New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-11
GREAT BRITAIN SNOWBOUND.
p.uwAy TRAFFIC EVERYWHERE BLOCKED.
AND MANY TRAINS STALLED.

IN
DEATHS DUE TO THE STORM AND THE IN.
TENSE CoLD-THE THAMES RAPIDLY
R1sING-Loss OF LIFE ON THE SEA.
Iopdon. March lO.-The blizzard in the south
% England continues, though the weather in
London is milder
The railroads of Kent and Sussex are completely
blocked and the neighboring country is deep with
snow The hurricane which accompanied the
.pow-storm piled snowdrifts on all Sides stop
ming all traffic on the railway lines and upon
the country roads.
The trains full of passengers in the Midlands
were showed up last night, and the passengers
were not rescued until this morning. The res
cusd people suffered terribly from cold during
the night, owing to the unheated condition of the
san. train on the North Kent Railroad bound
for this city, was showed up last night, and
still remains in the railroad cutting where it
was stalled by drift.
The Sheerness mail-car cannot be found. 1t
has been lost somewhere along the line Of rail-
road between this city and Sheerness. A search
party sent out after the missing car rescued the
engineer of the lost engine. He was found half
frozen in snowdrift
Two clergymen were showed up in carriage on
the Faversham road last night, and were rescued
with difficulty, after having suffered severely
Reports from the provinces show that the bliz-
sasd prevailed from st. Georges Channel TO the
North Sea- All road traffic is stopped and the
trains there are delayed.
In Somersetshire. Dorsetshre Hampshire and
Worcestershire there are snowdrifts everywhere,
many feet deep, rendering field work impossible.
In these counties the mail service has been COM
pletely stopped, and the farmers suffer immense
loss among the cattle and sheep with which their
farms are stocked. Taken altogether, the storm
has been unequalled in severity for decade not
excepting the terrible weather in the latter part
of 1890.
Another instance of snow-blockaded train is
upon a road familiar to Americans who cross the
Channel to and from the Continent. A passenger
train which left Chsring Cross Station at midnight
for Folkestone was caught in huge snowdrift
outside of Folkestone. The passengers weIe not
rescued until o'clock this morning. when many
of them were seriously i'll, owing TO the fact that
they had been in balf-frozcn condition Tor sew
eral hours The passengers had neither food nor
light from the time when they were Imprisoned IN
the snowbound cars until they were rescued
In addition to the damage done by the storm
itself, the Thames has begun to rise in danger
ously rapid manner, and already lnuhdales the
low-lying districts bordering on that river from
Richmond down.
The green-grocers of this city and elsewhere
are naturally suffering from dearth oil Vege-
tables. etc All tne Wagons coming in from the
country and bound, in the case of London, 1or
Covent Garden Market, have been showed up
nlong the roads leading into the metropolis and a
scarceness and rise in price Of such provisions
NAV be looked for within the next day or two
Work about the various docks in and near London
has been partially suspended, owing TO the nhaSs
of snow accumulated about the docks ana shlps'
In South DevOnshire the snowstorm continues
its violence The railroads are blocked, ana the
mail train bound from Southampton for LohooA
Is showed up at some unknown spot Inc to"he
an the Channel Islands have also been cut on
nv the snow from all communication WIN one
another. ILL
At Lydd small seaport town of Kent while
the coast-guard lifeboat was going 10 the rescue
of the crew of all endangered vessel the hleoo'''
capsized. and several Of it's gallant occupants were
drowned Near Hastings, Sussex County hVe nSh-
ING smacks have been wrecked. Three hsnermeh
we're drowned the other members Oh Cle oie"o
barely escaping with their lives
Al one period of the storm it was said that the
nail hoat plvinr between Dover and Calais, ana
an her way TO the latter port through the Storm
had foundered This report turns out TO De III
correct the mail boat having reached NaialS III
safety but in a terribly battered condition. anu
after being eighteen hours adrlft In the ChaiCi'
Her women passengers were hali dedd W. W. oGc
sickness and fear when the man po'' '''ii' ~
Calais .., l 1oe, rirht from
the Portland convict depot during .ic HoiHI HIo,e
the storm He found poat nrIi IIav INV NV passins
put to sea- and picked up today oH d p9.ii
vessel When taken out OF the poaI tle 'o'i'
was dying of cold ,, roro-,cd IN as
blocked IN luc SlON o.
1ifemn, placcs along the various INES OF ,1 Inll
road In all cases the passengers nav ,';.'jn%
ocntalv Several persons are reported as iieslhe'
and are believed to have met death IN the SIo" %
drifts in which they have been caught whiie eH'
dcavorinV TO reach places OF shelter. -, .'do,.
only meacre te!egramS were received oo-THt ~
trov, yya-;ous PARTS of England and Wales lmt
lines, according TO these dispatches are ge"ei'"S
Traoic on the Great Western Railway is com
r1a,ey bloclxcd and the trains on that r0au WIIcn
were caught out in the storm are stsleu SU at
ent points, The sea-wa t,ppop stppor'i6S 6awsb viz and
Eye,er has bcen preached by the heavy pouIiulns
y has received from the sea, and the trailc over
that portion OF the road wGnld De s e''''
" 4 dispatch from Iiarwich brings the inl0rmauioH
that the yacht sapphire Owned ny M9cIalI' ,he po
Glasgow hSs been dTTed Nc sSaIe6 ads was washed
overheard and drowned c,,r /, . ,ho
effect that the storm RACES IN tna'
with unabated force and severity l, Is alreauE
tno,yn that much damage has been done and II
Is expected that when the snow clears away 1t Will
be found that the loss is exceptionally .aIgc. a
dispatch from Dover SAYS that the hdnhraiN
Pier at that place has been so battered 10y the
waves that huge stones weighing ten tons apiece
have been displaced and that pi"cKs. OF IRON
weighing two tons each have been carried away
by the violence of the angry waters
THE LONDON THEATRICAL CENSORSHIP.
London, March Io.-lIenry Irving and Beerbohm
Tree have BIZ invitation, conferred with sir John Lub
hook chairman of the London County council IN re