The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-11
4 BLIZZARD IN ENGLAND.
Snow Falls TO a Great Depth and
the Mercury Drops Away
Down.
rfains Showed in and Many Pas
sengers Suffer from Hun
ger and Gold.
y Furious Wind Raises Drifts, Blocking
R~eads-Havoc Along the COAT
Business Paralyxed. >

LONDON, March 10.-The blizzard in the
south of England continues, though the
weather in London is milder. The rail
roads Of Kent and Sussex are completely
blockaded and the neighboring country is
covered deeply with snow. The hurricane
which accompanied the snow storm piled
the SNOW drifts on all sides, stopping all
traffic on the railroad lines and upon the
country roads. Two trains full of passen-
gers in Midlands were showed up last night,
the passengers not being rescued until this
morning. The rescued people suffered ter
vibly from cold during the night owing to
The unheated condition of the cars. A train
On the North Kent railroad, bound for this
city, wal showed up last night and still re-
mains in the railroad cut where it was
stopped by drifts. A number of engines
were sent to the scene, but they have been
unable as vet to move the train. The
Sheerness mail car cannot be found. It is
lost somewhere on The line between this
city and Sheerness. A search party sent
out after the missing car rescued the engin-
frozen in the snow. Two clergymen were
showed up in a carriage on the Favorsham
road last night and other persons were
rescued with difficulty after having suffered
severely.
Reports from the provinces show tina the
blizzard prevailed from st. Georges chan
mel to the North sea. One of the effects of
the severe storm has been the stoppage OF
the South Wales iron works. All railroad
traffic is stopped and the trains are delayed.
In somersetshire: Dorsetshire, Hampshire
and Gloucestershire there are snow
drifts everywhere many feet deep, render
ing field work impossible. In these coun- |
ties the mail service has been completely
stopped and the farmers will suffer HI i'm
mense loss in cattle and sheep.
Another accident of tho snow blockade
happened to the train upon the road
:amiliar to Americans who cross the chan
mel to and from the continent. The passen-
yer train which left Charing Cross railroad
station at midnight for Norfolkestone was
caught in a huge snow drift outside of
Folkestone. The passengers were not res
sued till this morning, when many of them
were seriously i'll, owing to the fact that
they were almost frozen. |
The passengers had neither food nor light \
from the time they were imprisoned in the
snow bound cars. On the London, Chatham
& Dover railroad the trains were delayed
for hours. Maidstone. Sheerness and Sit
tiugbourne were cut off from communica-
ton with the surrounding country. In ad-
dition to the damage done by the storm
itself the Thames commenced to rise in a
dangerously rapid manner and has already
undated the low-lying districts bordering
the river from Richmond down. The green
grocers of this city and elsewhere are
naturally suffering from a dearth of vege-
tables, etc. All wagons coming in from the
country were showed up along the roads,
and a scarceness and rise in price of such
provisions may be looked for during the
next day or 30. Work on the docks in and
about London is partially suspended owing
to the mass of snow accumulated about
them. In South Devonshire the snow storm
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blockaded, and the mail train bound from
Southampton for London was showed up.
Towns on the Channel islands are also
cut of by the snow from all communion
ton with each other. Al Lydd, a small
seaport Town of Kent, while the coast
rescue of the crew of an endangered vessel
the boat capsized and several of its occu-
pants were drowned. Near Hastings, Sus-
sex county, five fishing smacks were wrecked
and three fishermen drowned. The others
barely escaped. At one period of the storm
tween Dover and Calais, and on her way to
the latter port. had foundered. The report
turned out to be incorrect, the mail boat
having reached Calais in safety, but in a
terrible battered condition.
In addition to the blockaded trains al.
ready referred to several arc showed up at
different places along variou1 roads. In all
cases the passengers have suffered severely.
Several persons are reported missing and it
ia believed, have found death in snow drifts
while endeavoring to find places of shelter.
This afternoon only meagre kilograms have
been received from various parts of Eng
land and Wales. Lines. according to
these dispatches, are generally blockaded.
A dispatch from Harwich brings informa-
ton that the yacht Sapphire, owned by Mac
LAIR. of Glasgow, was driven ashore there
during a gale. MacLarr was washed over
board and drowned. Information was re-
ceived from Cardiff this afternoon to the
effect that much damage has been done by
storms.