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Show 80-MileYinds Baiter British , LONDON, Oct 27 (UP) Galea approaching hurricane strength I battered the British and western ! European const! Wednesday. At least five ahips were hurled i ashore. English channel traffic waa brought to a standstill and tha j big liner Queen Elizabeth waa slowed to half speed as gusta ! whipped up to 80 miles an hour. Five seamen were reported loat along France'. Brittany and Nor- i mandv coasts. The French port of Le Havre waa closed. Tha American Ameri-can liner Washington waa forced to remain outaide and Britain'. New Caronia waa unable to leave. Ashore. British and French coastal towns were flooded. Tor- j rential raina added to tha havoc. I Flood tidea washed away part of 1 the centuries-old founds tiona of i historic Sandgate castle to southeast south-east England. The water in Sand-gate'a Sand-gate'a main street was two feet deep. The 870-ton steamer Mayflower waa driven ashore on Salt island off Holyhead, Walea. Coast guard, took off Its crew of nine. Tha 250-ton 250-ton collier Arch Glen was cast onto rocks at East Cliff, near Dover. England, and ita three crewmen reacued. The French trawler Hed-kln Hed-kln waa driven ashore at near-by Southend. |