Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-11
BRITAIN'S BLIZZARD.
STORM uNEouALLsp IN SEVERITY
FOR A DECADE.
to. showed Up, Cars Lest, Passengers
and Train-Iisnds Half FroEen--dm-
,,oo.e Losses General Notes.
,o,,o.Amotioaa cable to the Dispa,ch.l

s--th ~ InClauA tNNtllhto, eANNaa bhe
...nor in London is milder.
=. railroads Of Kent and Sussex are
.,.,elr blookaded and the neighboring
60. ,,r - deep with snow. The hurricane
'','.h .,c,rnpanied the snow-storm piled
lifts on all sides stopping all traffic
:. ,bo railway Lnes and upon the country
fot3N ,,s
.. yrsr, showed up last night and the
..rr,rs were not rescued until this
p'.Tg Thorcscued people suffered ter
tr rom cold during the night, owing to
!, as not beng heated
", lin on The North Kent railroad bound
.'t.s cltv was showed mp in cutting
,.-..tf and still remains in the drift. A
.-.f engines have been sent TO its re-
i.,t.. thcv have been unable as yet TO
,-,ye lie blocked train.
4 RAuwLY-cAR LOST.
I'D. Srr,ruess mail-car cannot be found.
,.t..l,.- lost somewhere along the line
- tbis city and Sheerness. A search
...' aui after the missing mail-car
.f fho engineer of the lost engine.
,,.. found half frozen IN a snow-drift.
ir... ...--vmru were showed up IN car
.,. ne Fcvcrsham road last night and
rescued with difficulty.
...-.. nom the provinces show that the
49,. ~. vailed from 81. Georges chan
r.t.ths North Sea.
'se effects Of the severe storm
l..rt'r s'appace OF the South Wales
.-.e.-ks. An road traffic is stopped and
al t-..a- thcre are delayed.
rNENaE LOSSES.
-- S--.s-sctshire. Dorsetshire, Hamp-
80. .-3 Gl.uccstershire there are snow
= -.., .-vwA,re many feet deep. render
J, ,...Wu1k impossible. In these
-,t..- Oh, mail service has been com-
. ..rpei and the farmers suffer
-.... losses u cattle and sheep.
-r..., altogether, the storm has been I'M
,r..t iu severity for decade,
--'' .,-cn,.r. the terrible weather
t..-- Oh. latter part of 1890. A
r-.- tram which left Charing-
,,... load station at midnight for
3 .....re was caught in huge snow
..- inside NJ Folkestone. The passen-
-.-.-. r.f rescued until o'clock this
= ~ -.uieu many Of them were seriously
,.-. -4t lrH1rn.
Towns CIT OFF.
.. o.. London. Chatham and Dover
-.-.7 Tie trains were delayed for hours.
,l..., r.. Nleerucss, and Sittingbourne
i.. been cI- al from communication
q. ..csgutry surrounding them.
-av rriyrs OUT OF ITS BANKS.
...ft.,aD t1 the damage done by the
.....t Oh. Thames has commenced
o.. -.-.., 10 dangerously rapid manner and
..ru.rj.t.S the low-lying districts
D.. md down.
SCARCITY OF VEGETABLES.
ID. --..,--r1cer- Of this city and else
~. p. -.F.ruc from dearth of vege-
.. A.. Oh. wagons coming IN from tho
Pr. ..t. been showed UP along the
..-.-. o., various docks in and about
....- l,,- PARTIALLY suspended owing
... mass 81 snow accumulated about
l-t ships.
r.s- IocgED AND sSOwKD Up.
..~ r-t uavon~lire the snow-storm con-
,-.., .-, violence rs this dispatch is sent
D.. 81. The railroads are blocked,
.tfa-s-. frID bound from SOuthamp-
o.. - I..l. IS showed up at some IN
.rtssl-- ItyD TOWNS sNowED-UP.
-.-.r-. .. the Channel Islands have
,. '.,l 70, o1 by snow from all COM
I.- axiom ai-L each other.
s.t-. GrAHusAIEy DROWNED.
t.Lr-.a.4 small seaport town Of Kent,
v...t. .a---cuari llfeboat was going
'.-..r -.l- .t crew Of an endangered
,... -.. lta-t-A- capslZed and several OF
-- gallant Occupants were drowned. Near
9 ,.-. Sussex county. five fishing
--...- R.rr wrecked and three fishermen
zee w.c..
AB1UGH PASSAGE.
T-ara. boot from Dover reached Calais
...-r. tu- 80 70 terribly battered condl-
.,. after being eighteen hours adrltt
-.. .4uf... Her lady passengers were
Z dead afro seI-Sickness and fear when
.-,..-' t.a.r made Calais.
-aiVELLEus Missing.
,-.r.I-ua trains continue 10 be report
s. BIB % every case severe hardship TO
rs.,.--.-- p. ulted from lack of means OF
...- o.. car-. Some passengers are
missing. ..ltle explanation advanced Is
t.st't.r laf. the trains TO seek shelter
,-.a..-- a-3 perhaps lost their lives IN
- H..--f-.
It.I Myers bound for London from
l're-t have been forced TO stop at
,..',-- '.4 trains being unable 10 pro-
..y further on account OF the snow.
l.- '.e Great Western railroad IS
cc..,.-.r blocked and the trains OF that
--s.-r showed up so different points.
srl-wALL PREACHED.
I....,-wLl Importing the Great West
81 -..l.lt. lines between Dawllsh and
E.'r l, t.er preached by the heavy
--i.- fla sea and dispatch from
H-f.. says that the yacht Sapphire,
r... tr }.r. NcLarr. OF Glasgow, has
GIVEN ..tare there. Mr.. McLarr was
l-.-sl .,--uoaTi AID drowned.
TT STORM N WALES.
l-'.-.- from Cardiff this afternoon
t'.'., u that the storm RACES IN that
--1C.lJ with undated fury and
. dispatch from Dover also this after
STATES hat the Admiralty pier at that
bias been 80 battered by the waves
.a-r s.le- weighing ten tons apiece
-' @ -placed and blocks OF iron
'w. t.-s each have been carried
's .- violence Of the angry waters.
-.4iIF SEVERITY or THE STORM.
L"ru,. March ll.-Snow has been fall
-H-i T. the whole night and the
..- taken q fresh start, but IN q
--.t -,l ia the North OF England and
aa ~ Dumfries the thermome-
-.'-f- eleven degrees Of frost. In
" Ot England gale has been
'r-rmiitingly during the last
'' l- hours. Business at Bristol Is
directions. Tho Duke of
r-.. who was going TO Devon
P. .' resume bis naval duties, was un-
rsyl beyond Taunton The biz
t.-.s with undated fury al Tverton,
;.er. aro snOw-drifts twenty feet
--- 81 ,ae continental mail-bOats were
s-- late. A Norwegian bark took
'-e Channel last night while trying
.,., signals Of distress and was de-
There are 10000 golfers idle IN
H-'-t-- Valley IN consequence OF the