The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-30
CHASTITY WORK BY THE GALE.
ENGLISH COAST STREWN WITH
CORPSEs AND WRECKS.


Government Property at sheerness
DOcky0rd and WOOIwich Arsenal.
buildings Along the Thames nt
London Flooded.
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 IL was almost cyclonic
In its violence, and the long list of disas-
ters includes 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 important towns
In the north the wind was accompanied
by binding snow and hail that hid the
lights and immensely increased the diff
culties of navigation
Many ships are known to have foun-
dered, in most cases, ii is feared, with all
on board.
Scarcely town on the coast has es-
capped without more or less injury, fan
ing walls and flying debris adding to the
loss of life.
There have been rocket and life-boat
rescues almost without number, Stories
of thrilling escapes come from all points,
On the Norfolk coast, between Bactou
and Hapsburg, five vessels, as yet uniden-
tilted, went down and the crews of all
perish.
A number of bodies have been washed
ashore near Yarmouth.
The brig Rigby was wrecked off Hens
by. The coast guard service made des-
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ceeded in getting a line on board. A dy-
ing woman was "rocketed" in safely, and
then the brig capsized, all the rest of the
ships company perishing,
A large steam collier dashed upon Flam-
borough head, the famous promontory on
the North sea coast, f;oated off and then
foundered with all on board. A steamer,
not yet identified, was wrecked on Brid-
lington sands with her entire company
Last evening the ship Rose of Devon,
Capt. Davis. went on the rocks near Red
ruth, Cornwall where she pounded all
night long, her crew of twelve pershing
This morning the bodies of the captain and
five seamen, all wearing life belts, were
washed ashore.
The British ship Larnica, Capt Burgess,
was driven ashore near Fleetwood at the
entrance of Moretown Bay, about Is miles
northwest of Preston. The crew were saw
ed, but the position Of the vessel is dan
gerous.
Phenomenally high tides are reported in
many localities. The district near the
mouth of the Thames has suffered severe
ly, several townships being partly sub
merged. The Sheerness dock yard and the
Woolwich arsenal were inundated
At Scarborough the fashionable water
ing place, the sea wall was washed away.
At Yarmouth, Lowestof and other coast
towns of Norfolk, the esplanades were
flooded.
At Liverpool the wind 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 deuged the shore district
for miles.
Many disasters occurred at Holyhead,
where number of vessels and yachts
were sunk at their moorings. Scarcely a
Vestige remains in sight of the wreck of
Lord Nelson's old flagship, the Foudray-
ant
There is a great deal of wreckage near
the Goodwin sands.
The scenes at, such popular resorts as
Yarmouth and Lowestof were of great
granduer, but the damage done was enor-
nous. Tremendous seas still invade the
gardens of the hotels and residences,
wrecklng the parades and buildings while
much debris is floating about.
Immense damage has been done to the
yard and the Woolwich arsenal. Seven
thousand troops were hurrledly ordered
out to-day to remove thousands of pounds
worth of ammunition and stores from the
the wharves and sheds to places of safety.
The tide continued to rise and invaded
almost all the work shops, quenched the
engine fires and stopped the electric lights.
The workmen were obliged to go home,
wading knee deep. Despite all the precau-
tions damage to the amount of many thou
sands of pounds has been done.
AT Sheerness and greensboro, two miles
away hundreds of acres have been sub
merged, scores of cellars flooded and 200
yards of the Sheerness pier have been
swept away
The boom of distress front Goodwin
sands has been almost continuous.
Below London bridge the low-lying
houses and cellars are flooded and all
work Is temporarily suspended along the
Thames, up 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 Var
mouth and Bacton, only few miles apart
from the Norfolk coast and twenty-five
lives lost The brig Verara stranded at
Bracton. The storm tore out her 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.
Rochester and st. Rood the Midway,
thirty miles southeast of London, have
suffered severely. At Rochester the gas
works are flooded and the town is in dark
ness.
The gale is now travelling southwark
and traversing various parts OF the con-
tinent. Very rough weather is reported
along the north coast of France
The British steamer Esparto foundered
off Royal Sovereign lightship, in the Eng
lish channel. between Dungeness and
Beachy Head, yesterday morning, having
been in collision with the French steamer
Noel The latter was beached at Dunge-
ness in a sinking condition. No lives were
lost.
A French steamer has signalled to
Dlnsche, near Cardiff, that she has res
c1ed part OF the crew of a steamer that
foundered in the Bristol channel last
Thursday, and that the remainder of the
crew were lost The name of the founder
ed steamer, has not been ascertained, but
II is thought probable that the vessel was
the Labarrourere of Cardiff which found
cred off Trevose Head as the result of a
Collision with an unknown vessal