Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-13
A DEATH DEALING GALE.
ENGLAND, IRELAND AND SCOT
LAND IN ITS PATH.
Forty Lives Already Known to be
Lost-Several Vessels Wrecked and
sunk with Many Hands-Buildings
Trees, ChimneYs and Lamp Posts
Snapped Like Pine Stems

Forty Lives Already Known to be
Lost-Several Vessels Wrecked and
Sunk with Many Hands-Buildings
Trees, Chimneys and Lamp Posts
Snapped Like Pipe Stems.
LONDON, Dec. 12.-Yiolent gales pre-
vailed throughout England, Ireland and
Scotland last evening, causing much
damage in London and the provinces.
At Wolverhampton the Exhibition build
ing, which was only partly completed,
was destroyed by the storm. The gale
was accompanied on the coasts by heavy
seas. The telegraph lines are much dam
aged, and communication is seriously in
terrupted. The gale was especially Sc
we're in Ireland. Scotland and North
Wales. In the midland counties of En-
gland huge trees were torn up and car
rled away, and there was great destruc-
ton OF property and personal injury.
Ihere was also some loss of life in that
section. The low lying districts of
birmingham are flooded. At Derby
the roof and chancel of the
Church of st. Chad were demolished.
The Congregational church at that
place was also damaged. Many huge
chimney shafts were demolished at Man
-
and Leicester. A large gas holder, near
Bradford, was capsiZed, and two large
chemical works at Widnes were damaged.
Fears are entertained regarding the safety
OF the channel steamers. A ship was
sunk at the entrance to Albert Dock. At
Leicester, the carriage works were de-
stPoyed. At Birkenhead great damage
was done. The chief officer of steamer,
which had just arrived from Glas-
blown fha
and killed. In Liverpool cabs were
overturned and many buildings damaged.
AT Lincoln the parapet of the tower of the
cathedral was blown down. A ship was
blown from its moorings in Belfast Ire
land) harbor. At South Shields vessels
broke adrift in the harbcr. The British
ship Liverpool, from Quebec for Greenock,
is total wreck near Stranraer, Scotland.
Of crew of q only one man and one boy
were saved. The ship has gone to
pieces and her cargo is washing
ashore. A portion of the town of
Portsmouth is flooded. Nearly all the
chimney stacks in Hull were oYerthroWn.
Two persons were killed there and several
injured. AT Birmingham two persons were
Killed and number of others were in
Jured. Three persons were killed at Man.
chester by falling house. At Dewsbury
three persons were killed. At Chester a
killed. Two persons were also killed at
Liversidge. Yorkshire. A portion of the
roof of st. Mary's Church, at Berwick,
was destroyed. Several houses in the
suburbs of Nottingham were blown down.
A boat was wrecked while entering Gate
way Harbor, and four persons drowned.
At Newry, Ireland, the gale was very
severe, destroying much property and
bending lamp posts in the streets.
At Kildwick another gasometer was
demolished. A postal telegraph inspec-
tor was cut in halves at Leeds. At Brad
ford monuments in Nudercliff Cemetery.
and portion of the depot of the Midland
Railway, were blown down. Several YES
sells docked in the Mersey were damaged.
TWO vessels were wrecked at Dunure,
near Aye, Scotland, and two men were
drowned. The lowlands in West Lam
cashire and in the Garstange district on
the Wyre river are flooded. AT Glasgow
the damage to property was very great.