DISASTROUS HURRICANE.

Southland Times, Issue 9375, 15 November 1886, Page 2

DISASTROUS HURRICANE.

Gales which began on 13th October on 1 the English and Irish coasts, accompanied | by fiootjs ( extended far to the north* west, ' ftnd continued several days, In Ulster, railway traffic was impeded. The British !

barque Ballapont was wrecked off the Skellinge, *an island on the sooth-west coast of Ireland, and all perished. The British vessel Teviotdale was wrecked on Caermartben bar, with the loss of seventeen lives^ :•'"■■ A' number of chancel fishing boats were stranded, and the Brighton beach was strewn with wreckage. The- storm was very furious on the Irish coast. The streets in many towns were flood edj and the corn standing in the fields destroyed. There was also a destructive flood in Wales. Throughout, the gale was accompaciod by the heaviest rains within living memory. Later reports received from all parts of the Kingdom continue the list of disasters. The British ship MallaDy was wrecked in the Bristol channel and 20 ... personß were drowned. The shoTe wbb strewn with the debris of vessels, and the bodies washed to land were stripped of valuables by wreckers. The Norwegian barque Freadiake, from lousquash (N. 8.), bound for Swansea, waa wrecked off Padatow, and 19 lives lost ; also the Albion, off the same placp, and 4 lives lost, the other persons on board being saved by lifeboats. Another large barque was seen to be in terrible distiese, the crew being huddled together on deck. She foundered next morning, and it is believed from 12 to 20 persons were drowned. The gale prevented the people on shore from rendering assistance although they distinctly heard the cries of the doomed men. A [ Norwegian barque was wrecked off Tortagel, Wales, and her entire crew, consisting of 15 persons, perished. Further lists of disaateis caused by this storm were reported on the 18th. The British steamer Arros. Captain Whiteley, from New York (Sept. 29) for Bordeaux, was lost on Point de La Coubre in the northern mouth of the Girvnde. The British Bteamer Katp, Captain Dark, from Savannah (Sept. 20) fcr Liverpool, arrived at Quaenstown disabled. The Norwegian barque Orfen, Captain NeilseD, from Mobile (Aug. 14) for Poole was towed into Cowes badly used up. Three of the crew had died and the reßt were Buffering with ague, The British barqne Piutland, from Qaebec (Sept. 15) for Greenock, was abandoned off Lundy Island, the mate and carpenter being drowned.