Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29
STORMS ABROAD.
Havoc in England, France, Ger
many, Belgium and Holland.
More Than Fifty Persons Arc Said to Have
Lost Their Lives-Mnny Vessels
Wrecked-Great Losses
Land.

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storm received from all parts of Eng
land show that immense damage has
been everywhere caused by tn. recent
gales. The loss will reach tens of
thousands of pounds Many buildings
have been blown down and telegraph
wires have suffered greatly. Traffic
has been completely suspended in
many places on account of the floods
Many ships have been driven ashore
by the winds.
Over fifty persons have been reported
dead in different places as result of
the storm, while hundreds have been
injured. Eight persons, while at
tempting to escape from bark
driven ashore at Holy Head, were
drowned. A chimney at She field was
blown down and it is reported that
five persons were killed and many in
jured. 1t is impossible to estimate the
damages, as reports from different sec
tions of the United Kingdom swell the
list of accidents and wrecks hourly.
The gale is said to be the worst that
has occurred in thirty years.
Three fishing smacks went down
Saturday night off Stornaway, on the
Scotch coast, and all three crews,
numbering twenty-five men, were
drowned. At Teelin house collapsed
and the three occupants were killed.
In Stanolar two persons were killed
by falling chimney.
Several vessels went adrift in Aber-
deeu harbor and grounded. The roof
of the Macdonald art gallery was
ripped open and many valuable pic
lures were injured. The brig Loven
was wrecked in the Firth of Clyde near
Androssan and her crew of five
were drowned. At Lochwinnoch,
near Paisley, part of a three
story cabinet factory was wrecked.
Forty persons were buried in the ruins
Four were killed outright and twenty
were injured seriously. The propri.
etor was struck in the back by fali-
ing timber and is dying. Only five
persons escaped without injury. The
coast steamship Brook was stranded
near Berwick, Scotland, Ind her crew
was brought ashore with the breeches
buoy.
The gables were blown off dozen
houses in Yarmouth, Vodtorkshire,
and the tide in the river Yare rose
several feet above the normal high
water mark. Hundreds of houses have
been flooded. At Lancaster the wind
blew the roof off house, and the
whole structure collapsed, burying
three persons in the cellar.
All were seriously injured. Sew
eral other houses in course of build
ing were demolished. At Morecambe
several smacks were sunk At Grims-
by a workshop collapsed, burying
thirty persons. One was killed and
three were seriously injured. Tele-
graph wires, timber, stacks, etc, We're
blown down in all directions.
Dispatches from the continent say
that northern France and Germany
su uttered severely from the storm, al
though the loss of life and property
cannot be estimated. At Hamburg
many vessels went adrift and collided
or grounded. The tide was the high
est 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 Col
berg also suffered much damage.
At least thirteen persons were killed
and sixty injured, many of them fatal
ly, by the wreck of the Manche ster
express on the London & Northwest
ern railway, at Chelford, Saturday.
The accident in reality was caused
by the recent storm, which has
wrought so much damage throughout
England. A luggage train was
first derailed about clock in the aft
ernoon by the force of the gale. Be
fore notices of the danger could be
sent to Crewe and neighboring stations
the express struck the baggage cars,
causing a great deal of damage to both
trains The express train was run
ming full speed at the time the acci-
dent occurred. The carriages were bad
ly smashed and thrown in all directions
by the force of the concussion. 1t was
hours before the debris was removed
and traffic resumed. The wounded are
being cared for by physicians of Man
chester and Crewe. There were many
heartrending scenes as the dead and
wounded were extracted from the
ruins.
PARIS, Dec. 24.-The storm which
has swept northwestern Europe has
done great damage in Belgium. The
| Dendre overfiowed its banks at Ter
monde, and the inhabitants were
aroused at midnight by ringing bells
| to flee for their lives. In Rotter-
dam the water rose IL feet above
the usual high water mark. The streets
were under or 8 feet of water, and
the inhabitants padded about on RATS
and in boats. The dykes of the Meuse
and Yssel were strained severely
along their lower courses. At one
place large break let out a
food 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 tim
bers. The pilot cutter Limaneur cap
sized off Dunkirk and three of the
crew were drowned.