The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-23
4 GALE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Several Lives Lost Ashore and on The
Water.

W GlLls
buildings Demolished in a Score of
Towns and Many Vessels Wrecked
Along the coasts-The Damage Done
by the Storm at Belfast Enorrnous-A
Terrible Experience in the chiIdren's
Ward in the Infrmary at Blackburn.
Thirty Persons Buried in the Ruins Of
workshop at Grimsby.
London, Dec. "a heavy gale set in
at O'Clock this morning and still contin-
mes. the south and west Of England, and
Southern ireland being the center of the
storm. Telegraphic communications are
somewhat interfered with. Part of the
clearing house at Euston station was IN
rooted by the gale and several clerks en-
ployed in the building were more or less
seriously injured.
Reports from Ireland state that at
Langford the streets are strewn with de-
Many trees We're uprooted and much
other damage was done al Belfast. Three
persons were killed in their beds by fall
ing walls and debris.
None of the channel steamers had ar
rived at Belfast at 1880 O'Clock last
The severity of the gale has not been
eoualled in many years.
4 heavy westerly wind is blowing along
the west coast of England. 1t is reported
that a schooner has been sunk off Liver
pool and the crew drowned.
A steamer is ashore a South End.
The schooner Helen Morris is reported
wrecked at ArdOgena Head, near Ard
more Ireland and three Of her crew
drowned The captain was washed ashore,
having provided himself with life belt.
He was still alive, but completely ex-
owing to the fury of the gale all traf-
fc in Liverpool is suspended. Such was
the force of the wind that tram car
on one of the lines in that city was driven
into another line and collided with an
other car, but fortunately killing no one.
The British bark Kirk Michael Capt.
Inc breakwater at Holly Head Some of
the crew We're landed by means of the
rocket apparatus and the rest probably
will be saved The sea is rolling over the
The Norwegian banks Titana and Val
hala parted their cables of Penros,
Carnarvonshire, and went ashore The
Carnarvon lfeboat has been sent to save
the crews. The schooner Dart parted her
cable off Anglesy and grounded a few
minutes later. The bark Lotos IS ashore
at Southport. The 3.000-ton steamship
British Queen lost two anchors with sixty
fathOms of chain and went ashore at
Long Beach. She is expected to float
al the next tide.
Two persons were killed in a factory
a. Preston county of Lancaster. by falling
walls. and in Grimsby, county of Lin
coin, one person was killed in the same
way.
At Beeston, Nottinghamshire, two chill
dIen who were playing IN the street,
We're caught under a wall which was
overturned by the wind and crushed to
death
Adyices from Belfast Ireland, state
that the American ship Kennebec. Capt.
Sawyer al that port, from Port Blakely,
Was torn from her mornings by the gale
and -ollided with several vessels, among
them tug, which was sunk.
All vessels outward bound from London
feVs IL - C. 49,
The gale Is increasing. 1t is raging heav-
lily on the French coast.
Al Lancaster the wind blew the roof off
a house and the whole structure col
lapsed burying three persons in the cell
lar. All were seriously injured Several
other houses in course OF building were
demolished.
At Nlorecambe several smacks were
sunk.
Al Grmsby a workshop collapsed. bury
ing thirty persons. One was killed and
three seriously injured. Telegraph wires,
timber stacks, trees, etc, were blown
down IN all directions.
AT Buxton the new town hall was I'M
rooted and partly wrecked.
AT Lisburn five factory chimneys were
oyer,nrown and great damage was done.
In Belfast the damage done by the
storm is enormous. number of fac
tories and houses were demolished.
At Hollywood Downshire schooner was
wrecked.
At Southport the lifeboats were kept
busy rescuing the crews of two vessels.
81 NeWry q brewery CHIMNEY was down
down and the local railway was so badly
damaged that traffic will have to be sus-
pended for several days.
chimney of the infirmary in Black
burn was blown down, crashing into the
children'S ward. Seven children were car
ried down with the debris. While police
men and fremen were trying to rescue the
children the lower floor collapsed and all
fell into the cellar. One policeman, the
cook and seven children We're severely in
Jured
The bark Kick Michael which was driven
on the breakwater at Holyhead, as pre-
Nously reported, seems to be doomed to
destruction. Four of her rescued seamen
have died of exhaustion. There are two
men still aboard
Word came from Liverpool late tonight
that another vessel had foundered and
hve of her crew had been drowned. A
hteboat going to the rescue was blown
adrift and wrecked. In the Mersey six
smacks We're sunk. -Four sailors are dy
ing in hospitals of broken heads. The
MerSey ferry was compelled 10 stop run
ming for several hours-a most unusual
occurrence. 1t is estimated that the wind
blew 81 miles an hour.
dispatch from Belfast says that sew
eral vessels were blown ashore in the
Tough. The crews of some of them have
been rescued. Among the rescued are the
captain. his wife and fifteen of the crew
Of the British bark Noel They chung to
the rigging for seven hours, exposed to
bitter northeaster. The vessel was dashed
to pieces.
The southwest of Ireland Jared worse
thany any other part Many casualties
are reported there The breaking of the
telegraph wires delays reports. 1t is be-
eved that parts of Scotland also suffered
badly