Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-21
DISASTROUS sroRMIN ENGLAND.

LONDON FLOODED WITH SNOW AND WATER
IN TWENTY YEARS.
A despatch from London, dated Jan. 10
says that the worst storm in 20 years was then
prevailing there, and the scenes TO which it
gave rise were simply Understandable. The
Thames flooded the houses Of Parliament,
and many Of the members were unable to
reach there. The Thames has risen on
the Surry or southern side to a height of 10
feet, flooding the entire district The houses
have been invaded by the water to such an
extent that they are rendered uninhabitable
and hundreds of people have been made
homeless. Great damage has been done to
the poorer class of houses and there is danger
of some of them being totally destroyed or so
badly injured as TO make them unfit to live
in after the water subsidies. The people are
taking refuge on the roofs and are in momen-
tary terror lest their lives should become
prey to the rising water The scenes are ter
rible and all the eXertions which are being
made in the midst of the storm are not ade-
quate 70 relieve the distress which
prevails. No Londoner recoects to have
witnessed such fearful sights for a generation
past. The snow continues to fall with I'M
abated violence. 1t has blocked the roads
everywhere, and all the telegraph lines are
broken, the lines being snapped asunder or
borne down by the weight Of snow.
An unprecedented hurricane and snow
storm has visited London another despatch
says, and has extended throughout great
portion of the kingdom. The extent Of dam
age to property and the interruptions caused
TO business can scarcely be exaggerated. The
railways leading from London are showed up
and the passage Of trains has been made i'm
possible None Of the facilities so common in
America for clearing tracks Of snow are here
known, and the only method for making way
for the trains is the employment Of gangs of
men to shovel the snow from the cuttings,
which is a work of great difficulty, inasmuch
as the wind frequently fills up the cuttings
with snow again more rapidly than it can be
removed The aspect of London is amazing
The only method Of transportation is by the
underground railroad and the elevated road
on the Surry side Of the river. kilograms
from all the provincial towns along the sea-
coast report numerous disasters to shipping
and to property along the shore.
The damage by the storm in England is es-
timated at over $4,000, 600. Railway traffic
and telegraph communication is almost COM
pletely suspended throughout the kingdom,
many wrecks along the coast are reported
Seventeen vessels are ashore near Cardiff, and
80 persons arc supposed to have been drown
ed. The suow-drifts in the streets of London
were FIVE feet deep.
The weather. which has been mild in Paris
this winter, suddenly changed Sunday, snow
falling heavily and the Thermometer sinking
to u degrees below zero, SO that there was
skating in the Tuilleries gardens. terrible
gale began at Madrid Friday, upsetting car
riages, blowing down hundreds OF lamp posts
and interrupting railroad and telegraph com
munication. The Castillo mines were food
ed. The rain has also fallen in torrents at
Nice