Powerful gales on the English coast cause heavy losses in ships and lives

Heavy gales lashed the north-east coast of England and at the mouth of the River Tyne the passenger ship Stanley foundered with the loss of twenty-one passengers and six crew, as did the schooner Friendship, costing six more lives. Two men from the Tynemouth lifeboat also drowned in a brave effort to aid both ships. Also, the steamer Dalhousie sank further up the coast and thirty-five passengers and crew lost.  (By John Osborne)