New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-06
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE GREAT STORM IN ENGLAND.

The storm of Friday, October IL. WHICH APP
peared so suddenly, sped its course over NoI' VI.
western Europe so rapidly, ana ihNoIeeu M
wide region in its destructive violence, wiz
eed loss of human life which 1t occasloneu
among the fishing population between lhc
Forth and the Tweed. III London, winch Nas
some distance from the storm centre tlle io"cne
barometer occurred at a. m, ana WIS ".iiy
29.OS6 inches At Edinburgh, over Wiicl, lic
centre nassed. the barometer at the same hour
fell to 2S.425 inches On SATURDAY h Gp1lIinSS
the centre of the storm had adNallceU Iuii9 IL
miles to eastward, being nj tlle u1 .raS
average of twenty-five miles an houi, AM ~ M"a
then near the southwest angle of Lake Wiener
i'm Sweden Here the lowest barometer Was
about 2S.GOO inches, whilst at the same uine
to westward at Nalcntia pressure lau lla',il W
1920 inches, thus giving for the sOuthSrI
shores of the North sea steep gran!'h'7 lol
northwest winds, which, with the high seas
they raised, proved very destructive 10 tIosc
coasts The antcyclOne indicated by me hlEh
barometer following in the wake ol the s'oI I
was accompanied with temperatures uhuNuui{
low for the season. SnOwialls of some dcpth
occurred in many districts, dong no nlI.e
damage to green crops, and IN later dlstrlclS 10
gram crops still standing in the fields
The weather on Friday morning was very
deceptive. In Midlothian, shortly aiter
o'clock, the clouds broke up and the sun Si"no
in a skv rapidly clearing of clouds. soon, now
ever, q change commenced, and within an Hour'
behind 2 low bank of notwithstanding clouds III
the northern horizon, u long bank OF aSHy
lcadcn. hucd, ominOus clouds began To appear,
and rose higher in the sky. In brel space %
time the whole of the sky was overcast, anu
darkness quickly followed so great as TO reIder
gas necessary in reading the morning news
paper. II was remarked ut the time that 'he
darkness lasted three or -four times longer ilih
is usually the case with the darkness Whlch II
observed Immediately to be followed 10y Il com
plcte change of wind. When it passed away,
the wind had changed from southwest to norm,
northeast and the temperature fallen anu
thereafter the wind gradually rose TO gait
On the other hand, of the BcrWlcksnre coast
where 100 fishermen persisted, the dalkh'sS
was dcnser and more threatening, ana allhosl
simultaneously with its approach hurricane
broke out with deVOurlng energy Whlch poic
everything before it, and, cNploSyey as IL
were instantly rose 10 Il height which, JudEInE
from actual facts related 10y the fishermen VINO
escaped and the spectators on the shore can
perhaps only be paiallclcd in Great Britain III
recent years 10y the Edinburgh hurricane Oh
January 81, lSGS. On land lmany lives were
Lost in London and elsewhere, and IN all parts
of the country chimney. stacks, roofs ana walls
were blown down, telegraph lines were
wrecked, and tens Of thousands oil the iucst
trees were snapped asundcr and lcyclicd with
the ground When there has been time To col
lcct the records Of this storm, It Will be found
saws Nature To have been one OF the most de-
stTuctivc to life and property IN the ltINh
islands in the memory of the present genera