The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-11

ClalI- special from oklahoma, Miss,
says: Reports just received show that
great damage has been done throughout
the country by floods Saturday and
Sunday. Many bridges and turnpikes
have been washed away, and it is i'm
possible to estimate the damage.
The Illinois Central railroad is send
ing fast trains over Vicksburg and
Meridian and Mobile and Ohio roads via
Jackson, Tenn, in consequence of a
washout above Jackson, Miss. At Lex
ington, Miss, the storm was the most
destructive ever known there. The
town is almost entirely cut off from all
communication with the outside world.
The Illinois Central bridges ono milo
east of that town are entirely destroyed
and great loss has followed. The tracks
are washed up in many places. Satur-
day evening, Minnie Bray, young
colored school teacher, living near here,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
Bridges, both wooden and iron, were
washed away, and the roads are i'm
passible. Farming operations are en-
tirely suspended and plowed land badly
washed, delaying planting two or three
weeks. Fences along the creeks are
completely gone, and the farmers are
greatly discouraged at the outlook a
terrific storm passed within three miles
of Brandon, Miss, late Sunday night,
carrying destruction. Every house on
5. X. Donald's place was blown away
and he and his wife seriously injured.
The splendid residence of the late
David l.. Wilson at Brandon, together
with every building on the place, was
blown away. leaving only the floors and
foundations.
Mrs. Wilson and an invalid son we're
carried, with their bed, upon which
they were sleeping, out into the front
yard, and completely covered by tim
bers and debris. They were severely
bruised and had to remain out in tho
pouring rain all night.
AUGUSTA, Ca, March 1O-TSpeciall-
The greater portion of the city between
the canal and the river is under water.
All business is suspended, and the river
is thirty-five feet three inches. The
waters are receding and no damage has
been caused to the property.
LONDON, March 1O.-TSpecial1-Th
blizzard in South of England continues,
though the weather in London is
milder. The railroads of Kent and
Sussex are completely blockaded and
the eighboring country is deep with
snow. The hurricane which accom-
panied the snow storm piled snow drifts
on all sides, stopping all traffic on the
railway lines and upon tho country
roads. Two trains full of passengers in
the midlands were showed up last night,
and passengers were not rescued until
this morning. The rescued people suf-
fered terribly from cold during the
night, owing to the cars not being
heated.
The train on the North Kent railroad,
bound for this city, was showed ND in
cutting last night, and still remains in
the drift. number of engines have
been sent to relief, but they have been
unable as yet to move the blocked train
The SAeerncss mail car can not be
found. 1t has been lost somewhere
along the line between this city and
Sheerness. A search party, sent out
after the missing mail car, rescued the
engineer of tho lost engine. He was
found half frozen in the snow drift.
Two clergymen were showed up in
carriage on Favorsham road last night
and were rescued with difficulty Re-
ports from the provinces show that the
blizzard prevailed from ST. Georges
Channel to the North Sea. One of the
effects of the severe storm has been the
stoppage of South Wales Iron Works.
All road traffic is stopped and trains
there are delayed. In Somersetshire,
Dorestshire, Hampshire and Gloucester
shire there are snow drifts everywhere
many feet deep, rendering field work
impossible. In these counties the mail
service has been completely stopped,
and the farmers suffer immense loss
among the cattle and sheep. Taken al
together the storm has been uneQualled
in severity for decade, not excepting
the terrible weather during the latter
part of 1890.
The passenger train which left Char
ing Cross railroad station AT midnight
for Folkestone was caught in a hugo
snow drift outside of Folkestone. The
passengers were not rescued until s
o'clock this morning when MANY of
them were seriously i'll and half frozen.
On the London, Chatham and Dover
railroad trains were delayed for honrs.
Maidstone, Sheerness and Sitting
Bourne have been cut off from communi-
ton with the country surrounding them.
In addition to the damage done by tho
storm itself the Thames has commenced
to rise in a dangerously rapid manner,
and already mandates low living dis
tricts from Richmond down.
Green grocers of this city and else
where are suffering from a dearth of
vegetables. All wagons coming in from
the country have been showed up along
the roads, and work about the various