TERRIBLE GALES AT HOME.
| RESCUES BY LIFEBOATS. ' By Teiegr;:i)h.—Pres-; Association- Copyright j Received January 13, 0.20 p.m. ; London, Last Night, I An abnormal gsle is raging over I East and South Britain. The wind has a velocity of sixty miles an hour, ! and occasionally is of greater veben;- ; ence. | A number of smaller vessels ha\e | suffered severely and life boats have i made a number of gallant rescues in : the face of mountainous seas. The steamer Bushmills struck on the Nimrod Rocks, near Holyhead, and the crew of 21 escaped in boat?. A lifeboat rescued the steamer Selby Abbey's passengers. Nine of the crew are still aboard the ship. Received January 14, S.-5-5 a.m. The remainder of the crew of the Selby Abbey, wrecked at the Hook of Holland, have been saved.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 328, 14 January 1911, Page 5
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132TERRIBLE GALES AT HOME. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 328, 14 January 1911, Page 5
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