The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-21
DISASTROUS GALES.
Great LOIS Of Life and Property
in Great Britain.
Many Towns Devastated and Immense
Damage TO Shipping.

Violent gales throughout Great Britain and
Ireland have caused much damage in London
and the provinces The gale was especially
severe in Ireland, Scotland and North Wales
In the midland counties Of England huge
trees were torn up and carried away. and
there was great destruction of properly and
personal injury. There was also some loss of
life in that section.
Nearly all the chimney stacks in Hull
were overthrown. Two persons were killed
there and several were injured At Birming
ham two persons were killed and number
of others were injured. Three persons were
killed at Manchs ,ter by the falling of a
house. AT Dewsbury three persons were
killed. AT Chester n man was blown down
in the street and killed. Two persons were
also killed at Liversedge, Yorkshire. At
Birkei head, on the Mersey, great damage
was done. The chief oilic,r of a steamer
which had Just arrived from GLASGOW was
blown upon the quay and killed In Liver
pool cabs were overturned in the street and
many buildings were dam aged. A postal
telegraph insp ctOr was XII at Leeis.
At Lincoln the Tarapet of the tower of the
cathedral was blown down. At Derby the
roof aud chancel of the church of st Chad
were demolished. The Congregational church
at that place was also damaged. At Rother
ham the parish church was much injured. A
portion of the roof of st Marv's church at
Berwick, was destroyed. At Bradford the
monuments in the Underclif cemetery and
portion of the depot of the Midland railway
were blown down.
The lowlands in West Lancashire and in
the Garstang district, on the Wyre river,
We're flooded. The low-lying districts Of
Birmingham were submerged a portion of
the town of Portsmouh was flooded. Navi-
CATION b. the ferry steamers at Liverpool
was greatly interfered with. AT Leicester
the carriage works were destroyed Several
houses in tbs suburbs of Nottingham were
blown down. MANY huge chimney shafts were
demolished at Manchester. Leeds. Bury,
Pudsey, Stamford AMI Leicester. A large
ga holder near Bradford was capsized, and
two large chemical works at u idnes were
damaged. At Wolverhampton the Exhi-
lition building, which was only PARTIALLY
completed, was destroyed. At Newry, Ire
land, the gaze was very severe, destroying
much properly aud bending the lamp posts in
the streets. At Glasgow the damage to prop
erty was very great.
A ship was sunk at the entrance to the AL
bert dock in the Thames river. The British
ship Liver 20 j, Captain Davidson, from Que
bee, for Greenock, was a total wreck near
Stranrear. Scotland. Nineteen of her crew
were drowned. Only one man and boy
were saved. A boat wa, wrecked viii g
entering Galway hprbor and four per
sons were drowned. A ship was blown
from its mo rings in Belfast urelandl harbor.
At South Shields near the mouth of the
Tyne, vessels broke adrift in the harbor and
three wineries We're sunk The British bark
Carrie Delap, Ca tain Lewis, at Glasgow
from Bathurst, \. b.. was severely damaged
by collision. Several vessels c'ied in the
Mersey were damaged Two vessels were
wrecked at Dunure. near AYR, Scotland, and
two men were drowned