The record-union., 1897-11-30
A Long List Of Disasters Reported, lncIud-
Ing Large Loss Of Life.
Several Vessels Go to the Bottom,
All of Their Crews Perishing-
A Number of Bodies Washed
Ashore-Immense Damage Done
to the District Near the Mouth
of the Thames River.


ports 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 its vlo-
lence. and the long list of disasters in
cluded large loss of life, many wrecks
of la.i ge vessels. and the loss of scores,
if not hundreds, of smaller craft. with
serious damage to property ashore at
many important towns.
At Norfolk, Bacton and Happlsburg
five vessels, as yet unidentified, went
down, and the crews of all periShed-
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 line on board
A dying woman was "rocketed' in
safety, and then the brig capsized, all
the rest of the ships company perish
ing.
A large steam collier dashed upon
Marlborough Head, the famous pro-
monto1.y on the North Sea coast, float
tQ OlL stllQ lllSIl 1OuIIdS1GA, WIZ Gill VII
board.
A steamer, not yet identified, was
wrecked on the Birdlongton Sands, with
her entire company.
Last evening the steamer Rose Of
Devon, Captain Davies, went on the
rocks near Red Ruth, Cornwall, where
she pounded all night long, her crew
of twelve perishing. This morning the
oil
wearing life belts, were washed ashore.
The British ship Larnica, Captain
Burgess, was driven ashore near Fleet
wood, at the entrance of Moreton Bay,
aboutt ighteen miles northwest of Pres
ton. The crew were saved, but the po-
sition Of the vessel is dangerous. She
left st. John, n. B., November 1st for
Fleetwood.
Phe1omenal1y high tides are reported
in many localities.
The district near the mouth of the
Thames has suffered severely, several
townships being partly submerged. The
Sheerness dockyard and the Woolwich
arsenal were inundated.
Scarcely a vestige remains in sight
of the wreck of Lord Nelson's old flag
ship, the Foudroyant, long fast in the
sands off Blackpool. There is great
deal of wreckage near the Goodwin
sands.
Immense damage has been done to
the Government property at Sheerness
1ocllyard and the Woolwich arsenal.
Several thousand troops were hllrriedy
ordered out to-day to remove thous-
ands of pounds worth of ammunition
and stores from the wharves and sheds
to places of safety. The tide continued
TO rise and invadSa some Of the work
shops, Guenched the engines and stop
ped electric lights. The workmen Were
obliged to go home, wading knee deep.
Six vessels We're wrecked between
Yarmouth and Bacton, only a few miles
apart on the Norfolk coast, and twenty
five lives lost.
The brig Nedra stranded at~Bacton.
The storm tore out her masts, and
when the rocket line was fired the crew
was unable TO haul it in. Finally the
line dragged them into the surf, and
7hrea out of seven We're drowned.
Rochester and Strood, on the Midway,
out thirty miles from London. have
suffered severely. AT Rochester the gas
works are flooded, and the town as in
darkness.
Very rough weather is reported along
the north coast Of France.
\ dispatch from Liverpool says that
during the gale the Russian bark Mix
olaf, Captain Karlsen, stranded on a
freacherous bank near Formboy, south
Df Southport. After fearful experien-
eces, her sails were blown away, and
ahe vessel was so damaged as to be
uncomfortable. One of the crew, a
man named Karlston. was swept over
Board and drowned. The Captain says
no one on board slept for four. days The
vessel will probably become a wreck.
A French steamer has signaled to
Dinische. near Cardiff. that he has res
cued part of the crew of a steamer that
1oundered in the Bristol Channel last
Thursday, and that the remainder of
the crew We're lost. The name of the
foundered vessel has not been ascer-
Tained, but 1t is probable it was the
1abarrure of Cardiff, which foundered
off Trevose Head as the result of a
collision with an unknown vessel.