Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-16
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Death and Devastation Result fro N
Fierce Storm in Great
Britain.

London, Sept. 12.-While the details
| of the havoc wrought by the great storm
which ragged over the British isles Thurs
| day are necessarily incomplete, the re-
ports coming in from all parts of the
| United Kingdom show that the devasta-
ton was general, and it is feared that the
| loss of life is much greater than was at
first supposed. Lloyds already report
over SO serious casualties to shipping
All sorts of vessels were caught in the
gale and many foundered, several with
their entire crews. A great number of
! minor craft is believed to be lost and the
| bodies washing ashore continue to swell
the terrible list of fatalities.
The gale sprang up with sudden fury
| from the southwest and the wind blew
with a velocity at times reaching 72
miles an hour, and this continued for
several hours. All the coast towns suf-
| fered more or less and the agricultural
| sections in the interior report incalcula-
| Bile damage oWing to the late harvest.
The beautiful hop gardens Of Kent have
been ruined and in many places the val
! submerged, quantities Of sheep and cat
tie being drowned.
For some time Geographic communi-
cation was completely stopped and the
land lines are still interrupted. The
| telegraph companies report that the
wires and poles are down everywhere.
| Great numbers Of fine trees in the parks
of London and other cities were torn up
by the roots or stripped of their branches
| and the list of minor damage and casu-
alties is amazing. In addition to the
| deaths from drowning, reports from the
island give many fatalities resulting
from various causes incident to the
storm.
Dispatches from France and Germany
indicate that widespread damage has
been caused by the storm on sea and
land. Telephone communication be-
tween London and Paris has not yet
been restored and there is much delay
in Geographic dispatches.
From Duageness it is reported that
ketchs crew, numbering eight men,
were all drowned At Southsea several
bodies have been washed up. Poole,
Whitstable and Portsmouth all report
wrecks and fatalities. A derelict yacht
has been lowed into Portsmouth. The
fate Of her crew is now known. A
Southsea lifeboat went out to dis
tressed bark off Weymouth. There
were no signs of life on the vessel, and
it is supposed that her crew were
drowned.
Paris, Sept 12.-Reports from Havre,
Cherbourg and Dieppe show that the
heavy gales along the coast caused
widespread damage. Casinos and hun
dreds of bathing houses at the summer
resorts were swept away. A schooner in
the harbor of Havre fOundered. Tele-
graphic communication with London
and throughout France was interrupted.
kilograms continue to report great
ravages caused by the storm which swept
the coast of Brittany and the English
channel The principal sufferers are the
fishermen, many of whose boats have
been wrecked, though the loss of life re-
ported is small. The pilot boat LIE
Havre was wrecked near Cherbourg and
the captain and two sailors were
drowned The storm, which was accom-
panied by heavy hail, extended inland,
devastating the fruit trees and vines, es-
pecially in the champagne region around
Rheims.