The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-09-19
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Death and Devastaties Result from
Fierce storm In Great
Britain.

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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 al parts Of the
United Kingdom show that the devasta-
ton was general. and It 10 feared that the
| loss of life IL 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 fouhdered. several with
their entire crews. A great number Of
minor craft IL 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 q velocity at times reaching u
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
leys of the Thames and the Severn are
submerged, quantities Of sheep and cat
tie being drowned.
For some time telegraphic 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 telegraphic dispatches.
From Dungeness 1t is reported that
ketch's 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 a dis
tressed bark OF 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 foundersd. 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