The record-union., 1891-10-15
Special to the RrcoRp-uN1oS.

LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE furious gales
which have been raging all over England,
Ireland and South Scotland for over
twcnty-four hours continue to-day.
The channel passenger boats, which
usually venture out in the most severe
weather, were unable to cross last night
From all sections come reports of dam
age done and lives endangered. 1t is inn
possible yet to give an approximate idea
of the damage done on land and sea or
the lives lost
at Helensburg, q watering place on the
Firth Of Clyde, the streets are flooded and
people driven from their homes. Two
passenger trains running between Glas-
gov and Helensburg were brought to
standstill by waves, which threatened to
wash away the tracks.
The fires were put out and the engines
unable to move. Escape from the cars
was impossible and all attempts to reach
the travellers failed.
Dispatches from Dover, Kent, says the
hurricane was worse than the blizzard of
March last. The Ostend boat was 1n-
able to approach the shelter of the pier
Of Dover, and was driven out to sea
again, since which time she has not been
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some place of shelter elsewhere along the
coast, and the telegraph wires being
down, she has been unable to make her
whereabouts known.
Ofrecent years, by the expenditure of
immense sums ofmoney, Dover has been
made a "harbor Of refuge" long, power
fully built jetties having been thrown out
seaward and a huge granite pier, called
the Admiralty Pier, one-third of a mile
long, having been built. At the COM
mencement of the storm the pier and
jettieS were continually washed by the
waves, and the pounding the pier has re-
ceived has been so severe that a great
amount of damage has been done it, huge
granite blocks of several tons weight be-
ing washed out of place in spite of the
ironwork and cement which held them,
and little more than the bare foundations
remain.
The oldest veteran seamen admit that
they do not remember having seen worse
weather and heavier seas off the English
coast.
Great danger is experienced by pedes-
trains on the streets of Dover, owing to
falling tiles, states and bricks from CHM
nies, which have been toppled over by
the bowling wind. A number of more or
less serious accidents have been reported.
In one street it has been reported by the
police that stack of brick chimneys was
hurled down with such force as to smash
in the roof upon which it fell, and buried
in ruins the inmates of the house. A
number of women and children were
badly injured by 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 is increasing, and all steamers
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Additional reports from Glasgow say
the storm is undoubtedly the most severe
since the terrible Taybridge disaster.
The ship Urania broke from her moor
ings and crashed into the Italian barken-
tine Girolmina. The latters foremast
snapped and the vessel was completely
dismasted. Both vessels then drifted
down the stream, the crews being utterly
powerless to control them. Finally, the
Urania 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
Loch Long, a branch of the Firth of Clyde,
and six of their crews have been
drowned. The ship Helen Brewer cap
sized at Glasgow, and over a dozen
yachts, a number of coaSting vessels and
many lighters are ashore in the Clyde
Four of the stranded lighters have
already sunk, and several others are
almost certain to become total wrecks.
The steamship Anchoria of the Anchor
Line grounded at Greenock, owing to the
force Of the hurricane. All incoming
steamers report having encountered fear
full weather.
kilograms from Wellingborough, on
the Northwestern Railroad, state that a
theater has been blown down. The large
audience had barely left the building
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reduced it to a shapeleSs pile of lumber
and bricks. Had the building fallen
moment sooner number of people
would have been buried in the ruins
LATER-The gale has subsidized. Owing
to the damaged condition of telegraph
lines it is impossible to obtain full details
of the storms ravages. 1t is thought that
paratively small, when the vast extent of
the storm is considered. Reports con-
tinue to be received of floods in the val
leys of Trent, Wye and Avon. Many
farms in Monmouthshire have been de-
vastated, and the loss Of crops and cattle
is considerable.
At Cardiff the great breakwater was
partly destroyed, and lin addition to those
reported, many coasters have gone ashore.
The Ostend steamer, Which usually makes
a trip to Dover in three or four hours, was
out eleven hours, under full steam. She
was then compelled to put back without
making the trip.
All communication with the continent
has been retarded to an extent never be-
fore equaled A coal-laden steamer
grounded off Hollywood, where, beyond
the reach of aid, the caggo took fire, burn
ing the vessel to the wsiter's edge.
The gale also traversed France, but in
a much milder form. Trees and CHM
neys were more or less damaged in Paris,
and the Rhine and other rivers, particu-
larly in Southern France, overfowed
their banks, doing considerable damage
to crops and houses, chiefly in the neigh
borhood of Lyons.
A telegram from l'olkestone says
steamer was sighted Off that port in dis
tress, but the local ife-boat crew was
unable to reach her, owing to the heavy
sea- and it is feared that the steamer will
become total wreck
The ST. james Gd5ette this afternoon
says: mot within recent memory has
such terrific storm ragged in England,
and terrible catalogue of disasters at
sea is to be expected. Great damage has
been done in many parts of the coun-
try
ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-DiSpatches from
points along Long Island and the New
Jersey coast report a heavy gale and ex-
traordinary high tides. The sea has
made inroads in the bluff at Long Branch
and cut away some of the beach at Ash
bury Park. At Seabright the grounds
of private residences are considerably
damaged. The waves were nearly thirty