Show Gales Sweeping Over England I LONDON Sept 1 Violent gales and rain storms continue to sweep over Great Britain and Ireland Dispatches from I Dublin state that crops throughout the province of Ulster are in a pitiable condition condi-tion and that in many parts of Ulster and elsewhere aro almost entirely sub inergea in otner sections tno crops are completely destroyed Oft Ilfracombe near Barnstable Devonshire Devon-shire today during one of the many gales which swept over these islanas recently a passenger steamer having a hundred passengers pas-sengers on board had a narrow escape from destruction A succession of heavy seas strcck her sweeping the decks smashingin the salon sky lights and pouring pour-ing tons of water down the companionways companion-ways So severe a pounding the steamer received by the waves that many of the passengers were severely Injured of which number six are in a precarious condition In the Mersey a fishing smack foundered and all hands were lost On the south coast of England there have been several wrecks Last night the government cutter Beatrice stranded below Gravesend |