A STORM IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Heavy gales prevail throughout England and Ireland on December Sbh, and communication by telegraph is seriously interfered with. The gale abated somewhat during daybroik. but raged with increase violence during the night over the whole kingdom, In the west of Ireland the storm was terrific. Steamers are delayed in making Queonstown, and all the harbours are filled with shipping, A high tide at Limerick is flooding warehouses on thg water front, and at Armagh the spinning mills have been stopped by thefloods. Damage done to property, accidents, and some cases of houses being set on fire by lightning are reported from all parts of (he kingdom, A French vessel foundered off Lymechurch and six persons were drowned. On the Danish coast many vessels have been wrecked.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAN18870115.2.46.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 187, 15 January 1887, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
131A STORM IN GREAT BRITAIN. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 187, 15 January 1887, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in