WORST ON RECORD

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1929, Page 11

WORST ON RECORD

VIOLENCE OF STORM-

BRAVE CORNISH YOUTH

United Press Association— By Electric Tele-

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(Received 9th December, 10 a.m.)

LONDON, Bth December. Although it lasted only a couple of hours, last night's storm exceeded in violence and destruction all storms of the past. Ships were disabled and cargoes shifted, and before anything could be done many vessels drifted to destruction during the morning. Never before has there been such a succession of S.O.S. appeals. Tho French steamer Ornais was rounding Land's End when the rudder was dismantled. Lifeboats could not live in tho seas. The Ornais drifted helplessly, just anissed tho rocks at Mount's Bay, and eventually went ashore at Perran Cove. The Penzance lifeboat was swamped three times and forced to relinquish its errand. A youth swam out with a line and tho crew were hauled ashoro. The Hungarian steamer Honved found herself drifting on a lee shore. A notice was posted at Shoreham asking if any lifeboatmen wore present. The entire audience- went to the lifeboat station. The lifeboatmen battled for thirteen hours before returning. Ihe Honved in the meantime got clear. The Newhaven lifeboat went to tho assistance of a schooner, while, women prayed in the wind and rain. The entire crew of eight were rescued. The Italian steamer Casmonia was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. The British liner Arlanza rescued the crew.