Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-10-24
AT THE STORMS MERCY.

ana Ireland by Fierce Gnles, swollen
Rivers and High Tidos-Loss of Life at
Sea.
LONDON, Oct 2O.-The storms which
were everywhere renewed Monday
have caused immense damage. The
continuous rains had filed all the riv-
ers to the brim, and Mondays addi-
tional deluge caused freshets and in
undations in all directions. The Trent
burst its banks in many places and
| sluices were carried away, caus-
ing crops and cattle to be destroyed.
The damage, however, is greater
in Ireland than England The
Shannon is on rampage, thousands of
acres of land along its banks being
| submerged with disastrous effects to
the farmers. The flood partially de-
| stroyed the Fergus Reclamation works
at Ennis, which were built by the gov
ernment at cost of e120,O00. The
coasts are strewn with wrecks, chiefly
coasting craft, and many have been
lost.
There were pitiful scenes during the
gale off st. GATHERINGS Point Isle of
Wight. The French brig Juene Benoni
weathered the point in the fiercest of
the gale, but the captain being unfa-
miliar with the locality, was driven in
to the dangerous channel locally known
as Rooken Race, where numerous
wrecks occur yearly and which is
avoided by all navigators knowing the
peculiarities of the coast. When he
realized his danger he luffed up into
the wind instead of keeping away be-
fore the seas The brig at once be-
came helpless, and the terrific seas
swept her decks with such fury as to
wash overheard the captain and five
seamen. The boat was washed over
board at the same time and two of
the men managed to reach it and keep
afloat by its aid a moment, but We're
quickly forced to release their hold and
were drowned as the other three sea-
men and the captain had been, within
800 yards of the Lighthouse and in full
sight of the coast guard the local fish
ermen and a mum ber of visitors from
Ventnor, who could plainly hear the
cries of the perishing men. Help from
shore was impossible.
In the Irish channel shipping also
had severe experience. The big
steamer Connaught, carrying the Amer
lean mails, arrived at Kingstown five
hours late, having had rough pas
sage. Its paddles We're smashed, re-
paired and smashed again, and it
seemed as if it would not live through
the hurricane. The passengers, ter
ribly frightened, were kept below by
battening down the hatches The
steamer looked like wreck when it
came into Kingstown.
DUBLIN, Oct. 90 - The hurricane
which has prevailed on the west coast
of ireland for several days past is pro-
nounce6 to be the worst storm known
in that part of the country in twenty
years. The river Shannon has over
flowed it's banks and has submerged
large quantities of land in it's vicinity,
drowning considerable number of
cattle and sheep and destroying several
! houses and many barns and other such
buildings.
The gale has been raging with un.
usual fierceness about Queenstown and
its vicinity. About thirty crafts large
and small, mostly fishing smacks and
small coasters, have been driven ashore
, in that vicinity.
At Youghal the sea has been so heavy
| and the water has been driven so far
up by the wind that many parts of the
town are flooded by the seas which
| have swept into the streets.
r Many sheep and cattle have been
+ drowned along the course of the Black
water river. Dispatches from Holyhead
e state that 200 vessels, many of them
a much damaged, have sought refuge at
n that port from the storm.
d The gravest apprehensions are felt
e by the inhabitants of Sandgate, a small
S town on the English channel situated
about miles from Folkstone, in Kent.
h The storms have caused II most abnor.
NAL high tide there and this,
y combined with the hurricane which
n is blowing there, is destroy.
4 ing the sea walls. Many houses
situated near the shore have already
y been washed over by the angry waters,
q and the high road leading to Hythe and
&c Folkcstone is submerged and destroyed
=. in many places.
a The River Thames at Windsor, Eator
,. and other places is overlooking it.
!. banks into many houses. Similar re
ports are reaching this city from many
II other parts of England, Ireland ane
10 Scotland
II At Maryport, Cumberland, on thu
Irish sea, thriving shipbuilding place
though the harbor dries at low watel
=, at some places about the town, tn,
d water is now feet deep and is caus
OF ing an enormous amount of damage
particularly at the stores and ware
- houses unlucky enough to be inun
n dated.
ST The river Shannon has burst it
lis banks in county Limerick, inundatinl
large tracts of land The Reclamation
works near Ennis in County Clare
- which recently cost the govcrnmen
.e 100000, have been nearly ruined
al Many villages in the Trent valley ar
submerged. The rivers Usk, Ebbew
g.. Runney and Otway have overflowe'
I their banks. Many thousand acres o
eS land are covered with water and tn
,s ns roads are impossible.