Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-15
FEARFUL WEATHER.
A Hurricanes Havoc in the
British Isles.
The Worst Storm Experienced
in Many Years.
Navigation ON the English Channel
Completely Stopped.
The Great Pier and Jetties at Dover AL
most Entirely Observation-Disclosures
Gus Disasters Reported On
Land and Sea.
Associated Press Dispatches.


LONDON, Oct. 14.-The furious gales
which have been raging all Eng
land, Ireland and South Scotland fol
over twenty-four hours continued today
Channel passenger boats, which usually
venture out in the most severe weather
were unable to cross last night. From
all sections come reports of damage done
and lives endangered. 1t is impossible
yet to give an approximate idea of the
damage done. At Hellensburg Waring,
a place on the Firth of Clyde, the streets
are flooded and the people driven from
their homes. Two passenger trains run
ming between Glasgow and Hellensburg
were brought to a standstill by the
waves, which threatened to wash away
the tracks. rhe fires were put out and
the engines were unable to move. Es-
cape from the cars was impossible, and
all attempts to reach the travellers
failed.
The st. James Gazette this afternoo on
says: Not within recent memory has
such terrific storm ragged in England,
and a terrible catalogue of disasters at
sea is to be expected. Great damage
has been done in many parts of the
country.
Dispatches from Dover, Kent, say the
hurricane was worse than the blizzard
of March last. The Ostend boat was
unable to approach near the shelter pier
OF Dover, and was driven out to sea
again, since which time she has not
been heard OF, but it is thought she
reached some place OF shelter elsewhere
along the coast. The telegraph wires
being down, she has been unable to
make her whereabouts known.
OF recent years by the expenditure
of immense sums of money, Dover has
been made harbor of refuge,
long, powerfully built jetties having
been thrown out seaward and a huge
granite pier called the Admiralty pier,
one-third of mile long, having been
built. AT the commencement OF the
storm, the pier and jetties were con-
tinually washed by the waves, and now
the pounding the pier has received, has
been so severe that a great amount of
damage has been done it, huge granite
blocks of several tons weight being
washed out of place in spite OF the iron
work and cement which held them, and
little more than the foundations remain
ing.
The Oldest veteran seamene admit
that they do not remember having
seen worse weather and heavier
seas off the English coast. Great dan
ger is experienced by pedestrians on the
streets OF Dover, owing to the falling of
the tiles, states and bricks from CHM
news, which had been toppled over by
the bowling wind. A number of more
or less serious accidents have been re-
ported. In one street it has been re-
ported by the police that stack of
brick chimneys were hurled down with
such force, that it smashed in the roof
upon which it fell and buried in the
ruins the inmates of the house, num-
ber OF women and children, who were
badly injured by the crashing rafters
and tiles.
At Sunderland the hurricane unroofed
a factory, the tall chimney of which fell
upon house and seriously injured four
persons.
This afternoon the gale in the channel
increased and all the steamers were
forced to make some harbor.
Additional reports from Glasgow say
the storm is undoubtedly the most
severe since the terrible Toy bridge dis
aster. The ship Uronia broke
from her moorings and crashed into the
Italian barkentine Girolmira. The lat.
ler's foremast snapped and the vessel
was completely dismantled. Both yes
sells then drifted down the stream, the
crews being utterly powerless to control
them. Finally the Uronia crashed into
the sheds of the Anchor Line Steamship
company, and this enabled her to be
captured and made fast.
Two coasting vessels have foundered
in Loeb Long, branch of the
Firth of Clyde, and six OF their crews
have been drowned. The ship Helen
Brewer capsized at Glasgow, and over 8
dozen yachts. A number of coastine
vessels and many lighters are ashore in
the Clyde. Four OF the stranded hight
ers have already sunk, and several 9th,
ers are almost certain to become tota
wrecks.
The steamship Anchoria, of the Anchor
line, grounded at Greenock, owing to the
force of the hurricane. All incoming
steamers report having encountered
fearful weather.
A telegram from Weltinborough, or
the Northwestern rdllIOdu, sCayoo OhS''
the theater there has been blown down
A large audience had barely LETT the
building when powerful blast swept
down and reduced it to shapeless PILE
of lumber and bricks. Had the build
ing fallen a moment sooner, number
people would have been buried In th'
ruins.
LONDON, Oct. IA, IL p. m.-The gall
has subsided. Owing to the damaged
condition OF the telegraph lines. 1t i
impossible to obtain full details OF tn
storms ravages. 1t is thought tn
losses of life and property are compare
lively SMALL when the vast extent
the storm is considered. Reports con
tinue to be received OF floods in tn
valleys of the Trent, Wye and Avon
Many farms in Monmouthshire hav
been devastated, and the loss OF crop
and cattle is considerable.
At Cardiff the great breakwater wa
partly destroyed, and in addition t
those reported, many coasters hay
gone ashore.
The Ostend steamer, which usual
makes the trip to Dover in three or fou