The record-union., 1891-03-11
THE BLIZZARD STILL ON.

the gale.
THE BLIZZARD STILL ON.
LONDON, March 10.-The blizzard in
South England continues. The rough
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
storm piled the snow-drifts on all sides,
stopping all traffic on the railway lines
and upon the country roads.
Two trains full of passengers in the
Highlands were showed up last night and
the passengers were not rescued until
this morning. The rescued people sut-
fered terribly from cold during the night,
owing to the uhheated condition of the
cars.
A train on the North Kent Railroad
bound for this city was showed up last
night and still remains in a railroad cut
ting, where it was stopped by drift. A
number of engines have been sent to the
scene, but they are unable as yet to move
the train.
The Sheerness mail-car cannot be found.
1t is lost somewhere along the line be-
tween this city and Sheerness. a search
party sent out after the missing mail-car
rescued the engineer of the lost engine.
He was found half-frozen in snowdrift
Two clergymen were showed up i'll a
carriage on the Faversham road last night
and were rescued with difficulty, after
having suffered severely.
Reports from the provinces show the
blizzard prevailed from st. Georges
Channel to the North Sea.
One of the effects OF the severe storm
has been the stoppage of the South Wales
Iron Works. All road traffic is stopped,
and trains there are delayed.
In Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Hamp-
shire and Gloucestershire there are snow
drifts everywhere, many feet deep, rem
dering field work impossible. In = these
counties the mail service is completely
stopped, and the farmers will suffer i'm
menSe loss in cattle and sheep.
Another instance of q Snow-blocked
train is upon the road familiar to Ameri-
cans who cross the channel to and from
the continent. The passenger train which
left Charing Cross railroad station at mid
night for FolkeStOne was caught in huge
snowdrift outside Folkestone. The pas
sengers were not rescued until this morn
ing, when many of them We're seriously
i'll, owing to the fact that they were al
most frozen, and they had neither food
nor light from the time they were i'm
prisoned in the snow-bound ears.
On the London, Chatham and Dover
Railway the trains We're delayed for hours
Maidstone, Sheerness and Sittingbourne
are cut off from communication with the
surrounding country.
In addition to the damage done by the
storm itself, the Thames has commenced
to rise in dangerously rapid manner,
and already mandates the low-lying dis
tricts bordering on the river from Rich
mond down.
The green grocers of this city and else
where are naturally suffering from the
dearth of vegetables, etc. A II the wagons
coming IN from the country are showed
up along the roads, and scarceness and a
rise in the price of such provisions may
be looked for during the next day or So
Work on the docks in and about London
of snow accumulated about them.
In South DevonShire the snowstorm
continues in violence. The railroads are
blocked and the mail train bound from
Southampton for London is showed up
The towns on the Channel Islands are
also cut off by snow from all communica-
ton with each other.
At Lydd, small seaport town of Kent,
while the Coast Guard lifeboat was going
to the rescue of the crew of an endangered
vessel the lifeboat was capsized and sew
eral of its occupants We're drowned
Near Hastings, Sussex County, five
fishing smacks We're wrecked and three
fishermen were drowned. Others barely
escaped.
At one period of the storm it was said
the mail boat plying between Dover and
Calais, and on her way to the latter port
was foundered. The report turned out to
be incorrect, the mail boat havingreached
Calais IN safety, but in terribly battered
condition.
In addition to the blockaded trains al
ready referred to, several were showed up
at different places along the various roads
In all eases the passengers have suffered
severely. Several are reported as miss
ing and are believed to have found death
in the snowdrifts while endeavoring to
reach places of shelter.
This afternoon only meager telegrams
We're received from various parts of Eng
land and Wales. The lines, according to
these dispatches, are generally blocked.
A dispatch from Harwich brings the
information that the yacht Sapphire,
owned by Maglarr of Glasgow, was
driven ashore there during the gale and
that Maglarr was washed overheard and
drowned.
information was received from Cardiff
this afternoon to the effect that much
damage was done by the Storm.
Added to the list of lost is that of man
found frozen to death in Surrey.
sNow-sToRAIs IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, March l0.-Severe snow
storms are prevailing on the German
coast. Railroad communication is great
ly impeded, and trains are showed in at
hamburg, Hoistein and MeclSlenburg.
In the interior heavy rains are falling,
causing the rivers to be flooded.
IRELAND,S CAUSE.