The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-24
GREAT BRIrAIN's GALE.
Reports of the Loss of Life and Damage
to Property Still Coming In.

London, Dec. SS.-Reports OF death and
damage to property in the great storm
are received constantly this evening.
Three fishing smacks went down last
night or stornway. on the Scotch coast.
and all three crews, numbering twenty
two men. were drowned.
The British bark Kirk Michael. which
was driven on the breakwater at Holy
Head yesterday. has filled. Twelve Of her
crew ere saved with the breeches buoy
and seven were drowned
Many dwellers ON the Donegal coast
have lost their huts ina the storm.
At Teelin a house collapsed and the
three occupants We're killed.
In Stranolar two persons We're killed by
a falling chimney.
Several vessels went adrift in Aber-
deem harbor and grounded. The roof of
the Mcdonald Art Gallery was ripped omen
and many valuable pictures were injured.
The brig Loven was wrecked in the Firth
of Clyde near Androssan, and her crew
Of hve were drowned
At Loeb Winnoch, near Paisley part Of
a three-story cabinet factory was wrecked.
Forty persons were buried in the ruins.
Four were killed outright and twenty in
Jured seriously. The proprietor was struck
in the back by falling timber and is dy-
ing. Only five persons escaped without
injury.
The coast steamship Brook was strand
ed last night near Berwick, Scotland, and
her crew was brought ashore with the
breeches buoy.
The gables were blown off a dozen
houses in Yarmouth, and the tide in the
river Yare rose several feet above the nor
NAL high water mark. Hundreds of houses
have been flooded.
Scores Of small steamers and sailing YES
sells have gone aground along the coast
The majority will be floated. Numerous
cases of death or severe injury from fall
ing timbers, trees and chimneys have been
reported this afternoon from all parts of
the United Kingdom.
Dispatches from the continent say that
Northern France and Germany suffered
severely from the storm. although the loss
of life and property cannot be estimated
as yet.
At Hamburg many vessels went adrft
and collided or grounded. The tide was
the highest seen since 1882.
The lower parts Of Wilhelmshaven on
the North sea were flooded and the dykes
would have gone If the garrison had not
worked energetically for hours to
strengthen them. Lubbock and COlberg
also suffered much damage.
The German bark Caroline, Capt
Gerdes, which sailed from Savannah Nov
II for Hamburg, is ashore at Egmond
Aan Zee. She is "A total wreck and her
cargo is being washed ashore Some of
her crew reached land, while others We're
drowned.
The British bark Tamare Marshall.
Capt. Utley, and the Norwegian ship
America, Capt. Frantaef, have been
driven in on the sand banks at Greenock.
The Norwegian bark ALBANIA, Capt. Dan
ielsen, is ashore at Cleveley'ss
Paris Dec. 23.-The storm which has
swept Northwestern Europe has done
great damage in Belgium.
The Dendre overfiowed its banks at
Termonde and the inhabitants We're
aroused at midnight by tn ringing of bells
to flee for their lives
In Rotterdam the water rose twelve feet
above the usual high water mark. The
streets were under two or three feet of
watre and the inhabitants padded about
on RATS and i'm boats.
The dykes of the Meuse and Vessel were
strained severely along their lower
courses. At one place a large break let
out a flood which covered wide area and
did enormous damage. Throughout the
Netherlands and Belgium many persons
were injured and few were killed by
falling chimneys and timbers.
The pilot cutter Limaneur capsized Off
Dunkirk and three of the crew were
drowned