WILD WEATHER IN ENGLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 174, 22 January 1912, Page 5

WILD WEATHER IN ENGLAND.

~•■' RECORD SNOWFALL. SEVERAL VESSELS LOST. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, January 19. The wild weather . continues. Snow has been falling in many districts for thirty hours, the heaviest fall for forty years. An Aberdeen steamer with fourteen hands foundered at Port Errol. The Westown ,Hall. which left Jatroy on Monday, experienced heavy seas, which destroyed her funnel, broke the boats and extinguished'the fires, in the engine-room. She drifted helplessly, and the crew, who were without food and drink for three days, were unable to reach the forecastle. They huddled together in the engineroom. The vessel tlien struck the rocks. The Port Erroll lifeboat made gallant efforts to rescue the crew, who were clinging to ropes, ventilators, and derricks. The breakers rendered rescue impossible. The fishermen waded in the boiling surf knee deep and dragged ashore Captain Stoddart and three Lascars. Captain gtoddart revived after hours of artificial respiration, lie stated that he was confined to his . cabin with a breken arm and internal injuries at the time the vessel foundered. He remembered nothing of the events until he found himself ashore.