, 1881-01-20
,uthe Railways Closed by Snow.
Drjfts-The Storm Unparal"
leIed.
4 suecch in the. House Of Commons
Enlivenel by Cries Of
"shut Upl''
rai]urc OF an Etllnbnrg Company for
$1,000, ,000-slarriage Of II
ROtflsclltl1.
ru,lher Account Of tie Bloody Business
ut tho Stronghold in central
Asia.


TEMPEST.
USrKEcEDESTEn.
1oxpoS. Jn1I. t0.-iill unprecedented hnr-
,,ral,e and s!,ow-storn l,as visited this city,
.ri las cxtuutlg1l tliruuglin,lt the greater
nnr,o,, Of the Kingdom. This extent Of tho
,lamace to property aid the interruption
enuscd to business can scarcely be exag.
Ntatet. -.
THE IA1ft!oADS
]ealIng from London nge showed lip, a1lt1 the
passarc of traills Inns been made impossible.
yune Of the facilities So common In America
fnr clcuulng the tracks Of snow aro lere
lnow1l, atd the only menus of milking way
to, tralls Is the employment Of Ea,iEs Ut
rpn TO shovel tile snow from tho cuttings,
whic,, Is II work Of great difficulty Inns
,nucl rs the wind frequently Ills UP the c,lt-
tInrs with SHOW ngn!n more rapidly TIM, 1t
ran be removed. Tile aspect ut London to-
day Is nllazlng
10 ONE REMEMBERS ANY suCIt SCENES
- arc presented, nnd they arc. indeed.
almost lndescripable Traffic is entirely
tsu.pcnscd Omntb,,ses and cabs have ccnsed
attempting to run. Tho only method nf
transportation Is by the underground rail-
pad and tho elevated ronu OIL the Surrey
Fl side of the river. Tho scenes at the stnt!ons
81 pt lie underground raitroNd arU those of lnl-
! pelsc crowds endeayorlng to force tllelr way
Il Into Tue ears, which aro packed, despite tho
81 regulations If the Company, fur beyond their
:apacity. The tide in the Thames River Is
& !he highest ever known.
n THE nocEs
i It p!acksa,r's Bridge, Lambeth, and tho
FL ,outhern districts OF Lotlttol,, on the Surry
aae, are oyertowlng through the violence Of
he gales and tic unprecedented rising Of tho
n ;iyef, Tclegratns from all the provincial
I tasns along the seacoast report disasters to
3 IhIpping aud to property n'ong the shore.
Il 0Yer lou bargcs have been sunk. Woolwich
u pIer is washed nway,
The weather Is the sevcrest experienced III
Htwenty years. a heavy gnlo prevails OH tho
Cornish const,
4 4 FRENCH VESSEL.
il has been wrecked ut Sell|y Isasls, anil no
tldlngs ot her crew. Two vessels aro nsllorc
3at Ives.
A MADI,1n CORRESPONDENT TELEUHApI1s:
ImAIellsc damage llas bcc,a done Mt Madrid
gb3 q terrible Enlc. Since Friday oil te!e-
gtaplle mud railway communications liave
BEEN interrupted. Hundreds Ut lalnp-posts
have been blown down, currlnges Npset, antt
palisades destroyed.
NUMEROUS WRECKS,
attended with loss OF life, ire reportcl
aaround the coast. III several Instances Oil
the East Coast tho storm was 81 ylulenttlat
i %as impossible to render tclpt0 the crews.
Severe weather continues, but the gale and
tnpw-stor,n lave nbatel. Iii London street
traffic Is paralyzed, tic snow-drifts in some
&tases being five feet high.
Latch.
II has again commenced showing, Reports
from MI paris Ut the country Indicate that
the storH! IL the seyerest within tl!e memory
of living persons. HALLWAY trRElie atu telu-
g1aphic communication arc almost suspended
throughout tho Kingdom, md tho Interrupt
ton has extended to the Continent. Seyon
fessels Arn ashore Mt Yarmouth, nna 1t Is
feared TINT fifty persons have been drowned
here
At DOVER CLIFFS.
novE1. Eng, Jan. l0.-AAlnEralty Pier and
otAer portions Of tho Sca front liuye beell
sssere!y tnlnagel by the high sen md fnrl.
Gus gale. Thu safety Is announced Of tim
crew of tho lite-bunt which capstzcd ycstcr-
day In attempting to 70 10 tho rescue Ut tho
= efews OF vessels nsl!ora outside of llarwict
Il Llatbor.
TIE TERRIFIC GALE AND sSow-sTOInt
ies'erda3 taged over nearly thowiiUle United
hlngdom. caussng great damage to property
a'a involving the loss Ut several lives.
sEyESTEES VESSELS.
GAIplrF, Wales, Jan. tD.-Suyonteen YES
,e's arc asllore noar here, a,ld 1t Is feareal
aey may 20 to pieces. Some of the crews
haze left The vessels.