Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-12-10
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Grent storm I'm England.

LONDON, Dec. "a terrific westerly gale
causing great destruction to property pre-
vailed yesterday throughout England.
Telegraph wires were Frustrated and many
buildings demolished and others damaged
in this city. Large numbers of pedestrians
were dashed to the ground by the violence
of the hurricane. Street lamps and adver-
tising boards were blown down and many
persons were injured by the flying debris.
Dispatches from the seaport towns report
numerous marine disasters. Eight ships
were blown ashore in Plymouth harbor.
The flagship, Narcissus, with 1865 tons
parted from her moorings in harbor De-
vanport, but her crew succeeded in again
anchoring her before any serious damage
was done. The gunnery ship, Cambridge,
and three small merchantmen lying in the
same harbor also parted from their an
chOrs and were blown ashore. The crews
were in great danger, but were rescued
from their perilous positions. gI0aEE
The telegraph wires in north England
which were destroyed by the storm yester-
day are not in working order. Dispatches
from all other sections of the,country bring
intelligence l1oaa4{s OF great destruction OF
The gale was as severe in Wales and
Ireland as in England, and was accompa-
MED by lightning and rain. Many towns
were flooded and several vessels are ashore
in Cork harbor. The damage to the pro-
perty in that city is very great. Many
buildings were unroofed aud trees blown
down. Three pinnacles of the tower Of
st. Thomas Church in Exeter Deyonshire
were blown down while the congregation
was at worship, and falling on the roof
crushed through into the body of the
church. The congregation was seized with
panic at the first intimation of danger and
rushed from the building. None were
killed and their escape is regarded as mir
aculous. 20 -.sA<E3
PARIS, Dec. e.-The appointments ,of
Gaulard as Minister of the Interior; Leon
Say, Minister of Finance; Fauther, Min
lister of Public Works, and Calmont,
Prefect of the Department of the Seine,
are published this morning in the official
newspaper. Though the Ministry is now
formed, it is regarded as transitory.
The above mentioned ,appointm nts in
dicates termination of the crisis and Sc
cures to the Government the support of
the Right and Left Centres.
The LebOrra from Sunderland for New
York, went ashore and was wrecked off
the lowest aft. The crew barely escaped.
Many of the huts used by the troops at
Aldershot were destroyed.
At Oxford the chapel of O'Neil- College
OAIOTu was Ddufy udul-
aged and the freight depot of the Great
Western railway was entirely demolished
Ought Insurance Rates to be Generally
Advanced on Account of Great Confla-
EratiOns
In connection with the advance of in
surance rates, which we have already no.
ticed, the following article from the In
S,0ance Monitor will be read with in
terest:
A year ago, the command all along the
lines was to ddUance the rates! To-day
that, command is repeated with redoubled
emphasis but year ago it was met, as it
is now met, with the argument that risks
ought not to be advanced in one city be-
cause another city is burned. I'f .aI
We take issue squarely with this posi-
ton, and pronounce it not only fallacious,
but dangerous. Followed to its logical
conclusion, it would establish that not
only each city, but each risk stood upon
its individual merits, and that the rela-
tions of insurance to each were as though
no other risk in the world were written
Instead of this being true, we hold that
the insurance business is, in very i'm
portant sense, a unit, and that it must be
made to pay on the whole, if on the whole
it must be made safe to the policy holders.
The whole income should be made to pay
the whole expenditure.