FATAL STORMS.
Lojstdox, February 8. A. terrible snowstorm' s raging in Scotland. The telegraph icres are prostrated. The bark Theodore Behi'end has been wrecked at Texel. Ten persons were drowned, including the captain and his family. Heavy gales arc again raging on the English and Irish coasts. A building fell near Bolton to-day, crushing a nnmber of cottages and killing six persons. At Pembroke a terry-boat cnpsized and nine persons were drowned.
London, February 9. A furious gale prevailed in the English Channel all last night, and the weather is bitterly cold. A number of small wrecks are reported. The gale continues. Telegraphic communication is interrupted and a number of houses have been blown down. In Scotland a heavy snowstorm prevails and railways are blockaded. All along the coast there have been numerous wrecks. A barque was lost off Grimsby and all hands were drowned.
London, February 10. Show continues to fall through the south of England and in Wales. On the coasts heavy gales prevail, and a number of shipping disasters are reported. Telegraphic communication is interrupted. Snowstorms also prevail throughout France and Germany, blocking the railways and interrupting telegraphic communication.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 349, 9 March 1889, Page 5
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192FATAL STORMS. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 349, 9 March 1889, Page 5
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