THE GREAT GALE

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 121, 27 November 1928, Page 11

THE GREAT GALE

PERIL ON LAND AND SEA SHIPPING IN DISTRESSLOSSES REPORTED United PrQ-3 Association—By Electric Tel»graph—Copyright. "Times" Cables. (Received 27th November, o p.m.) LONDON, 26th November. Tho Paris correspondent of "Tlio limes" reports that the British steamer Neath Abbey, off the Belgian coast, wirelessed that her position was dangerous, and she wanted immediate help. The French liner Antiral Ponty wirelessed t.h'at she was drifting with Hooded furnaces eastward of Brest. A tug has been dispatched. Tho trawler Lacoubre saved li.teen of the crew of the Italian (■;"■-•■ • •■ Barbara, whicli founded off La Rochollo. . There were no sailings all day from Calais, Boulogne, and Dieppe. Fifteen vessels aro sheltering in Bordeaux roadstead, and many vessels have taken refuge at Toulon. The telegraphs arc disorganised throughout France. ■ Many trains were brought to a standstill by fallen trees. The Hague correspondent of "The Times" reports that the gales continue t'p rage off the Dutch coast. The Italian steamer Salento struck the shallows off R-anilvoort at night and sank. Daylight revealed only the bridge and masts, on which tlio crew were mustered. A violent squall passed, blotting out everything. When it* cleared, thero_ wa,s no sign of ship or crew. Military aeroplanes which circled tho spot wero forced hurriedly to return. Tho ymuiden lifeboat strove to reach the sccno and capsized. Some swam ashore and others drifted ashore clinging to tho boat. A seventy-year-old lifeboatman was drowned. Signals of distress wero received on other parts of the coast, including one from the German steamer Rudelsheim. A^ lifeboat was launched and assisted the- vessel to reach Ymuiden damaged. A Dutch tug is still missing with a crow of sixteen.