A GREAT GALE.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE TO SHIPPING AND BUILDINGS. NUMBERS OF SHIPS WRECKED. AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. THE SEA SWEEPS SEVERAL TOWNS. (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) London, Nov. 30. Details from all parts of the coast line show that the gale did tremendous damage to shipping and buildings. The Thames rose far above its ordinary level and flooded the enbaukment, swamping Wooiwich arsenal. The inundation covered an area of a mile and a half long, and 300 yards wide. The electric lighting plant was submerged. Seven thousand soldiers assisted in rescuing stores and saving powder from the magazines. Various works were seriously injured. The sea swept the streets of Dover and destroyed the sea wall at Seaham, Durham, the centre of an extensive coal tradr. Many buildings were destroyed at Margate, Ramsgate, and Chatham, also the promenade at Heme Hay, Kent. Six wrecks occurred on the Norfolk coast, the whole of the crews perishing. The eastern coasts suffered terribly, scarcely a town escaping. All the coastal ports report wrecks involving great loss of life. In many instances large sections of the foreshore have been washed away and shipyards destroyed. The lifeboat service did great work in rescuing many lives. The whole of the Channel steam services have been suspended.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 490, 1 December 1897, Page 3
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210A GREAT GALE. Hastings Standard, Issue 490, 1 December 1897, Page 3
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