Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-12-27
DEATHS DUE TO THE STORM
Loss of Life and Property in
Great Britain.
MANY VESSELS DRIVEN ASHORE
Houses Blown Down and the
Inmates Killed.
Reports of Fresh Disasters Arriving Com
stuntiy-Sorthern France and Germany
Also Swept by Devastating Storm
Great Damage In Belgium.

LONDON, Dec. 23.-Report9 of death and
damage to property in the great storm are
received constantly this evening. Three
fishing smacks went down last night off
Stornaway. on the Scotch coast and all
three crews, numbering % men, were
drowned. The British bark Kirkmichael,
which was driven on the breakwater at
Holyhead yesterday, had filled, Twelve
of her crew were saved with the breeches
buoy sand seven were drowned. Many
cotters on the Donegal coast have lost
their huts in the storm. At Teelin house
collapsed and the three occupants were
killed. In Stranorlar two persons were
killed by a falling chimney.
Several vessels went adrift in Aberdeen
harbor and grounded. The roof of the
Macdonald Art Gallery was ripped open,
and many valuable pictures were injured.
The brig Loven was wrecked in the Firth
of Clyde, near Androssan, and her crew OF
five were drowned.
at Lockwinnuch, near Paisley. part Of a
three-story cabinet factory was wrecked.
Forty persons were buried in the ruins.
-Four were killed outright and 20 were in
jured seriously. The proprietor was struck
in the back by a falling timber and is
dying. Only live persons escaped without
injury.
Thecoast steamship Brooke was stranded
last night near Berwick, Scotland, and
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brooches buoy. The gables were blown
off a dozen houses in Yarmouth, Volfork-
shire, and the tide in the river Yare rose
several feet above high water mark. Hun
dreds of houses have been flooded.
Scores of small. steamers and sailing
vessels have run aground along the coast
The majority of them will be tloated.
Numerous cases of death or severe injury
from falling timbers, trees and chimneys
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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
| adrift and collided or grounded. The tide
was the highest seen since 1882. The
lower parts of Wilhelmshayen, on the
North Sea- were flooded and the dykes
would have gore if the garrison had not
worked energetically for hours to
strengthen them. Lubbock and Goldberg
also suffered much damage
| The German bark Caroline, Captain
Gerdes, which sailed from Savannah,
| November 14th, for Hamburg, is ashore at
Egnond Aan Zee. She is total wreck,
and her cargo is being washed ashore.
Some of her crew reached land, while
others were drowned.
The British bark lamar t. Marshall,
Captain Utley, and the Norwegian ship
America. Captain Frantzen, have been i'll
on the sand banks at Greenock.
The Norwegian bark ALBANIA, Captain
Danieson, is ashore at Clevelys.
LONDON, Dec. M.-The telegraph lines in
the northern part of Great Britain are still
down, and the amount of the damage
done by the storm'is notiknown. 1t is eSti
mated, however, that from 80 to 100 pei
sons lost their lives in various manners.
GREAT DAMAGE IN BELGIUM.
PARIS Dec. 23.-The, storm which has
swept Northwestern Europe has done great
damage in Belgium. The Dendre over
flowed its banks at Termonde, and the
inhabitants were aroused u. midnight by
ringing bells to flee for their lives.
In Rotterdam the water rose 10 feet
above the usual high water mark. The
streets were under two or three feet OF
water. and the inhabitants padded about
Oh RATS and in boats.
The dykes of the Meuse and Yssel were
strained severely along their lower courses
AT one place Il large break let out flood
which covered wide area and did cnor
nous damage. Throughout the Neither
lands and Belgium many persons were
injured and a few were killed by fallin.
chimneys and timbers.
The pilot cutter Lamaneur capsized of
Dnnllirk and three Of the crew were
drowned.
ON THE NORTH SEA BEACH.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 24.-rhe storm new.
from various parts of the coast shows thu
the damage done has been much greater
than WAS at first supposed. The North Sc,
beach, in every direction has been washed
away from IA to 20 feet and many fishing
vessels which had been drawn up on the
beach have been destroyed. The greater
part of flushing has been greatly damaged
by the storm.
The German bark Caroline has beer
wrecked off the coast. Ten of her crew
were drowned and seven were saved
Several vessels in distress have beel
sighted at various points.