, 1872-12-29
Further Details Of the Recent
Great Storms in England
two Hundred and TWenty.one
Marine Accidents in
November.
0'er One Hundred Lives Lost at
Sea During December.
Great Floods in Central Amer
ica---Many Persons
. Drowned.
Steamboat Disasters en- the Western
Rivers Curing the Past Season.
Property Destroyed to the Value Of
$3.225.0C0---425 Lives Lost.

Sprci1t Despatch to INC chicago ITl0une.
Szw Yo1z, Dec. 23.-Iondon files give de-
tcls CT the great storm that swept over the Brit
~: Islands Dec. 8. In London on the night
I:5ned trees :vere uprootcd in the parks. con-
se-1atoTics and glass roofs wa-o smashed in, and
.!i:11ncy stacks came to the ground by the dozen.
ho,1a72l houses were unroofed: side walls were
G=:::cn III. large factory was leyelled with the
rrcl3d. and forty storm patients were received
during the night at various hospitals.
i: Liverpool the Great Britain dragged her
E:s.:lors in the Mersey: pitched against the pier
head and stove in her stern go that tho sea made
c e!ean sweep into her cabin. Tho Mclpomene
went ashore. 4 tug ran under the bows OF the
Great Western to haul her to place of safety,
n:d was never seen again, having been literally
ETa11uTed up by the gca.
~ Clifton. near Bristol, the pinrecle of Christ
Church fell and went right thre uyh the roof,
Precisely the same thing happened to churches
8. leoyil, at Creukerue, and at Taunton: Heavy
Pieces of architecture: such as walls and towers
Tia: Lad stood the storms OF centuries. were de-
molisl1ed.
L. ssvernaEo forest, Marlborough, ninety
magnificent forest treos, all close together, were
t:51n down.
Buildings we're unroofed in many towns,
~cs:eis vera dashed by the score against the
roas.. 4 stone wall at Richmond, 100 feet long
GEl 8 feet high, WAS prosrated. Carriages in
sca,e places were blown entirely over. Several
Gscidlnts happened to gasometers, leaving
Ei1ole diEtricts in utter darkness. At Stoko-on-
Trent 81 explosion occurred by which several
persons lost their lives
The highest wind pressure ever previously
known in England was represented by twelve.
a force OF eleven is recorded on this occasion
3: Plymouth, S:illy, and Portshead.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
New YonE, Dec. 2s.-Ihe Erening Express has
5 statistical article Ehowing that 1872 has been
pre-eminently s. year Of disasters. It says:
Never before, we think, have SO many steam
slips been burned wrecked, O. sunk, as during
this year. According to our memoranda, the
number of casualties in November was 221, Is Of
which occurred on the Canadian and American
coasts, % on the Baltic 50 on the west coast Of
Great Britain, - On the east coast of Great
Britain, Is in the English Channel. II in the
North Sea, and the balance in the Pacific Aus
trslian, and other waters, resulting in q total
1oss OF SO vessels.
The number of vessels lost or disabled during
dLe present month will exceed that of November.
The disasters this week alone foot up la killed
outright. and 90 seriously injured.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-In Harlem, this morn
ing, the bursting Of d boiler range caused a
Blight fire, killed lady, and wounded boy.
new YORK., Dec. 28.-The volcano OF Santana,
u the northern part Of San Salvador, is erupt-
.5ng, and it is feared that many valuable coffee
plantations will lie destroyed.
= Bogota has been seriously Inundated. Many
people we're drowned and much property de-
@troyed.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2s--A Boston special says
That the number Of lives lost By. the sink
srg Of the ship Peruvian is twenty-five
.Ehe SLIP had q cargo valued at nearly 81 ,ooo,;
poo, consisting OF costly products from the East
Indies, and insured for $4,000
LONDON, Dec. pa despatch from Hong
kong says that tt the ship Bena5es Captain A.
Francisco, went ashore on cne OF the Loo Choe
islands and became wreck. All her crew we're
drowned except i've. The English gunboat Cur
low went to the spot to aid her.
LosnoS, Dec. 28.-Ihe Amyntss was los
ts"hle On her voyage from Holyhead to Work
iagton, and every person on board porisled.
IA severe gale prevailed in tue English Chan
reported.
sr. LOUIS, Dec. 2s.-The Democrat will to
morrow publish list OF disasters and losses o.
2he Western rivers during tho present year. Th
1osses amount to 1922. 200, Of which the Mis-
fiEsippi gives s1.17S,s5 the Ohio, 81 .052, 700
the Arkansas, s1c3, 600; the Red, sl04, 900. Th
Lives lost By explosion number IS, and s65 al
ESTIMATED to have been lost by falling owe,
board