The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-14
EUROPE STORM SWEPT
GREAT HAVOC WROUGHT IN BRITAIN
AND ELSEWHERE.
London Cut OF from Communication
with the Continent Most OF Yester-
day-Disasters on Land and Sea.

LONDON, Jan. 13.-This city has been
practically isolated by storm all day long.
No news messages have been received from
the continent sine. early morning and COM
munication with all parts Of the provinces
is seriously interrupted There have been
many wrecks of minor Importance, and sew
eral lives have been lost around the coast.
The gale generally has subsided, but an
other is approaching from the Irish coast.
While the storm was at its height, last
evening, a train near Llangferre, Wales,
| dashed into the sea, owing to the fact that
the tracks were washed away. The en-
gineer and fireman were drowned. Rigo,
the winner of the Stoke steepIechase at
Windsor yesterday, was killed at Berwick
station. The horse car was hurled from the
track and completely smashed. Folkeston
pier and station have been demolished.
Widespread devastation on land and sea
has been the result of the storm and the ag-
gregate losses of property are immense.
This evening reports are gradually fltering
through from the provinces, telling of dis
mantled houses, overfowing rivers, mum
dated streets and fields, buildings flooded,
cattle and sheep drowned railroads disor-
ganized and disasters to life and limb from
falling debris. London's parks and buildings
have suffered heavily. The Thames has
overfowed along the upper reaches, with
serious loss to the dwellers on the banks.
Most of the coast towns have suffered Sc
riously. Promenades have been swept by
the sea and harbors and piers damaged.
Parts Of Southampton are under water. The
schools were closed this afternoon, and this
evening the tide is overfowing all boun-
daries and threatening serious results In
|
boats were employed on the main streets
to-day to take the school children home.
Numerous small wrecks are reported and
all the lifeboats are kept exceedingly busy.
Three men, who were returning from a
funeral near Castle Island. ireland, were
lifted by the wind, hurled into a pit and
killed.
The channel steamers have had terrible
experiences. The pier at the entrance to
Dieppe, France, which was recently dam
aged, has been completely demolished and
great havoc is reported along the Normandy
coast. though details have not yet been re-
ceived. Another train has been derailed near
Glare, County Glare. Ireland, several of the
passengers being injured.
The gale appears to be passing in the
direction of Russia. There is still many
hours lost in the telegraphic communication
from the continent and it is feared that ac-
counts of serious ravages there will be soon
received.
dispatch from Brest says that along the
Finisterre coast a large quantity of wreck
age has come ashore, with carcasses of
sheep and cattle, and its believed that
large ship has foundered Heavy damage is
already reported from Ostend, Blanken-
burgh and other seacoast towns.
Reports received at Berlin describe vio-
lent gale raging in northern and western
Germany and thunderstorms and torrentiaI
rains in southern Germany. At Stuttgart a
large scaffolding was blown down and a
man killed.
Vienna reports a terrific gale raging there
since early this morning Much damage has
been done to property and there have been
many accidents.
dispatch from Dieppe says the destruc-
ton of the jetty there by the storm has
blocked the channel with girders. The
packet boat from England to connect there
with the express for Paris was unable to
enter the harbor this evening and was
obliged to return to New Haven with pas
sengers. Immense damage has been done
to the PLACE Garden and Casino at Dieppe
and at Pourvillo the gale has worked similar
injury, the beach being torn up and the
valley flooded for an area of three kilo-
meters. Ten chalets facing the sea have
been destroyed. forty bathing boxes washed
away and the Casino wrecked
At Lecreport sixteen miles northeast of
Dieppe, the casino was half carried out TO
sea and many chalets have been damaged.
The whole coast Is strewn with debris.