings
Scarcely a vestige remains in sight o
the wreck of Lord Nelson's old flag.
ship, the Foudroyant, long fast in tn,
sands off Black Pool.
The scenes at such popular resorts al
Yarmouth and Margate were Of grea.
grandeur, but the damage done wa.
enormous. Tremendous seas still in.
f"Ac Tic 6oA N@AAo VI Vic hOAGA6 anu resi-
dences, wrecking the parades and
buildings, while much debris is floating
about.
Immense damage has been done tc
the government property at the Sheer
ness dockyard and the Woolwich ar
senal. Seven thousand troops were
hurriedly ordered out yesterday to re-
move thousands Of pounds worth OF
ammunition and stores from the sheds
and wharves to places Of safety.
The tide continued to rise and in
vaded almost all the workshops
quenched the engine fires and stopped
the electric lights. The workmen were
obliged to go home, wading knee deep
Despite all the precautions, damage tC
the amount of many thousand pound.
has been done.
At Sheerness and Queensborough
two miles away, hundreds of acres have
been submerged, scores of cellars flood,
ed and 200 yards Of the Sheerness piel
have been swept away.
The boom of distress guns from Good
win Sands has been almost continuous
Below London bridge all the low LYING
houses and cellars are flooded, and all
work is temporarily suspended alone
the Thames, even as high as Charing
Cross. The continual rising Of the
river is looked upon as ominous. though
as yet no damage has been done above
London bridge.
Six vessels were wrecked between
Yarmouth and Bacton, only a few
miles apart, on the Norfolk coast, and
rs lives lost. The brig Verda stranded
at Bacton. The storm tore out heI
masts, and when the rocket line was
fired the crew was unable to haul II
in. Finally the line dragged them into
the surf and three out of seven were
drowned
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