St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-12-22
DEATH DEALING GALES.
Terrible Devastation Caused by Severe"
Gales in England-BuildiDgs Demolished
Shipping Destroyed, Lands Submerged
and Many Lives Lost.

and Many Lives Lost.
LONDON, Dec. IL.
There were violent gales throughout Eng
land last evening, and much damage was
done in London and the provinces. At
Wolverhampton the Exhibition Building
which was only partially completed, was
destroyed. At NewrY, lamp-posts in the
streets were bent. Much property has been
destroy ed on land and sea and many lives
lost. Huge trees were torn up and carried
away. The low-Iying districts of Birming--
ham were flooded. A portion of the church
of st. Chad, Deroy, was demolished. The
Congregational Church there was also
damaged. The parish church Rotherhau
was much injured. Chimney shafts were
thrown down at Manchester, Leeds, etc. A
large gas-holder near Bradford was cap
sized and the Chemical Works at Widness
were damaged. The Leicester Carriage
Works were destroyed. At Birkenhead
great damage was done. The chief officer
of a steamer just arrived from Glasgow
was killed. The Pool cabs were overturned
and many buildings damaged AT Lin
coin the parapet of the tower of the
Cathedral was blown down. A
ship was blown from its n1oorlngs IN BEL
fast Harbor. At South Shields vessels.
broke adrift. z. Three wherries were sunk.
The British ship Liverpool, from Quebec
for Greenock, is a total wreck near Strain
raer, Scotland. Only man and a boy
were saved of the crew. Two persons We're
killed at Hull and several injured. a por--
ton of Portsmouth is flooded. AT Hartle--
pool many ships We're damaged. At Bir-+
mingham two persons were killed and a..
number injured. Three were killed in Mani
chester. At Dewsbury three were killed
At Chester man was blown down in the
1r:1l ill
at Liversedge. A portion of the roof OF ST.,
Mary's Church, Berwick. was destroyed
Several houses in the suburbs of Nothing
ham were blown down. At Kildwick the
gasometer was demolished. The postal
telegraph inspector was cut in two at Leeds
At Bradford monuments in the cemetery
and portion of the depot of the Midland
Railway were blown down. Severa, ves-7-
sells locked in the Mersey We're damaged
Two vessels were wrecked Oft Dunare,e
Scotland, and tw Q men drowned. Lowlands-
of West Lancashire and in the Garstang
District are flooded. At Glasgow the DAM
age to property is very great.
An Attempted Jail Breaking Frustrated
JOLIET, LII. Dec. IL.
An attempted jail delivery was frus-
srated to-day in the County Jail in this
city. Among the twenty prisoners con-
! fined, there are six desperate characters
Michael Mooney, who butchered his cell
mate; Skinney Hopkins and John Obern,.
who entered the house of an aged couple
| near this place and at the point of res
volver forced them to give UP $500; Lewis.
jackson, a colored burglar, and two foot
| pads named Mollie Burns and Nelson
Clark. These notorious criminals have
| been in the habit of dancing and singing in
| the corridors of the Jail with the other pris--
| oners, and the Jailer yesterday suspected
something wrong from the regularity and
system Of these matinee performances. He
| instituted secret watch and discovered
| that it was done to divert attention from
one of their number, who was industriously
saving at the bars of an obscure outside
window. They We're Immediately locked
up and deprived of the saw. An examine
| tion of the window showed that one of Ne
bars was sawed off at the top and partially
| sawed off at the bottom. Had they been
allowed to keep up their performance one
| or two days more the desperate Mooney
| and the whole gang would have turned
| themselves loose upon the community
| They will not be permitted to exercise in
| the corridors any more, but will be securely
locked in their cells and close watch kept
| upon them.