The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-11
ENGLAND'S BIG BLIZZARD
TRAINS FULL OF PASSENGERS
CAUGHT IN THE DRIFT.


When Rescued-The Storm Une-
oualed in a Decade.
LONDON, March 10.-The blizzard in the
south of England continues, though the
weather in London is milder The railroads
OF Kent and Sussex are completely block
AIDED, and the country is deep with snow.
The hurricane which accompanied the snow
storm piled the snow drifts on all sides,
stopping traffic on the railway lines and
country roads. Trains full Of pas-
sengers in the midlands we're showed
up last night and the passengers
were not rescued until this morning. The
rescued people suffered terribly from the
cold during the night, owing to the cars
not being heated. A train on the North
Kent railroad bound for this city, was
showed up a cut last night and still remains
in the drift. A number of engines have
been sent to the relief, but they have been
unable as yet to move the blocked train.
A TRAIN MISSING.
The Sheerness mail car cannot be found.
1t has been lost somewhere along the line
between this city aud Sheerness. search
ing party sent out after the missing mail
car rescued the engineer of the lost engine.
He was found half frozen in a snow drift.
Two clergymeu were showed up in a car
riage on Favorsham road last night and
were rescued with difficulty.
Reports from the provinces show that
the blizzard prevailed from st. Georges
channel TO the North sea.
One OF the effects of the severe storm has
been the stoppage of tie South Wales iron
works. All road traffic Is stopped and
all trains there are delayed.
DEEP DRIFTS EVERYWHERE.
In Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Hamp-
shire and Gloucestershire there are snow
drifts everywhere many feet deep, render
ing field work impossible. In these counties
the mail service has been completely
stopped, and the farmers suffer immense
loss among cattle and sheep.
Taken altogether the storm has been un-
equaled in severity for decade, not except
Ing the terrible weather during the latter
part Of $780,
A passenger train which left the CharIng
Cross railroad station at midnight for
Folkestone was caught in huge snowdrift
outside Of Folkestone. The passengers we're
not rescued until o'clock this morning,
when many OF them were seriously Ill and
half frozsn.
On the London, Chatham and Dover
railroad trains were delayed for hours.
Maidstone, Sheerness and Sittingbourne
have been cut off from communication
with the country surrounding them.
THE THAMES RISING.
In addition to the damage done by the
storm itself, the Thames has commenced to
rise in a dangerously rapid manner, and al
ready mandates the low lying districts
from Richmond down.
Green grocers Of this city and elsewhere
are suffering from dearth Of vegetables.
All wagons coming In from the country
have been showed up along the roads.
Work about the various docks in and
about London has been partially suspended
owing to the mass Of snow accumulated
about the docks and ships.
In South Devonshire the snow storm con-
tinues its violence. The railroads are
blocked and a mail train bound from
Southampton for London is showed up.
Towns on the channel islands have also
been cut of by the snow from all commu.
nication With each other.
LIFE SAVERS DROWNED.
At Liddy. 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 capsized and several OF
its occupants we're drowned.
Near Hastings. Sussex county, five fish.
ing smacks were wrecked and three fisher
men were drowned
Tee mail boat from Dover reached Calais
is safety, but in terribly battered condi-
tion. and after being eighteen hours adrift
in the channel. Her lady passengers were
half dead with seasickness and fear when
the boat finally made Calais
Loss OF LIFE PROBABLE.
Snowed-up trains continue to be reported,
and in everv case severe hardEhips to pas
sengers resulted from lack of meaus Of
heating the cars. Some passengers are
missing and the explanation advanced is
that they left the trains to seek shelter else
where, and perhaps lost their lives in the
snow drifts.
Passengers bound for London from the
continent have been forced to stop AZ Sheer.
ness, trains being unable to proceed farther
on account Of the snow.
Traffic on the Great Western railroad ia
completely blocked, and trains of that road
are showed up at different points. The
sea wall supporting the Great Western rail-
roads lines between Dawlish and Exeter has
been preached by heavy pounding from the
sea.
A YACHT DRIVEN ASHORE.
Dispatch from Harwick says that the
yacht SAPPHIRE. owned by Mr.. McLarr Of
Glasgow, has been driven ashore there. MIR.
McLarr was washed overheard aud
information from Cardiff this afternoon
is to the effect that the storm RACES in that
neighborhood with unabated fury and
severity.
A dispatch from Dover this afternoon
states that the admiralty pier at that place
has been SO battered by the waves that huge
stones weighing ten tons apiece have been
displaced, and blocks Of iron weighing two
tons each have been carried away by the
violence Of the waters.
SHOWING IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, March 10.-A severe sn ow storm
prevails on the German coast. Railroad
communication is greatly impeded, and
trains are showed in ct Hamburg, Holstein
and Micklenburg. The English mails ara
greatly delayed In consequence OF the snow
blockade. Inland the weather is more
wild, but heavy rains are falling and caus-
ing the rivers to be flooded.
STILL SHOWING.
LONDON, March IL, 5 A. M.-Snow has
been falling the whole night and the storm
has taken a fresh start, but Ia milder form,
in the north of England and in
Scotland. In Dumfries the thermom-
eter registers IL of frost In the
southwest Of England a gale has been
blowing intermittingly during the last
twenty four hours. Business a5 Bristol is
suspended. Trains are snowel up in all
directions. The Duke of Edinburgh, who
was going to DevonPort TO
unable to travel beyond Taunton. The