New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
GALE HOWlS OVER
 WESTERN EUROPE
Leaves Nine Known Dead in
 British Isles
SHIPS REPORT DISTRESS
Russian, Greek and South African Vessels Message They Arc Sinking Terrific Storm Strikes Philip. nine Islands, South Section.

London, Nov. 2l H9 - Having swept over the British Isles leaving nine dead and disabled and crippled shipping in its wake. a southwesterly gale today was bowling across west ern Europe.
 The storm was fully as severe as that of a week ego. In addition to the nine deaths there were numer- ous persons injured in scattered To- calities and much destruction of property.
 The chimney of a school in Hull collapsed killing 8 girl pupil. The other pupils escaped with bruises
 Fate in Doubt
 The fate of the crew of the Ger man steamer Herrenwyk which sank in the gale about 64b miles west of Ireland was in doubt. although 1t was known that a number of the men had been saved. The Danish steamer Estonia cruising around in the vicinity radioed that it had picked up 13 of the crew of 26. A dispatch from Copenhagen. however. said that 1s members of the crew had been rescued. The liner Tram sylvania also stood by the sinking ship and there were unconfrmed re- ports that she had saved six men before continuing her voyage.
 The Estonia was still in the neigh borhood hoping to pick up other sur yivorS.
 Driven Ashore
 The Spanish steamer Cantabria was driven ashore at Ayre, Isle of Man. A rocket brigade stood by and an attempt was to be made to float the vessel at high tide. The crew of 25 was reported to be in no inn m ,diate danger.
 The violence of the wind at Southampton caused delay to several liners scheduled to depart. These in- cluded the Tuscania. bound for New York. The Majestic was late in berthing on her voyage from New York. Shipping was also interrupt ed in the Mersey river. tn, Canadian Pacific liner Montclair landing her passengers at another port
 Can Make Port
 It was believed that a number of fishing fleets caught away from thssv' bases by the storm would manage 70 make port without loss of life.
 Steamer service between Ostend and Dover was cancelled and air liners stayed at Croydon instead of leaving for the continent.
 The weather was particularly se- were today over the channel ports of France and along the French Atlan- tic coast. Fishing craft and other vessels were storm bound. The Brit ish steamer City of Agra and num- Der of other steamships and sailing vessels asked in messages through the Ouessant and other French wireless stations that tugs be sent to their assistance.
 Hard Hit
 A little colony encamped in hues at Woodland Village. South Wales. was hard hit by the tempest. Sixteen huts were wrecked in the storm Of last week and the gale completed the disaster. wrecking the remain der. About 500 persons were de- prived of their humble homes and compelled to seek temporary shell ter in public buildings while their furniture was stored by the com pany that owns the huts.
 The gale bowling over northern and western France brought down chimneys and uprooted trees. Tele- graph and telephone service was paralyzed. No fatalities were report ed from France.
 Weather predictions were that an
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