The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
The Thames OverfiOws Doing
Great Damage In London.
Disasters Extend Throughout
the Provinces and
ALONG THE COASTS.
Cities Under Water and Boats
Ply in the Streets.
Storm Extends Through
France, Germany and Austria.

London, Jan. 14.-Widespread devas-
tation on land and sea, has been the re-
suit of the storm and the aggregate
losses of property are immense Re-
ports are gradually filtering through
from the provinces, telling of disman-
tied houses, overlooking rivers, inunda-
ted streets and fields, buildings flooded,
cattle and sheep drowned, railroads dis
organized and disasters to life and
limb.
London's parks and buildings have
suffered heavily. The Thames has over
flowed along the upper reaches, with
serious loss to the dealers on the banks.
Most of the coast towns have suffered
severely. Promenades have been swept
by the sea and harbors and piers dam
aged. Parts of Southampton are under
water. The schools were closed and the
tide is overlooking all boundaries and
threatening serious results.
In many parts of Portsmouth boats
were employed in the main streets to-
day to take the school children home.
Numerous small wrecks are reported
and all the lfeboatS are kept exceed
ingly 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 damaged, has been
is reported along the Normandy coast
though details have not been received.
Another train has been derailed near
Clare, Ireland, several of the passen-
gers being injured.
GALE IN AUSTRIA
Vienna, Jan. IA terrific gale has
been raging since early this morning,
much damage has been done to proper
ty and there have been many accidents.
TORRENTIAL RAINS.
Berlin, Jan. 14.-Reports received
here late this afternoon describe a vio-
lent gale raging in northern and west
ern Germany and thunder storms and
torrential rains in southern Germany
The gale appears to be passing in the
direction of Russia. There is still many
hours delay in the Geographic com
munication from the continent. and it
is feared that accounts of serious raw
ages there will soon be received
A dispatch from BreSt says that along
the F'inisterre coast a large quantity
of wreckage has come ashore with car
casses of sheep and cattle, and it is
believed that a large ship has foun-
dered. Heavy damage is already re-
ported from Ostend, Blankenberg and
other seacoast towns.
BEACH TORN UP.
Dieppe, Jan. 14.-The destruction of
the jetty here by the storm has blocked
the channel with girders The packet
boat from England to connect here with
the express for Paris was unable to
enter the harbor and was obliged to re-
turn to New Haven with her paSSen-
gers Immense damage has been done
to the gardens and casino here, and at
Pourville the gale has worked sim
liar injury, the beach being torn up
and the valley flooded for an area of
three kilOmeterS. Ten chaletS facing
the sea have been destroyed, forty bath
ing boxes washed away and the casino
wrecked.
At LIE Treport, sixteen miles north
east of Dieppe. the casino was half
n PhAlRfS
have been damaged. The whole coast
is Strewn with debris.