The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-24
ONE HUNDRED DEAD.
English Flood Very Destructive
TO Human Life.
IMMENSE DAMAGE TO SHIPPING.
Tewns In Belgium, Holland and France
sesr the sszeoass rsundated-
The Loss Enornzous.

London. Dc. =.-Rapsrts of death and
damage to property IN he great STERN
are received constantly this evening
Three fishing zmacks wens aoHn last
night OF Storneway. on the Scotch coast.
and Hi their crews. numbering twenty
two raen. were drowned. The British
bark kIrkmtchael. which was driven on
the breakw alter al HciTheai yesterday.
haz ffl.8. Twelve OF her crew were
saved with the breaches buoy. and seven
were drowned. Many cottsrs On the
Donegal coass have lest their huts in
the storm A. Teaiin house collapsed
and the three occupants were Killed. Al
Ssranorfor two people were killed b.
falling chimney. Several vessels went
sdr.ft IN Aberceen harbor and grounded.
TIE roof OF the MeDons-ld art gallery
waa ripped open. and many valuable pic
lures we're injured. The brig oven vas
wrecked IN the flrtk Of Cissse. near An
drnass. ana her crew Of fge were
drowned. Al Loeb. near Paisley. part q
a thrce-atoFy cahinet factory Was
wrecked. Forty persos9s were buried IN
tae ruins Four were killed outright.
and twenty we're injured seriously. The
proprietor WAS slraek ia the hack by
falling timber. and IS dying. only i've
peraosas escaped without INJURY. The
coast steamship Brook was Stranded
last night near Berwick. Scotland. and
her crew were brought ashore with the
breecbes buoy. The gables were blown
or a dozen houses In Yarmouth. Nor
felkalY.rs, and the tide in the river Var
ro@ rose several feet above the normal
-
have been flooded. Scores OF small steam
cra and sailing vessels have run aground
along TIE coast. bot the majority Of
thcui viii be iinated. Numerous cases
of death or severe INJURY from falling
tisabeTs, trees and chinneys have been
reported this afternoon from all parts
of the Urited Kingdom The storm Is
how abaiins.
The ships America and Mary r. Mar
SHAH weni ashore near Green0Sk. The
ArkaIow WAS driven ashore in Scaipsle
bay. and has nine feet Of water IN her
bold. II Is expected she Will be a total
loss. All around the coast vessels are
reported TO be stranded or in great dan
ger The foEF-masted chip County OF
klnross. fer Hartiepool, was seen of
that port. lying on her beam ends and
apparently sinking. Her crew were seen
on her with lifebeIts on. The actual num-
Der CT deaths is unknown, but IL is ex-
peeted the list viii not be much less than
100. The American ship kennebec from
Port Blakeley. which has discharged
her cargo at Belfast, broke adrift and
sank tug ard damaged another vessel
Dispatches from tho continent say that
Northern France and Germany suffered
severely from the storm. although the
loss Of life ana property cannot be esti-
mated as yet. At Hamburg many YES
seis went adrift and colliaed or ground
e.. The tide was the highest seen since
1sS2 The lower parts OF wlihelmshaven.
on the North sea. are flooded, and the
dykes would have gone IL the garrison
had not worked theoretically for hours
to strengthen them. Lubbock and Colberg
also suffered much damage.
Amsterdam. Dec. 23.-Heavy floods have
been caused By the storm in Holland.
The rivers Mas ard Rotte rose twelve
fest iuurdatlng parts OF Rotterdam.
Boats were used IN the streets and in
the market places. which were like lakes.
Many OF the sykes threatened to give
way under the heavy pounding or the
sea In several places the water succeed
cl In breaking through and the country
IN the yicinlty OF the breaks is flooded.
Nine houses collapsed At Utrecht sew
crd persons We're drowned by the can
sizing OF q boat telegraph and tele-
phone wires were everywhere broken.
The bark Caroline from Savannah FOR
Hamburg. went ashore near ErmondSee
and became 4 total wreck. Her cargo
IL being washed upon the beach. Part
of her crew we're drowned.
In Rotterdam the water rose twelve
feet above the usual hlgh-watar mark.
Tho streets were under two or three feet
OF water. and the inhabitants padded
about on RATS and IN boats. The dykes
81 the Meuse and TsseI were strained
severely along their lower courses. At
one place large bank let out food
whleh covered a vide era and dld enor-
Hoas danaEe
Thro4shout the Netherlands and EeIyi-
I'm many persons were injured and a
few were kilie. ~ falling chinReys and
timber The pilot cutter i.amancur can
sizcd cG ntsakirk, ana three OF the crew
wero drowned.
hrueseis Dee zE-The storm has caused
much damage throughout Belghim. Many
of the Belgian fishing boats are missing
The town ~ Dcuaermon8a. AZ tue con
fieenea of the Den3er and schei4t rivers.
was inundated by the ovorfowing or tho
pen3er The Inhabitants were aroused
hy TIE tocsin and escaped. bat the prop
csty loss IS great The villages 81 an
desene. pcnderyiiic. Mes9ciace. Appels
ard Bscsrode were also inundated
Hamburg, Dec. g~Thc river Flbe has
overi.owes It's banks and Inundated the
lower parts Of the toNn The water IS
50 deep that sramcars are unahle to
run.