The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-15
REMARKABL STORMS.

REMARKABLE STORMS.
Most Interesting Paper on Remarkable
storms OF the Past-A Detailed Account
ofThem, Giving Their Effects and Com
psrison with Those OF Modem Times.
1t Is TO be regretted, in the interest of
scientific observation, that more careful
record has not been kept Of the really great
storms that have from time to time devas
tated wide areas OF the earth's surface. As
II is, the literature Of the subject is both
extensive and interesting, but the most
graphic cbroniclers were unfortunately
those in whom the faculty OF imagination
was stronger than that of observation, and
who were only too apt TO find or to force
remarkable incidents and condolences. 1t
was not possible for great man TO die
without some iattering convulsion of nature
accompanying or preluding the event, and
IL is to be feared that the chroniclcrs OF old
time had the bad habit OF modern travellers
by sea, who never experlencea hurricane
that is not most terrible one, nor see
waves TINT do not run at least mountains
high. Some OF the early storms recorded in
the present time for instance, that OF 0H,
which destroyed 1900 houses in London;
that of October 3, 1901, which prevailed in
several parts OF England, topping over
800 houses in the metropolis. Two
Of these early storms are SAID to
have exerted no little influence upon the
course Of English history-that Of 1915, in
which Hugh Deauvais and the reinforce.
m@ts against John for the barons persisted,
..f aft1, "A
Of Edward III on the march by Charles as
to compel the king TO agree to peace.
Both of the queens OF Richard III. brought
notable tempests in their train when they
crossed the channel In 1882 and 1896, and the
spirit Of Oliver Cromwell passed away, on
his lucky day." the Sd of September 1855
the anniversary Of his great victories mt
Dunbar and Worcesior-iu the midst of u
hurricane whose fury was felt far beyond
the boundaries of of the British lslurds.
The storm of November B-N, 1908. was.
however, by far the most furious that ever
ravaged England, This was tho tempest
familiar To all readers of Addison, who
made his fortune by the allusiOn TO MARI
borough. Not one vcstige was left OF the
old Eddystone lighthouse, devised by the
clover but eccentric Wnstaney, who per.
ished In the structure. In the sin.
gle county OF Kent 1900 trees we're up,
rooted, aud 5000 lives were lost by the
Hoods In the valleys of the Thames and
Severn and the blowing out TO sea and upon
the Dutch coast Of scores Of ships whose
treacherous anchors gave way. Twelve
men-oi-war were lost in sight of shore with
cheir crews OF 800 men, and ID is an inter.
esting comment upon the condition of the
times that tho people of Deal would have
left the 200 survivors TO BIO whelmed by the
tide rising upon the Goodwin eands-thc
boatmen being too busy picking mp wreck.
age, ana the custom.house officials refusing
TO lend their boats for such an irregular ser.
vice--but for the efforts Of the mayor, VIII,
took the boats by force, and then had "a
feed. clothe, and bury the men he rescued
at his own expense. The bishop of Batl
and Wells and his wife were killed in he'd
by the falling OF stack OF chimneys upor
thor roof. In London twenty-one fatal nc,
cdents Of this nature were recorded durinr
the week, and so general was the demoli
ton that building materials and the wages
Of bricklayers advanced from 400 TO GOO pel
cent. In the storm of October IL, 1887
hundreds of vessels were cast away on the
indian coast, and 10000 live.
lost. October %, l76S, occurred the
wcll.remembcred storm at Havana, il
which 1000 houses were DESTROYED and NOR,
than 600 persons lost their lives. Amonl
VI best known OF modern storms may b,
mentioned the.hurrcane Of January G nnt
z, 1859, which proved 30 destructive in th,
west of England and In Ireland; the storm
OF November 1916, 1851, which ontailot
such disasters upon the Crimean cxpodi
ton. and that OF October $3.50 1856 II
which the Royal Charter and many anotbe
gallant ship persisted. II maynot be nmis
TO recall that IL was in 1857 the British me
neurological department began the publica
ton Of its weather reports, tho first storm
warnings being given three wears later /,
Holland, by M. Buys-Ballot. Reid's J,ny
OF Storms published in 1898, had alrond
iamiliarized the reading public with Ia
thitherto little understood aud much
dreaded cyclones Some of these wbirl
windain more recent days have been Or,
inend0saly destructive. That of Octobo
o, 1854, at Calcutta, was followed Inv
More" In the Hooghly, when the river ros
thirty feet, one hundred ships were d,
stroyed and 6O,0O0 persons perisheC
The storm of November sS}
was still moro destructive {
life, us 10000 persons were drowned nm
an outbreak of cholera followed in the d,
vHtated districts, and proved fatal TO rs
wv more. Most fatal of all, however, wa
tne cyclone OF October l. 1876, in whic
slovv bengails persisted In II space of tim
30 brief ms to be rcckoncd by mlnutc
Some of the disasters In South America
though less destructive of human life. bay
been marked BY almost incredible display
OF elemental violence. or hurricanes TIM
have wrought serious loss In our own con,
try within the last few years NAV be me,
TONED that of April 10, 1880, by whic
mansfield and two other towns in Missi
sippi were literally torn to pieces, that
June u, 1881, by which 100 lives wcrc In
IN The northwestern portion of tho san,
state; that which smoto New ITlm' MINI
sofa, July ID, 1881; the great hurr,cnn
Quincy, Illinois, September "a, lssI' Al,
the sun more violent storm whic
wrought such damage NJ Sava,
nan, Georgia, on the 10Th
August, In tho same year. The wear ls
wasan unusually fatal ono in all nar,s ,
the world storm of exceptional seyc
Ivy passed over Russia In January. VIII,
ming some six hundred fisherman at ii
mouth Of the Volgu, another hurrica,
lelt scarcely rooicd house or a s,andir
plantation In tho Friendly islands.
cyclone very nearly destroyed Manila
ostoper. In the United States iurio
wmriwinds swept over Kansas, Michig,
anu Iowa on tho 9Th of April; three wee
Mtcr similar DISASTERS were reported fro
a M,ssouIi anu pennsylvania, and such
parallel in local annals, In lima CANA y
destruction OF Grinnell ana Emmi,,shnr
Iowa, with some scores of lives. and ena,
~ the September equinox, n Storm Who
severity displayed over n vida rr,;nn
the northern states would ha
made fortune ola Virgins. n Tce NV
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