New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-23

ING wALLs-sTEAMERs AND SAILING YES
Sells WRECKED AND sEAMEN DROWNED
THE STORM ON THE FRENCH COAST.
London Dec "a tremendous gale set in at 2
o'clock this morning and still continues. the South
and West OF England and Southern Ireland being
the centre OF the storm. A heavy sea has been
raised In the English Channel All Geographic COM
munication between Scotland and Ireland has
been suspended. The severity OF the storm
has not been equaed for many years TWO
persons killed in a factory at Preston.
County Of Lancaster. by falling walls, and
In Grimsoy County Lincoln. person was
killed In the way At Beeston, Not
tinghamshire two children who were playing IN
the street caught under a wall which was
overturned by the wind and crushed 10 death
1t Is reported that schooner was sunk of Liver
pool and all her crew drowned steamer IS
ashore at South End. The schooner Helen Mar Is
reported wrecked at Ardogena Head. near Ardmore.
Ireland, and three OF her crew drowned Inc cap
tain was washed ashore, having sustained himself
with life-belt. He was still alive, but completely
exhausted H.,
owing the fury Of the gale all traffic IN l II
wind that tramcar on one Of the lines IN tne G S,,g
was driven into another car OF the same iine one
person was killed and three others, were painfully di
Injured Two o br Ts WHICH wa 6ow
Reports from Ireland state that at Langford the
uprooted and much damage was done; At Belfast
three persons were killed in their beds by falling
arrived al Belfast until 1890 O'Clock.
In London many houses have been unrooied ana
much other damage done. A part or the Clearing
house az Euston Station unroofed by the gaze
and several the clerks employed in the building
were more or less seriously injured
In the midland counties and South OF England
the storm began last night, the wind blowing a gaze
and A heavy rain falling. Al kenilworth county
az Warwick chimney 200 feet high was blown
down hut no one was killed.
The British bark Kirkmichael. captain Jones
was driven on the north end of the breakwater at
Holyhead Some Of the crew were landed by
means of the rocket apparatus and the rest proba-
bly will be saved. The Is rolling over the
breakwater ,.,,,
The Norwegian barks Titania and Nalhalla
parted their cables off Penrhos, Carnarvonshre
and went ashore. The Carnarvon lifeboat has been
sent out TO the crews. The schooner Dart
parted her cable off Anglesey and grounded few
minutes later The bark Lotos IL ashore at South
port. The 3000-ton steamship British Queen lost
two anchors with sixty fathoms OF chain and went
ashore at Long Reach. She Is expected to foat at
the next tide.
Further advices from Belfast, ireland. state that
the American ship Kennebec, Captain Sawyer at
that port from Port Blakely, was torn from her
moorings by the gale and crashed into several
vessels among them a tug. which was so badly
damaged that IL was abandoned in a sinking con-
dition.
All vessels outward bound from London are an
chored at the mouth OF the Thames.
Havre. Dec. PA heavy gale is raging along the
French coast and much damage has, 1t Is feared.
been suffered by shipping. The British steamer
Maroa Captain Adams at this port from New
Orleans. while going into her dock to-day came
into collision with the French steamer Colombo.
Captain Phervong. The damage sustained by the
vessels is not known.