GALES AND WRECKS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 683, 7 December 1909, Page 7

GALES AND WRECKS.

LOSS OF .THE THISTLEMOR: 21. DEATHS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.. London, December 5.. ■ In connection with the loss of the Albyn Line's steel screw-steamer Thistlemor, 4008 tons gross, whicli blew up and foundered off the, Devonshire seaport of . Clovelly, 21 out of. the icrew of 80 perished. ' Tho remaining nine were rescued by a small boat. [The gale in Britain, as reported yesterday, sank the Isle of Man' steamer Elian Vannin, .33 . lives' being. lost, thus bringing the total recorded casualties, including those cabled today, .up to 54.] f- BAD WEATHER IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, December 6. .There is very cold . weather. The-tempera-ture is 43.8. There are gales on the coast and shipping is delayed. WAVES SIXTY FEET HIGH. i (Rec. December 6, 10.50 p.m.) I v London,v December 6. Snowstorms, followed by gales, have occurred in many parts of Britain. ■I' Steamers report terrible weather between Las Palmas (Canary Wands) and England,- with waves sixty feet high. : NEARLY 200 DANISH SMALL CRAFT LOST. DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS. . (Rec. December 6, 10.50 p.m.) December, 8. Some of the towns in Donmork. are, without light and water, owing to floods. Only three out of 200 small craft in Esbjerg harbour survived the storm.' • ~