ANOTHER GALE AT HOME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20113, 26 November 1928, Page 9

ANOTHER GALE AT HOME.

ENGLISH COAST SWEPT.

GERMAN SHIP IN PERIL.

BRITISH RESCUE EFFORTS.

British Wireless

RUGBY, Nov. 23

Exactly a week after tho gale which caused such serious liavoo in London and on tho south coast of England another great wind and rain stonn swept across tho country from tho Atlantic to-day. London again felt the full force of the gale. At limes tho wind blow in gusts at a velocity of GO miles an hour. The air services between London and tho Continent had to be suspended, though early in the day they wero running to schedule. High seas are raging around the coasts and shipping is running for shelter. Several ships havo sent out distress calls. Tho lifeboats at Ramsgale. Deal, and other places on tho coast have been launched to go to tho rescue of fishermen. Tho British Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, is a passenger on tho White Star linen Regina, which dashed to the rescue of a German steamer in mid-Atlantic. The Regina wirelessed to-day that sho had set off last night on a 60 miles' raco to tho help of tho 2500-ton cargo steamer Ilerrcnwijk of Lueheck, Germany. The distress of tho German vessel was first revealed by a wireless message from tho liner Transylvania, which said sho was proceeding to assist the Horrenwijk in south-west gales and heavy seas. Tho Transylvania found the German ship in a sinking condition and stood by. After a hard battle through the rough seas the Regina found the '1 ransylvania standing bv and was informed that her assistanco was not necessary. Sho then resumed her voyage to England. Later the Danish steamer Estonia reported that sho had saved 13 men of the German steamer and was stil] searching among the wreckage. UNUSUAL FATALITIES. WIND'S DEADLY HAVOC. HOUSE RENDERED UNSAFE. (Ueccivcfl November 25, 6.5 p.m.) United Sonice. LONDON, Nor. 21. The galo yesterday was responsible for a number of extraordinary deaths. George Clayton, a sandwich-man, was carrying an advertisement across his shoulders iu Liverpool when ho was blown beneath a steam truck and instantly killed. George Ray, aged 21, was blown off a pavement and his neck was broken. Two men were killed in a motor truck by a falling tree. Another man died of heart failuro through struggling against the wind. Nearly 500 people have been ordered to leave, their wrecked homes in a hutment colony near Ebbvalo, Wales.