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In additi Sorte Sstonne published * last of verious Inj wrong eo extn. which raged on the country wrought by the ly int ' three the wee other jen. lara have me to hand which tend to show that i¢ was one the Gercent fort 5. We tatty ee in 5 sores ae Grist eke fale ken much séverity, at Green s eeay Bay, and vicin ee Hopeful, owned by Moses. Drover, was driven on shore, ‘became a total wreck.” Everything was Swept, boats, wharves, slagee and flakes blown down nail washed away. The soler, Water. hily, on her way from St. John’s, reached Deer Harbor with her bulwark broken on. (2) The storm was the worst of its kind ever experi enced at Little Piacentia, The sea w oover the beach, sweeping every thing before it, a wholly unprecedented Circumstance. (3) The sohr. Combat, 35 tons owned by Mr. Scott, Fogo, was lost at Shoal Tickie, southside of Twil lingate. She had just returned from the Labrador and had been moored at Path a when the storm came on. ae ut er cargo had been arged when the vessel ed her cbaing and weot Harbor, was the owner. The schooner Six Brothers, belonging to Mr. Simeon Young, of Twillingate, went ashore in the same gale, 6 yesael’s keel and hull was badly damaged. The dr. Emerald, owned by Job Bros. Co., has ‘been wrecked at, up with 300 quia. of fish on board. (4) The gale at Twil lingate was terrific, the lighthouse on Long Point having been moved 6 inches by cfary of the blast, while the new art House was blown down, fortun ately, however, the building was not much more than to frame.(5) At Pin betel salands she Te Mey rel onging to Daniel De (9) , was lost. She was lnden with fish and oil and left LaSie three days before the Bonatiea left Coachman's Cove, and on the arrival of the latter it was found Duggen’s craft had gone down in the storm. Worlubataly, though, no lives were lost. (6) The Ra owned by P. Templemar, of Bonavista, was lost at Cremaillere Harbor, near St. Anthony, and became a total wreck. (7) Three other apbooners were lost in the gale— namely, the Northover, of Peglican, the Fairyland and the Happy Adventure, of Bonavists.. Besides these there were others of the the above places, either lost or stranded. (8) Particulars of a sad tale come from Pacquet Harbor. Four or five men in a boat, carryin about eighty quintals of fish, anchor near the vo place on Wwnesday night, and the craw probably attempt ed to land jo, pyot, but aldsi all of them were lost, but their little craft rode out the gale in safety. (0) The gale did more damage in several places west than was at first apprehended ; it was only by theuderival lately of the S. 8. Glenogo that the f all extent of it was remaing. From Petaiea to patage ne every ) a atory 0 Star to tell, AL, one craft went ashore, and one was driven out the 6 at Placentia waa see Six at Ste Pierge, became cal és, ono with 40 gtls. fish on board. At Fortano one way, delvers ashore and two were lost. At Mose Ambroae one was fully wrecked. Word, too, came off Oram craft but was lost in the edme gale at Sydney, e doleful fate concluded by stating that all along the ooset boats were driven high and dry on them. ‘Firage of the Fortune and Grand Tank gchoovers of the bank ing feet witch have returned home were all awept, losing their hories and gear—so much as that one of them will require a couple hundred dollars’ worth of repairs_ere again fit for sea. Much regret ma occasioned by the sad story that tarde men fyon; two of Lake’s schooners had lost their lives in the gale. Nor by the other one that there aggieve: not yet home, ey those jo ‘ ygenice = 4 shag Han. « When the 8. Sheed conmns out of Iarbor Breton, the other day, she met a vessel belonging to Belleotain with her main mast gene, . She at once towed her into port. The report comes that a United’ ‘States banking schooner had lately arrived at Fermousg with some of the crew belonging to another bank er,on board; and that during the recent storm ecdad yeasel was seen to go down sit bande, ‘Fire gale was felt badly at the Gery Islands. 4 mes sage lately received at §t. John'y stated that it had caused much destruction ; that sixty staklin boats had been badly damaged, an immense amount of trawks and Gibing gear destroyed, and ‘great damage dons to stags, ole, Te was matter of no-surprise Uset the French schoontra fahing on the Banks should have been terrible auffvrers io the gejg. Indeed, it is said that of oa vin ’ iit 0 ae Ease, no eres are ; 4 ag awigh, of life must have od ao the ale of the big storm. veral veagels were seen bottom pp on the banks, and from one of these, on whose hull six of her crew had taken refuge, five were adept of by the Angey gon; the other was ‘picked up by a pausing craft, and land ed in the settlement to which he be longed. Préchee’s schooner, the Ficus, Waslog to the gale, the captain, first mate, and one of the sailors meeting a watery grave. ‘The pest of the prew es caped in their dories, and got on board another schooner. All the Preval bankers out in the gale were badly swept, losing dories and, in many cases, men. A few days ago one large womel came towards St. Phorce fying signals of og Aire was waterfogrod, and the tig succeeded in towing her into shoal ma ore aid sugk. The above doleful rigs of some of the particulars of the Igte storm is ample to show that it must have been one of no ordinary imagnitude—such as had not been experigned in Newfoundland for many years past. © We learn from latter accounts that the gale on the Mth fist, was felt with mich severity at Tiltove, and weigh ie places. It fifted the Episcopal Church at Hilley’s felaud Oye feet side- Ways. Tho atractare was subsequently é om right sin tte Tormer ‘position. Two achognors were sotal-
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Harbour Grace Standard
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, CA
Fri, Sep 28, 1900
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