Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-25
ENGLAND sNoweouNp.
A Railway Train stuck in Twenty-Toot
Drift-Deaths In the Storm.

n halfway Train stuck IN Twenty-FOot
Drift-Deaths In the Storm.
LONDON, Nov. 22.-The storm has
caused great havoc inland and is con-
tinuing its work of destruction. The
Saffron 81 Walden branch of the Great
Eastern railway is blocked with snow,
and snow has also stopped all traffic
on the Great Northern railway between
Ashwell and Harston. Near Ashweil n
train is imbedded in 20-foot drift of
snow, and a gang of 100 men with n
snow-plow have been at work trying to
get the way clear.
The 4:45 express train from London
for Cambridge was showed in Sunday
morning near Eoyerston. One hun
dred men worked all day long in
digging out the train. Snowplows
had gone out in advance of the
train and they, too, were imbed-
ded in the drifts. Toward night the
track was sufficiently clear for the train
to proceed, All went we'll until Hars-
ton was reached, where the train stuck
again. The passengers then abandoned
it. Mrs. Eyre, local carrier of Small
ey, was found dead in the snow yester-
day on the road to Derby, to which
place. BIG lldI SJdEIGll W Wdlh odJuT-
day.
The gale in the English channel was
renewed with fury Monday. All the
boats running between Calais and
Dover are storm-bound at these two
ports and vessels arriving at Dover re-
port having experienced the most fear
full weather in the channel and in the
North sea. Disasters and fatalities are
reported on all sides and distressed YES
sells are to be seen off every part of the
coast. The lifeboats have been work.
ing gallantly for nearly three days and
have succeeded in saving large num-
Der of lives.
1t is feared that the loss of life will
be greater than in any storm of re-
cent years. A spar bearing the name
Moray has come ashore at Sand End,
Bantfshire. This is taken to confirm
the report that the steamer Moray was
lost off that place during the gale of
Friday night. There is now scarce
ly doubt that her entire crew of
fifteen persons were drowned. The
Electro has foundered in the North sea
near Heligoland. Her passengers and
crew We're saved. Eight fishing smacl1s
feared that they were not able to
ride out the storm. Many smacSs
are missing from Yarmouth The
ship Samuel Landann has foun-
dered in Lynn channel. Five of
her crew We're drowned.
The Glasgow steamer River Garry
has been wrecked at Dunbar and her
crew, consisting of five officers and
about sixteen seamen, pc rished.
The gale continues at Yarmouth. The
| herring boats which have arrived there
We're in a greatly damaged condition,
the value of their gear smashed being
at least 500, 600. Many fishermen have
been drowned.
| @Wreckage and timber from vessel
that stranded at Hartlepool have
washed ashore. Nothing has been seen
of the crew. A small steamer went
ashore near Cullen, Scotland, twelve of
| the crew drowning,
The ship Cambrian has been wrecked
| at Nairn, Scotland. Three bodies have
| already been washed ashore from the
wreck, and it is supposed that all of the
| crew were lost The gale prevails
chiefly upon the eastern and southern
| coasts.
Great damage was done at Lubbock,
Germany, by Sundays storm. The rivers
were very high and the district sur
| rounding the harbor was inundated
until nightfall. The shipping in the
harbor and near the shore suffered
heavily. Much damage was also done
in the villages in the vicinity. dis
patch from Lubbock says that the gale
is reviving. The ship Surprise from
Blarritz, France, was wrecked at
Lubbock and five of her crew were
drowned.
OsTEND Belgium, Nov. 22.-The coast
of Belgium is being swept by gale
almost phenomenal in its intensity.
Many fshing-boats have been lost and
their crews drowned
AMSTERDAM, Nov. . A very heavy
gale is prevailing here and elsewhere in
Holland. Dispatches received from the
coast towns report heavy loss of life
through the laundering of fishing
smacks.