STORM IN THE IRISH CHANNEL.
A violent hurricane raged in the Irish Chancel on January 4th, and great damage was done to shipping. Among other terrible casualties, the African ship Alfred D. Snow, Captain Welley, which left San Francisco on August Ist for Liverpool, loaded with wheat, was lost in Kerry Lock Bay, off Furtherston town, at the entrance of Waterford harbour. Every member of the crew (25 in number) was drownedThe bodies of the captain and one of the sailors had been recovered, as well as the ship'spapers. A portion of Fastnet rock tumbled into the sea, terrifying the lighthouse keepers, aa they feared the sea would undermine the base of the lighthouse. Approach to the rock by boats during the storm was impossible, but when it lulled a landing was effected and measures taken to make things secure. The inquest in the case of the captain of the vessel revealed the fact that the master of the lifeboat refused to go to the rescue of the ship's crew because of the roughness of the sea. A witness stated that the crew of a fishing vessel burst open the boathouse and manned the lifeboat, but too late to be of any use.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1890, 10 February 1888, Page 14
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