GREAT STORM

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 520, 24 November 1928, Page 9

GREAT STORM

England Swept by Gale From the Wild Atlantic

GERMAN STEAMER SUNK British Official Wireless Received Noon. RUGBY, Friday. EXACTLY a week after the gale which caused serious havoc in London and on the South Coast last Friday, another great wind and rain storm swept across the country from the Atlantic to-day.

London again had the full force of the gale, which blew at times in gusts at 80 miles an hour. The air services between London and the Continent have had to be suspended. though early in the day they were running to schedule. High seas were raging around the coasts, and shipping is running for shelter. Several ships have sent out distress coll 3, and the Ramsgate, Deal, and other lifeboats have been launched to go to the rescue of fishermen. Sir Austen Chamberlain is a passenger on the White Star liner Regina, which dashed tcthe rescue of a German steamer in mid-Atlantic. The Regina wirelessed to-day that she set oil last night on a 60 mile% race to

the help of the 2,500-ton cargo steamer Herrenwijk, of Lubeck, Germany. The distress of the German vessel was first revealed by a wireless message from the liner Transylvania, which said she was proceeding to assist the Herrenwijk in south-west gales and heavy seas. The Transylvania, on reaching the Herrenwijk, found her in a sinking condition, and stood by her. After a hard battle through the seas, the Regina found the Transylvania standing by, and was informed that her assistance was not necessary. She then resumed her voyage to England. Later the Danish steamer Estonia reported that she had saved 13 men of the German boat, and that she was still searching the wreckage.