Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-30
MORE OF THE GREAT STORM.
Numbers Of Vessels Go Down With All on
Board.
Storm Does Great Damage Along Rivers as
Well ms on the Sea
Coast.

London. Nov. eat Norfolk, Boston
and Happisburg five vessels, as yet UNI
identified, went down, and the crews
of all persisted. A number of bodies
have been washed ashore near Var
mouth. 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 rocket
ed in safety and then the brig cap
sized, all the rest of the ships COM
pany perishing. A large steam col
lier dashed upon Marlborough head,
the famous promontory on the North
sea cost, iloated on and then foundered
with all on board. a star steamer, not
yet identified. was wrecked on the
Birdllngton sands with her entire COM
pany.
Last evening the steamer Rose OF
Devon, Capt. Davis, went ON the
rocks near Red Ruth Cornwall, where
she pounded all night long, her crew
of twelve perishlng. This morning
the bodies of the captain and seamen,
all wearing llfe-belts, were washed
ashore.
Phenomenally high tides are re-
near the mouth of the Thames has suf-
fered severely, several townships being
submerged The Sheerness dockyard
and the Woolwlch arsenal We're in
undated. At Scarboro, the fashionable
watering place, the sea wall was
washed away. At Yarmouth and other
coast towns of Norfolk. the esplanades
We're Hooded.
At Liverpool the squalls blew off the
roofs of several houses, threw down
chimneys and tore up trees. The Mer-
sey Hooded it's banks on the Chester
side and deluged the shore. Similar
disasters occurred at Holyht-.l, where
a number OF valuable yachts were
sunk at their moorings. Scarcely a
vestige remains in sight of the wreck
Of Lord Nelson's old flagship, the
Foudrovant, long fast in the sands OH
Blackpool. There Is great deal of
wreckage near the Goodwin sands.
The scenes ut such popular resorts
as Yarmouth and Margate We're OF
great grandeur, but the damage done
was enormous. Tremendous seas still
invade the gardens of the hotels and
residences, wrccklng the parades and
buildings, while much debris is float
ing about.
Immense damage has been done to
the government property Mt Sheerness
backward and the Woolwich arsenal.
Seven thousand troops were hurriedly
ordered out today to remove thou
sands of pounds worth of ammuni-
tion and stores from the wharves and
sheds to places of safety The tide
continued To rise and invaded some OF
the workshops, ouenchod the engines
and stopped electric lights. The work
men were obliged to go home, wnding
knee deep. Despite all the precautions
damage TO the amount of many thou
sand pounds has been done.
Below London bridge the low-lying
houses and cellars are flooded and all
,vorlk is temporarily suspended along
the Thames, even as high as Charing
Cross. The continual rise of the river
Is looked upon ms ominous, nut as
vet no damage has been done above
London, bridge. Six vessels wrecked
between Yarmouth and Baoton, only
a few miles apart, on the Norfolk
coast, and twenty-five lives lost.
The brig Verda stranded at Bacton
The storm tore out her masts, and
| when the rocket-line was fired the crew
was unable to haul 1t In. Finally the
line dragged them into the surf, and
three out of seven were drowned.
Rochester and Strood, on the Med
way. out thirty miles southeast or
London, have suffered severely. At
Rochester the gas works are flooded
and the town is In darkness,
The gale Is now travelling south
wnrd and traversinE various parts OF
the continent. Very rough weather is
reported along the northeast coast Of
| France.
A dispatch from Liverpool says that
| during the gale the Russian bark
| Nikkalo. Capt. Carlson, stranded on a
treacherous bank near Formboy, south
| of Southport After fearful expert
! ence her sails were blown away and
the vessel was so damaged as to be
uncomfortable. One of the crew, n
man named Karlston, was swept over
hoard and drowned Tho CAPTAIN says
no one on board slept for four days.
The vessel will probably become
wreck.