River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-12-02
a DISASTROUS GALE.
Great Loss of Life and Property on
the Hrlf1ah Coarfa

/ London, Nov. 5O.-Ihe latest reports
/ from various points along the coast
show that the gale which swept En5iish
waters Sunday and Sunday night and
continued violently Monday was one OF
/ the worst storms of recent years. In
many places IL was almost a hurricane
/ in its violence, and the long list of disas-
/ tiers includes large loss of life, the
wrecking of many large vessels and the
/ loss of scores, il 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
l lights and immensely increased the diff
ficulties of navigation. Many ships are
known to have foundered. in most cases,
il is feared, with all on board. Scarcely
a town on the coast has escaped with
out more or less injury. falling walls
and flying debris adding to the loss of
( life.
Twenty-Five bodies have been washed
ashore near Yarmouth. The brig Rugby
and five other ships were wrecked off
I Hemsby. The coast-guard service made
desperate efforts 70 save the crew of
tie Rugby. 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 COM
pany perishing.
There have been rocket and lifeboat
| rescues almost without number. Sto-
/ ries of thrilling escapes come from all
/ points. On the Norfolk coast between
| Bacton and Happisburg five vessels. as
| yet unidentified. went down and the
! crews of all persisted.
| A large steam collier dashed upon
/ Marlborough head, the famous promon-
tory on the North sea coast. floated off
and then foundered with all on board.
/ A steamer, not yet identified. was
wrecked on Bridlington sands with her
I entire company.
/ Sunday night the steamer Rose of
/ Dayon, Capt. Davis, went on the rocks
near Redruth, Cornwall where she
pounded all night long, 4er crew of
10 perishing.
/ The brig Vedra stranded at Bacton.
\ The storm tore out her masts, and when
the rocket line was fired the crew were
unable TO haul it in. Finally the line
/ dragged them into the surf and three
out of seven were drowned.
/ An unknown vessel has been wrecked
on Boulmer rocks a Berwick onTweed.
| All her crew were drowned.
The district near the mouth of the
Thames has suffered severely, several
/ townships being partly submerged.
/ The Sheerness docllyard and the Wool
witch arsenal were inundated. At Scar
borough the fashionable watering
place, the seawall 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 its bank on the
Chester side and deluged the shore dis
trict for miles. Similar disasters &C.
CURED at Holyhead, where a number of
valuable yacht were sunk at their
mornings. Scarcely a vestigc remains
in sight of the wreck of Lord Nelson's
old flagship, the Foudroyant. long
fast in the sands off Blackpool. There
is a great deal of wreckage near the
Goodwin sands.
immense damage mas Deen uone 10
the government property at the Sheer
ness doclyard and the Woolwich ar
senal. Seven thousand troops were hur-
riedly ordered out to remove thou
sands of pounds worth of ammunition
and stores from the wharves and sheds
90 places of safety. The tide continued
TO rise and invaded almost all the work
shops. qucnched the engine fires and
stopped the electric lights. The work
men were obliged to go home, wading
knee deep. Despite all the precautions
damage 10 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 Shcerness pier has
been swept away.