Destructive Cyclone in Austria.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 408, 5 October 1889, Page 3

Destructive Cyclone in Austria.

A disastrous cyclone, such as has not been experienced even in this empire for many years, has, pays the Vienna correspondent of the ' Daily Chronicle,' during the past two or three days been raging over Southern Hungary, Transylvania, andßukovina. The destruction of property it has caused is enormous, and there is unhappily only too much reason to fear that when the calculation comes to be made, hundreds of lives will be found to have been lost. The area of disturbance covers Several Thousand Square Milks, and from all eides the most heartrending accounts are being received of the desolation the storm has caused. From the Danube, the Theiss, and other rivers numberless corpses of men, women and children, and dead cafctle, have been recovered or washed up on to the banks, while a large number of animals have been killed by

Hailstones as Lyrge as Hkn.s' Eggs, others again having been struck dead by lightning. The vast majority of the deaths of people, however, were caused by the unfortunates being carried away by floods or killed, by the falling in of their houses. Of these there have been an enormous number destroyed, while several churche?, and among thorn the Roman Catholic and Greek churches at Mohacs, have been laid in ruins. Of twenty-four mills on the Danube, only three remain standing. The others have entirely disappeared, and so, too, have nearly all those on the Theiss. While A Ferry Boat Crowded witu People and cattle was crossing the Danube, near Pest, it was blown right on to a passing steamer, and completely wrecked, nearly all of those on board being drowned. At Szegedin, which it will be remenlbered was nearly destroyed by flood in 1879, a circus was swept clean away, and at Nyirbotar, in the Government of Gross wardein, a large number of houses and the church were struck by lightning and burned down, several people perishing in the' flames. These, however, are only a few incidents in a long catalogue of disaster. The vines and fruit and wheat crops have, of course, suffered severely, being, in many districts, almost wholly destroyed.

Ancient Highlander to Purser of Highland steamer — " Are ye ta pursoor of this poat ?" Purser — "Yes; what do you want?" A.H.— "What wull yo tak 1 ta cairry a corp ta Glesco ?" Purser— 11 Two pound?. But be sharp with it; we sail at two o'cloc^." A.H. — "Oh, ta corp's no jisfc ready yet. j Maybe she'll be ready when ye eft' ajgairi,"'