, 1873-12-26
The FOG IN LONDON.

Losa CT Life In tho Streets ns1d OH tho
un,anis -. Extraordl1tnry Mortality
Among tho lsensta nj thu stnithficlu
Cattle Show.
@0"'0" 'of' ~ e0''1tpIs.e"e' opIa ~ '"' e'' ''S
This is the third day of tho extraordinary fog
which has almost paralyzed all llfc III London
caused tho loss OF four llvos aud injuries by tho
score; yoatcrday four other persons nro known
to hhyo drowned In tho canals. and from tho
large number OF missing pcrsons reported to
tho police, IT 10 feared that 1nnny. othors hnve
met with tho Bano fate. But tho uoR: OK.
tra ,rdnnry dtsaster csnsod BY tho fog haB
boen tho effect produced by 1t upon tho
cattlo on exhibition Ut tho annnnl siow Of
tho B:aithf1o!d Club in Agricultural 1tnls. On
not i sinelo caso Of indisponilion among tho
largo nu;nbor of cat!lo TINT paradod bofc,e tho
jndgcH, mud at tho present writing at lonst n
third OF the number llavo disappeared from, their
stalls. Tho simple explanation tha: ! . glven is
that It is tho long continuance Of fog vltiating
the mir Of tho haM that Inns occastonoa such
wholesale destruction amongst the beasts.
Anyway. tho aiBmaf fnet In that since early ye8-
torday morning ut least twenty-five Of tao OK
hibtcd animals. nsnny 81 them the chief Prize,
for tho snke Of saving thu vaiue OF carcasses,
| whilo at o'clock last evening careful
enumeration Of tho empty stalls disclosed
Tho startling truth that it had been thought
|
| Unfortunate crcnttros. Barford street. III whicl,
are tho gates Of tho cattlc-yard, all yoatorday
! afternoon md evenlng presented q BtraugB ap-
| poaranco. In the fog and By, lnk-llght there
vas ranged tn long hno TINT cxtouued eyen
beyond tho Liverpool road q larse ts1lmber Of
| those peculiarly -shnpoa vehicles used for tho
| conveyance of slck or disabled animals, ,-groat
! inlnhoringt Gathering boxes Oil wheels, but
known amongst tho fraternity that Affect
| tlom as I" tloats,-ai,i each in its turn drew up
tat tn1& "a oh 1Aa IRA
| and hurs of to make room for tho next, and
tho next, Of a line thnt seemed to he cndless.
! Within LAO building the scena WAS strange
and striking. The attendance Of visitors WIS
! as Ereat us il usual Oh second shilling day,
possibly greater, on account of the rumor that
had got abroad OF tho startling mortality that
had seized OH tile larger animals but tho stalls
| woro not moro than d third filled. Sght-seers
nnturnlly made tor tlat point whore the beast OF
beasts, Mr.. Walters light gray hcifcr was to bo
soon but, like many more, tha: renowned AMI
| mui Ind Yauiahol though whether to the
slnuglitor.louee or merely to moro aalubrlous
| quarters could not be ascertained. Tue fog
plague Ind stricken tic poor creatures IN The
no more than lalf dozen vacant stalls might be
counted, while in that immediately adjoining a.
many as Internationally descripsion boards
lung idle, many OF them gaily decorated viii
that ara specially Distinguished. Big and lit
lie oxen hal n}tko fallen victims. tho .gian
OF four-and-twenty huu1red-woight aud tht
compact steer OF barely II. Even tue tougl
and wiry natives Of the Highlands. with lheil
enormous breadth aud depth Of Ghost and health
fupcss If lungs, had. iu ns loast two cases. boor
unable to hold out aSainst the doadly gray mist
TINT Eeoned to bo almost ns nilnlcal to brute-llf'
| al fumes Of charcoal are to human. Il il no
easy to conjecture wnat Tlll Go tae result sup
mud giowa blacker aud denser toward midnight
It In quite evident that there are scores OF til,