The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-13 00:00:00

THE SNOW-STORMS IND GALES.

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The following have b,en mosived.frorn the provinces :
, FRIDAY.
To-day efforts were being made upon WINDSORthe portion
of the Great Western Railway between Paddington and
Mew& to restore the telegraphic communication which had
been destroyed by the violence of the snow storm of mem-
goy, Mr. Spagoolatti, telegraphic superintendent of the
bits, bowleg a large staff engaged in this operation, and for
• small portion of the line near town the noose-
vary " block" .signals can Dow be given. Upon
the London and South Western main line there
is communication betwsea Waterloo and Woking, but be-
tween Basingstoke and Exeter the mina has boon more or
ices destroyed. Oa the Richmond and Windsor breech,
Mr. Preece, the compaey's telegraphic officer, had intro-
deind the Mock system as a protection to the traffic, but
swing to the storm having partially destroyed communi-
sation, the trains were compelled to run without the
eristance of electric signalling. As tar as Putney the
wires and pooh; had been restored to their former condition,
owl this afternoon the telegraph staff had reached Barnes
elation, where they were busily engaged in repairing the
telegraph. 'lt seem' that the telegraph wires upon the
" loop" line from Barnes to Hounslow were also severely
ismaged in exposed placer, or where the rottenness of the
parts bad become decayed ; while the Great
Wern Junction line between Southall and Breotford had
Us telegraph also injured.
Looking at the exposed positions which meet of the
telegraphs occupy on the different embankments, the only
weeder is that the damage has not been more extensive than
it bas actually proved.
DOVER, FRIDAY.
In the fearful gale of last night the barque Old
Handy, coal lades, from Sunderland to Malta, wile
wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. The captain and crew
(U in number) took to the longboat, sad after cruising
about for some time, were towed into Dover harbour by
lie Wellington steam tug. They were utterly destitute
when received into the Sailors' Horne, where everything
was done to succour them in their distress.
LOWESTOFT, JAN. 12.
It blew a furious gale off here. A number of
ships bore up for our harbour, and taking it at low water,
fell to leeward against the South Pier and did considerable
image to themselves, The schooner Gadabout, of Rams-
Wis. was in collision in the harbour with the Diana, of
Whitstable ; the former was cut down to the water's edge
sad sunk, and the latter sustained damage. Most of the
vessels have lost anchors and chains, spars, sails split, &a
Our inner harbour is filled with shipping, and our outer
!Mahout has not presented so disastrous a scene fer some
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TORQUAY, JAN. 11.
Torbay bas just been visited by another terrific
ids, and in this instance unfortunately attended with ices
of life and • vast amount of property, • large windboued
fest having samerobled in the bay, in consequence of the
late Trestorly plea. Daring yesterday the wind was
W.N.W. and moderate, but after nightfall it backed to
strong, with rain. At midnight It veered to N.E.,
a heavy pis. The ships thus stiMimly exposed to its fall
dame, with a terrible crow sea, began to slip, part, and drive
ia all directions; near 30 are said to be on shore at Brix.
bow, from which 70 lives were saved, and some 14 to 16
=drowned. Eleven others are on shore at Broad.
rid its vicinity, the crews of which are, it is believed,
all saved. Amongst them is the barque Stately, of Shields,
a total wreck. Some ships are still riding at their anchors,
bat several of these are dismasted. The Teignmouth
lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was sent for
and brought overland to Torquay. She is now (post Mini
aiding the ships still riding. The Pea islgoing down, an
ewe are prospects of a better night. Stich • scene of
destruction has probably never before been witnessed on
tan shortie of Torbay. It Is maid 'that the lifeboat might
bays arrived hours earlier in the bay if she had been sailed
dews as her coxswain wished ; but the chief officer of the
Oessiguard at Teignmooth (Mr. Baring) is stated to have
metased to allow some of his men to go in the boat, and had
iodated on the boat going eight or ten miles by land to
Torquay. The institution will send down their inspector
hem Northuruberland,where he is at p t, to make an
iiquiry into this disonidatable squabble

BOrLOONE, tams.
During the gala last night four fishing boats and
a noel laden brig, the Providenos, were cast mime ; all
Lads, with one exception, saved.

THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND.—The frost which
set in on Wednesday afternoon (says the Scotsman) and
which formed so agreeable a outran to the previous un-
favourable wet and foggy weather, continued on Thursday
with great intensity. During the day the thermometer fell
to 27 degs., five degrees below freezing point. The streets
ha the forenoon were very slippery, and carts, cabs,
and carriages required to move at a very slow
rate to insure safety. The slipping and falling of
horses was • common occurrence, and before salt
co ashes had been scattered on the pavement the
sweidents to pedestrians were numerous. In the
afternoon, about six o'clock, the thermometer rose slightly,
and snow began to fall, accompanied by • cold bet moderate
wind from the north-esst. The snow increased the danger
et locomotion on the streets and foot-ways, but although
many persons received bruises more or WWI severe, so far as
we could learn no limbs were broken by the fella. The
lochs in and around the city wawa for the most part frozen
ever, and curlers and skaters were early out on the "maiden
ies,"eajoyiog a first bonepeil,oc feeling delight in swift motion
through the keen air. Bt. Margaret's and Duniappie Locbe
were quite frozen, and the usual winter spats were engaged
in around the edges, the centre portion of the lakes not ap-
Loring strong enough for the venturesome youths. Dud-
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gston was only partly frozen, although near the edge/
the ice was about two inches thick. Owing to a very
seven snowstorm, which commenced early yesterday
looming and prevailed during the whole of the forenoon,
is the south of England, the Eut Coast London train was
upwards of two hours later than usual in arriving at
Sdinburgb. Considerable damage was dorm to the tele-
graphic wires south of Manchester by the severe frost and
the violence of the snowstorm. The wires both
of the Electric and United Kingdom Companies were
swapped ir. many places, and all telegraphic COMMUlliell.
lion to London was interrupted. The nasal morning ex-
pires was not received at all, and the little telegraphic news
&livered after midnight was desptched per train from
London to Birmingham and Northampton, whence it was
telegraphed to Edinburgh. The Electric Telegraph Coat-
ny's wires could communicate no further south than with
Peterborough, and the United Kingdom's wires were only
open to Birmingham. This (Enday) morning the thermo-
meter stood at 28, or four degrees below freezing point.