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Cutting from “the Dailygraph”, 8 August

           Thenwithoutwarningthetempestbroke. Witharapiditywhich,atthetime,seemedincredible,andevenafterwardsisimpossibletorealize,thewholeaspectofnatureatoncebecameconvulsed. Thewavesroseingrowingfury,eachover-toppingitsfellow,tillinaveryfewminutesthelatelyglassyseawaslikearoaringanddevouringmonster.White-crestedwavesbeatmadlyonthelevelsandsandrusheduptheshelvingcliffs.Othersbrokeoverthepiers,andwiththeirspumesweptthelanthornsofthelighthouseswhichrisefromtheendofeitherpierofWhitbyHarbour. 

           Thewindroaredlikethunder,andblewwithsuchforcethatitwaswithdifficultythatevenstrongmenkepttheirfeet,orclungwithgrimclasptotheironstanchions. Itwasfoundnecessarytocleartheentirepierfromthemassofonlookers,orelsethefatalitiesofthenightwouldhaveincreasedmanifold. Toaddtothedifficultiesanddangersofthetime,massesofsea-fogcamedriftinginland. White,wetclouds,whichsweptbyinghostlyfashion,sodankanddampandcoldthatitneededbutlittleeffortofimaginationtothinkthatthespiritsofthoselostatseaweretouchingtheirlivingbrethrenwiththeclammyhandsofdeath,andmanyaoneshudderedasthewreathsofsea-mistsweptby. 

           Attimesthemistcleared,andtheseaforsomedistancecouldbeseenintheglareofthelightning,whichcamethickandfast,followedbysuchpealsofthunderthatthewholeskyoverheadseemedtremblingundertheshockofthefootstepsofthestorm. 

           Someofthescenesthusrevealedwereofimmeasurablegrandeurandofabsorbinginterest. Thesea,runningmountainshigh,threwskywardswitheachwavemightymassesofwhitefoam,whichthetempestseemedtosnatchatandwhirlawayintospace. 

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