Imperial Valley Press

BRITAIN RAVAGED BY GALE

Severe Storm Also Felt On Continental Europe Causing Heavy Loss.

MANY LIVES LOST

High Winds, Rains and Heavy Seas Declared Worst In Years.

BY WEBB MILLER
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Nov. 17.—The worst storm in many years spread havoc in Europe and on the Atlantic ocean today.

At least 42 were killed and hundreds injured. Property damage was estimated at millions of dollars.

Shipping was almost paralyzed.

Several ships were wrecked, others were in distress and trans Atlantic liners were delayed from 10 to 15 hours.

The storm had taken a toll of at least 29 lives in Great Britain alone, including the 17 men from Rye Harbor, lost when they went to the aid of the steamer Alice in a lifeboat and at the height of the gale Thursday day.

In Coblenz, Germany, 13 were killed when the storm blew down several houses.

Lifeboat crews on the south coast of England did valiant work in rescuing the crews of storm tossed steamers. Lifeboats from Plymouth rescued the crew of the steamer Kentish Coast, ashore near Plymouth. The German tug Seefalk went to the assistance of the steamer Linaria, which lost her propeller.

Aid Disabled Ships

The German liner Luebeck was standing by the disabled Greek steamer Amazon near Brest, ready to take off her crew if necessary.

A lifeboat from Ramsgate rescued the crew of the steamer May Borrow, in distress near that port.

The crew of the sailing barge Ethel Everad was rescued by a Margate lifeboat. At some points lifeboats could not be launched because of the mountainous seas.

The cross-channel steamer Maid of Orleans took 12 hours to cross from Folkestone to Boulogne. The crew and all 198 passengers were sick and the captain signalled for doctors to be sent. The steamer tried eight times to enter the narrow harbor at Boulogne but could not make it. The passengers were taken ashore in boats and sent to hospitals. The storm tore away the steamer's radio.

Stations received four radio calls from steamers in distress in the channel today. The deck cargoes of several steamers were washed overboard.

Small Boats Hard Hit

The steamer Marlwood sent a radio call for assistance reporting that her steering gear was disabled

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and the second mate washed overboard. The damage to small boats was incalculable. Eleven fishing boats were sunk in Bembridge Harbor, Isle of Wight, and many at other ports. Many yachts and small boats were sunk at Southend and others dashed to pieces against the seawall.
The wind unroofed houses, blew down chimneys, broke windows and uprooted trees. Numerous houses were unroofed in London and 30 families made homeless. Railroads and highways were blocked with debris.
LONDON, Nov. 17.—The most severe gales that have struck Great Britain and the English Channel in upwards of a decade, today had taken a toll of at least 12 lives in Great Britain alone, injured several hundred and had done damage estimated at several hundred thousand dollars.
The winds reached a velocity of 120 miles an hour in many places while high winds, ranging from 80 miles an hour and upward, were reported from all points close to the coast. Thirteen were killed at Coblenz, Germany, when the storm blew down several houses.
It was the worst storm London has seen in 12 years. Pedestrians were blown down on the street. Motor vehicles were tossed about. Windows were caved in and trees snapped.
For the first time in history the ferries on Bristol Harbor were stopped while traffic on the English Channel was at a standstill, save for the life saving boats put out to assist the big liners.
BERLIN, Nov. 17. The havoc caused on the Atlantic, in the English Channel and on the coast of the North Sea by the severe gale of the last several days extended to Hamburg and Bremen today. Several ships were in distress.
A German tug was towing the English steamer Senaria to Yarmouth after the Senaria lost her propeller. Two German tugs in the North Sea towed the Belgian steamer Alexander Andress to Flushing Holland, after the Andress' engine was damaged.