The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-11
BURIED IN SNOW.
Traffic Suspended Throughout
the United Kingdom.
Great Suffering Among the Passengers Of
BlOCkaded Trains.
Numerous Disasters Reported Along the
Coast Several Members Of Life
Saving Crew Drowned.
specIal to THE MoRNINe CALL.

Special TO THE MoRNINe CALL
LONDON, March 1o.-The worst snow
storm of the season has swept over the
United Kingdom. The wind has been blow
ing with fearful velocity, driving the snow
around in drifts two or three feet deep and
railway communication with the suburbs of
London is almost entirely cut off. Tele-
graphic communication with the provinces
is suspended, as the wires are down in all
directions The English Channel is simply
an expanse Of boiling. seething water, DASH
ing over the pier at Dover and washing
everything away.
The channel steamers are arriving in
battered condition, with passengers very
wet, and their faces of a yellow hue tell the
story of their experiences. Already the list
of shipping disasters has assumed fair pro-
portions. The barometer is still falling and
there are no signs Of an abatement of the
gale.
THE STORM GENERAL.
The blizzard in South England continues.
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
storm piled the snowdrifts on all sides, stop
ping all traffic OH the railway lines and upon
the country roads.
Two trains full OF passengers in the High
lands wer e showed up last night and the
passengers were not rescued until this morn
ing. The rescued people suffered terribly
from the cold during the night, owing to the
unheated 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
where it was stopped by the drift. num-
ber of engines have been sent to the scene,
but they are unable as yet to move the
train.
A MISSING MAIL-CAR.
The Sheerness mail-car cannot be found.
1t is lost somewhere along the line between
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 a snowdrift
Two clergymen were showed up in a
carriage on the Faversham road last night
and were rescued with difficulty after having
suffered severely.
Reports from the provinces show that the
blizzard prevailed from st. Georges Chan
mel 20 the North Sea.
One of the effects of the storm has been
the stoppage of the South Wales Iron Works.
All road traffic is stopped, and trains there
are delayed.
In Samersetshire, Dorsetshire, Hampshire
and Worcestershire there are snowdrifts
everywhere many feet deep, rendering field
work impossible. In these counties the mail
service is completely stopped, and the farm
ers will suffer immense loss in cattle and
sheep.
PASSENGERS ALMOST FROZEN.
Another instance of a snow-blocked train
is upon the road familiar to Americans who
cross the channel to and from the continent
The passenger train which left Charlng
Cross railroad station at midnight for
Folkestone was caught in snowdrlft out
side Folkestone. Tie passengers were not
rescued until this morning, when many OF
them were found to be seriously i'll, owing
to the fact that they were almost frozen and
they had neither food nor light from the
time they were imprisoned in the snow.
On the London, Chatham and Dover Rail-
way the trains were delayed for hours.
Maidstone. Sheerness and Sittingbourne
are cut off from communication with the
surrounding country.
OVERLOOKED ITS BANKS.
In addition to the damage done by the
storm ITSELF the Thames has commenced TO
rise in a dangerously rapid manner, and
already mandates the low-lyiug districts
bordering on the river from Richmond down.
The green-grocers of this city and else
where are naturally suffering from dearth
of vegetables, etc. All the wagons coming
in from the country are showed up along
the roads. and scarceness and rise in The
price of such provisions may be looked for
during the next day or two. Work on the
docks in and about London is partially sus-
pended, owing to the mass OF snow accumu-
lated about them.
In South Deyonshire the snow-storm con-
tinues 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 communication
with each other.
A LIFE-BoAT CAPsIZED.
At Lydd, small seaport town of Kent,
while the Coast Guard life-boat was going
to the rescue of the crew of an endangered
vessel, the life-boat was caDsized and sew
eral of its occupants were drowned.
Near Hastings, Sussex County. five fish,
ing smackS were wrecked and three fisher
men were drowned. Others barely escaped.
at one period of the storm it was said the
mail-boat plying between Dover and Calais,
foundered. The report turned out to be in
correct, the mail-boat having reached Calais
in safety, but in q terribly battered cOndl-
tiOn.
SEVERAL PERSONS MISSING.
In addition to the blockaded trains al
ready referred to, several were showed up
at different places along the various roads.
/ In all cases the passengers have suffered
severely. Several are reported as missing
and are believed to have found death in the
snow-drfts while endeavoring to reach
places of shelter.
This afternoon only meager kilograms
were received from various parts Of England
and Wales. The lines, according to these
dispatches, are generally blocked.
A dispatch from Harwich brings the infor-
nation 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 dam
age was done by the storm.
Added to the list of lost is that of man
found frozen to death in Surrey.