The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-02-02
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Gales in Great Britain.
Great Damage 10 shipping and Property
and Loss Of Many Lives.

LONDON, Jan. 27.-The wind blew a hurri-
cane all last night. Much damage was done
in London and many persons were injured.
The glass roof of the Westminster Aquarium
was demolished, causing panic among the
audience, in which several persons were hurt.
A printing office in the Haymarket was un-
rooted, and boy was killed by falling debris:
Many vessels were wrecked off the coast and
large number of lives were lost. Telegraph
wires to the continent and the Atlantic cables
were interrupted for several hours.
Reports from all parts of the kingdom agree
that the gale of Saturday was one of almost
unparalleled severity. At Hastings the theatre
and pier had to be closed. The electric
lights along the parade were quenched, and
the seas dashed over the streets, making
walking dangerous. At Monmouth the Wye
and Monnow rivers overfowed their banks,
and the highways were flooded. Southampton
and Eastbourne suffered severely.
Railroad traffic has been greatly impeded.
There has been heavy snow-storm through
out the country At Torquay there were
many casualties. A mail cart was overturned
by the violence of the wind. Gas lamps were
blown down and trees uprooted. Many boats
were swamped. The shops on the Isle of
Wight were closed early on Saturday owing
to the hurricane. A lady was knocked down
by the wind and had her leg broken.
At Newry many houses were unrooted. The
police barracks were rendered untenable, and
the police were compelled to take refuge IN
the courthouse.
At Leeds the roof of a dwelling collapsed,
killing the daughter of workingman and in
juring his four sons. The mail train between
fD1sEham and Darlington was twice stopped by
the gale. The Free-Thinker's Hall there was
completely demolished by the wind. :,
A railway station at Eiinss%Seli was hurled
across the rails, blocking traffic f6ff-sseelm.e
time Seven bodies have been washed ashore
at Hythe.
PARIS, Jan. ga destructive storm ragged
here last night, severing railway and telegraph
communication in all directions. The gale
has blown down telegraph wires and done
much other damage in the suburbs. Many
persons have been injured while walking III
the streets. An immense number of lamps
and windows have been smashed, scaffolds
overthrown, trees uprooted and chimneys
destroyed.
VIENNA, Jan. PA dispatch received here
early this morning reported that the Austrian
village of Bransdorf was on fire, and that a
violent gale was blowing.
LONDON, Jan. 28.-Reports of the damages
caused by the late gale continue to arrive.
The meteorological office finds it quite impos-
sible to prepare any forecasts for the north.
At Newcastle Tyne the spire of All
Saints Church is badly damaged, and the
roof partially destroyed. On the Letterkenny
Railway Ireland a train was overturned.
Near Londonderry sixty yards of embank-
ment on the Northern Railway were swept
away. The mail train had narrow escape
from destruction.
The breakwater at Port Erin, Isle of Man,
the construction of which cost 100000, has
been entirely destroyed. Dainlith' s wire fac
tory, near Widnes, has been demolished, the
buildings, engines, boilers, ETC., being mass
of ruins.
The Juno, bound from Liverpool to Cal,
cutta. has been foundered in the Mersey. All
hands, numbering twenty five, were lost.
The Norwegian bark Alma, from Darien, Ga,
has been driven ashore at Mayport. The
crew were saved. The bark Wassama, from
Gloucester for Pensacola, has put in at Pen.
arth Roads. She lost sails and bulwarks, had
stanchions smashed and was otherwise dam
aged.
The storm sank many barges in the Thames
Portions of the cargo belonging, as 1t IS sup
posed, to the Norwegian bark Viola, from
Philadelphia December "a for Bremen, are
washed ashore upon the Island OF Texel, of
the northern coast of Holland.
LONDON, Jan. 30.-Reports OF the havoc
caused by the late gale in the north continue
to multiply. Within a radius of ten miles of
Ayr 100000 trees were blown down, 100000
on the estate of the Marquis of Aylsa.