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Show TUB LOS OP "BBIML" Tlieonnt Caillelrtpe Carried onTbe (Vfrrck Oy a Waif. Belfast, Nov. 9. The loss of tbe UrtlnUi in Belfast lough, with her owner, Viscount Canlelupc, eldest son of Rev. Reginald Windsor Wind-sor Sackvllle, Earl of do la Warr, during the fearful etorm of tbe past few days, has already been an-nourjcwdi an-nourjcwdi It appears that tho Viscount Vis-count bad oulyju't pdrcbdstd tbe yacht at Glasgow, and was c-njoylng his maiden trip. On Thursday evening he anchored off" Bancor, twelVe miles frorrrtiere, some three hundred yards off shore, and only a stone's throw from tbo row of terraced villas at the foot of the main street of the village. Early Thursday evening n gale began blowing and continued to Increase In-crease in strength until it had attained at-tained tbe proportions of a huTl-can, huTl-can, sweeping dowri from the north and west. The night turned ce't to to one of the wiliest ever experienced experi-enced onthccossL As tho nlnd increased tu sea bioko over the little vessel and milch unentineas was felt on shore lest she shodld be unable to ride it out. The storm, however, so increased in violence that It was impossible to launch the lifeboats. Tbe ill fated vessel was blown steadily In shore until she struck. Tbe Viscount and his men meantime mean-time decided to take to the rigging, as the yacht was beginning to flit, Cantelupe going first. He bad Just begun to ascend, having passed one arm through tbe Ufa buoy and around the rones, while the other was extended to help tbe man next below him, when he was struck by a tremendous wave and carried oil the wreck. |
