GALE IN ENGLAND.
MUCH DAMAGE CAUSED. CHANNEL SHIPPING LOSSES. MANY THRILLING RESCUES. (Austultap end N.Z. Gebie AssjM LONDON, Nov. 27. England Is being swept by a sixtymfie per hour gale, which is causing much damage and terrific seas in the Channel. , The small steamer, Hartley, burst her hatches and sank and Bhe whole of the crew except two were drowned. The Channel steamer Dieppe stranded in the darkness inside the Newhaven breakwater, and a tug going to her assistance foundered. The tog’s crew were rescued, and afterwards the Dieppe’s 65 passengers were resoued:
The steam drifter Presholme was driven ashore on the preoipitous coast near Port Lcthen and broke up in ten minutes. Five of the crew were drowned. Three took refuge on 3 wave-swept rook and were heroically rescued by a fisherman named Craig, aged 72, who leaped from rook to rook with a iine and hauled them to safety. Many small crait were in peril in the storm and there were a number of thrilling lifeboat rescues.
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 16152, 29 November 1924, Page 5
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169GALE IN ENGLAND. Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 16152, 29 November 1924, Page 5
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