Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-07-21
STORMS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, July l7.-Ihe British ISLANDS
have been visited this week by the most
fatal and destructive thunder-storms on
record. The first was experienced at
Manchester on Wednesday. The light
ming struck two houses standing on the
banks of the River Irwell, completely
telling them to the ground. Twomen
and one lady were killed, and it is yet
uncertain whether or not there are any
more bodies lying in the ruins. At Kings
Lynn whole flock of sheep were killed
by lightning on Thursday. At Chester a
terrific storm burst over the whole district
At Cork, during a violent storm, a man
and several cows were killed. Traffic
and railroad services were stopped, the
floods putting out the fires of the locomo-
tives.
Fifteen head of cattle were killed by
lightning at Northampton, and the water
rose SO rapidly that it flowed in at the
windows of the houses. Several cattle
were drowned and many hundreds of
tons of hay were swept away.
At Swansea no fewer than nine houses
were destroyed, some of them being swept
entirely away Hundreds of acres of
land, including many hay fields, are en-
tirely submerged. At Tavistock the
heavy rain caused the Tay to overflow it's
banks, and the water rushed into a coal
mine where three men were at work.
Before an alarm could reach them they
were drowned.
The metropolis was visited on We'd
nesday by hail and thunder storms. The
rain fell in torrents, accompanied by
heavy thund' r, vivid lightning, and hail
stones as large as cherries
In the market at Marlborough, boats
were plying in the streets conveying pro
visions to the imprisoned inhabitants.
Two men were drowned at tLoughborough.
The waters are over the tops of the hedges
and resemble an inland sea. Large num-
bers of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs have
been lost. Farm houses are completely
isolated, the highway being in some
places six feet under water.
AT Leicester, the railway service was
reopened last night but the Leeds, Man
chester and Liverpool express had a mar
row escape from destruction. Just bey-
ond Lyston Junction the embankment
is thirty feet high, and viaduct carries
the four lines over the brook, where there
has been heavy rush of water. The
bridge was apparently all right, but as
soon as the guards van passed it fell with
| loud crash into the stream below. The
goods and passenger train following the
express train stopped just in time to pre-
vent it from falling into the yawning
gulf The railway lines are still lying to
depth of four feet. The whole district
is one extensive lake.
CUBAN PRISONERS MAssACRED. NEW
YORK, July 14-News has been received
in thiscity by the Cuban Revolutionary
Committee of the killing by Spaniards Of
the Cuban prisoners whose names will be
found below. They were all sick when
captured in a small residence, and were
under charge of DR.. Torres. Their re-
treat was a few miles from Manzanillo
The victims: Minister of War Pic Ros
ode, native of Santiago de Cuba, aged
81; Salvador, his brother, is now in this
city; Natalio Argentu, a native of Italy
and friend of Garibaldi; DIR. Enrique
Varona Torres of Puerto Principe
Ramon Gutreez, a celebrated pilot, {
native of Bayamo; Felix Morejon, OF
Matanzas, also pilot; Domingo Messa
pilot, of Santiago de Cuba; Lieutenant
Manuel Cortes Echeverria, aged 81 Cha:
been for three years in the revolution), {
native of Santiago de Cuba, and severa
others.