The Archive · 1928

Lifeboats' Good Work

November 1890 was a ¢errible month for gale and storms xii over England, Ireland, Scotland and even the Continent, In a violent gale that swept over England and Ire-and, during the first week of the month untold damage was done on land, and even more at sea, when 114 Hives were saved through the dazing bravery of the lifeboat volunteers. Viscount Cantelupe was drowned during this storm in Belfast Lough] when his yacht was wrecked on november 7, A fortnight later jolent yales were present in the South of England and raged along the Channel causing several wrecks the south coast, while a few days later gales were felt throughout Europe.

'A destructive gale on the south west coast of England in 1891 was responsible for loss of life all along] the coast of England near Brighton and Dover, while the north coast France else suffered loss from the same storm. The same day a violent gale was felt in Liverpool and the north coast of Ireland, and was loss of life owing to the winds.

In 1893 violent gales again broke out in November and caused much' damage in the shipping world of, Great Britain and the continent, be sides damage to property on lund. The deaths reported in shipping disasters in England during this gale reached the total of 293. The str. hampshire was one of the first to be wrecked and she sank with all hands, every life being lost save that of the Chief Officer, who must have escapes by a miracle, The str. Princess of Flamboro' foundered without—a single survivor the same day, and many fishing smacks of the French coast by Calais were wrecked during} the gale, making a Joss of more than 300 lives,

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