Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-28
A GREAT STORM
Toe Ipntutnt NisiteI With - Destructive
I'urriuanc-- Buildings Demolished ana
Many Lives Lost at sea.

roe ,prtu,nt Nisiton VITA Destructive
hurricane Buildings Demolished and
Many Lives Lost at sea.
Tho gal, on Saturday was Que OF almost
unparalleled severity In England. At
Hastings the theatre and pier had to be
closed. tho electric lights along the parade
were quCuchCd, aud the seas dashed over
the streets, making walking dangerous.
At Monmouth theWyo aud Mouuow rivers
OvcIhJvod the banks, aud the highways
wore flooded. Southampton aud East.
bourne suffered severely.
The wind blew a hurricane all Saturday
night, doing much damage in London and
iujuviuE many persons. The glass roof
OF the WCStminatcr Aquariam was dcmol
ishcd, causing panic among the audience
10 VII .ch several persons were hurt. A
printing Office ia the Uaymarket WAS
unrOofed aud boy was killed by falling
debris.
Many vessels were wrecked OF the coast
aud large number of lives were lost.
Telegraph wires to the continent aud the
At!auJtc cables were interrupted for
several hours.
Railway .,IuiJ has been greatly impedcd
by the heavy suOw storms throughout the
o.uutry. At IoIquay tloro were many
| casualties, Eas lamps were blown down,
| trees uprJOtDG, and many boats were
| swamped.
Toe shops on the Isle of wight were
closed early on saturday, owing g. the hur
| rioaIo. \ lady was knocked down by the
wind aud hal a leg broken. At Newry
| many houses werr uuroofcd and police
barracks were rendered untenluta1le. aud
! thc police were compelled TO take J. luge
in the court house.
! - = 4 nj
| lapssd. killing the daughter Of workman
aud iujuriuJ his four sons. The mail train
between Dugham and Darlington was twice
stopped by the gals. No boats wre nj
lowed to leave Portsmouth, and the Free
| Thinkers hall there was completely dc.
molishcd by the wind
The British bark NOkomis, fOC Bhlti-
more parted her cables aud was driven 70
SEQ. l. i3 feared that the vessel aud al
hands have been lost.
The hurricane demolished an icou chapel
NJ Newcastle. Tho roof in falling killed a
woman and two children.
rue storm In Part.
| 4 destructive storm ragged in Paris on
Saturday night, seyering railway aud
telegraph communication IN all directions.
The gallo has blown down telegraph
wires and done much other damage in the
suburbs. Many persons have been injured
while walking in the streets An i'm
mause number OF lamps and windows have
been smashed, scAtTJlds overthrOwH, trees
upro0,ci and chimueys destroyed.
While sara Barnhardt was playing in
tho Dame Aux CAmelIas - on Saturday
a. the Porte s.. Martin theatre, Paris, the
performance included a feature uDt ia the
programme, namely, hurricane. DurIuF
tie urst aGs the storm merely srowled
omtuJusly Blu; during the second act it
burst open the windows OF the grand foyer.
All thA iDlI5 wer2 slammed, the noise
recalling the stirring massIcras aud
volley tiy,ng IN tho Mana Sahib. "
The chandeliers began to sw.ng to
aud fro. aud the audience grew
nervous. Sarah Berrhardt who at that
mOmouJ vas ac'iug tho first great love
scenes with Il. MlraiB, uttered . piercing
| liJt,U scream Of alarm and stood motion
| less But au instant later she resumed
| her work \ window frame on the sage
was dashed TO pieces by the wind, and the
stage WAS inundated with fragmelti Of
g,dSs sarah stepping on one Of these
! fragments cut her foo; slightly.
| DuIiuy tue fourth act the wind again
burst open the window and cXiinEursued
one OF The large cAGnicNals. Cpnfus.Ou
and excitement e, ausd. VI. Puqlcin got
hit wiga piece VI a wiulDw sash on tn
lett elbow, but nobody was seriously IN.
iHrci. Tho dresses of the acre SOS and
nEulr1DCes were, LOweyrr blown a5OI;
IN uCst !luiscgCe. ma-uer