STORM ON THE BRITISH COAST. Vessels Wrecked and Lives Lost.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 179, 20 November 1886, Page 4

STORM ON THE BRITISH COAST. Vessels Wrecked and Lives Lost.

A London despatch of October 17 says : Reports have been received from all parts of the kingdom telling of tho disastrous effects of the recent hurricane. The British ship Mallery was wrecked in the Bristol channol, and twenty persona were drowned. The shore is strew u with wrockage. The bodies washed ashore have been stripped of valuables by wreckers. The Norwegian barque F ederick^land, from Musquash, N.8., for Swansea, was wrecked off Padstovr, and nineteen perbons were drowned. The barque Alliance was also wrecked off Padstow and four lives we-e lost The other persons on board vrcra saved by a lifeboat. Another largo baique was ?een to be in terrible distress, tho crew being huddled together on the deck. Iho veseol foundered this morning, and it is believed that from a dozen to twenty persons were drowned. The gale prevented the people on ehoro fiom rendering assistance The cries of the doomed tuen were h_a»d distinctly by those who wero watching tho vessel from the shoro. ANorwegian barque toundoredoffTintagel, Wales, and her entire crew, consisting of fifteen per?ons po-ished. Ten bodies have been Mashed ashore on tho Glamorgan con°t The British «teair,er Arvos, Captain Whittlesey, from New York, September 20th, for Bordeaux, ha« been lost on Pointe de la Coubrio, at the northern mouth of the Gironde. Wreckage from the steamer and part of her cargo are washing ashore. The British barque Rutland, Captain Casey, from Quebec, September loth, for Greenock, was abandoned, off Lundy Island. The mate and carponter were drowned. The other members of the crew were rescued and landed at Fal month.