TERRIBLE FLOODS IN ENGLAND.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1047, 23 December 1882, Page 1

TERRIBLE FLOODS IN ENGLAND.

The United Kingdom (says the Homo News) ha? just been visited with a terrible storm of wind and rain, which lias caused considerable damage and loss of life in many parts, At Windsor the Thames rose considerably, and the low-lying Land in the neighborhood is becoming flooded ; many of the trees of Windsor forest have been destroyed. Several disappearances are reported in connection with the flood in Bristol. A brewer's drayman, who was carried away into a river with his horse and dray, was rescued from a tree in which he had been all night. A boy in charge of a baker's cart was carried away ; the dead body of the horse, with the shafts, of the cart attached, has been discovered at a considerable distance from tliG scene of the accident. In Warwickshire the rivers Learn and Avon have overflowed their baaks, completely submerging the low-lying country for miles round, and doing great damage to farming stock. In Bridge End near Warwick Castle, the inhabitants are compelled to live in the upper rooms, and are conveyed to and from their homes in carts. Several fatal accidents are reported. A gale has also occurred in the Channel, and a large number of casualties have been reported at Dover. The scene presented, by the floods in the valley of the Avon, between Chippenham and Bristol, is unprecedanted. The tops of the hedges mark the boundaries of the fields, which are covered with the flood for miles round. The country roads arc impassable, and the ! mail car£s have ceased running. In Bath the flood is the most disastrous since 1823, all the lower portions of the town being under wator, and business is greatly impeded, A bridge at Baihford and another at Tiverton have been swept away ; timber yards have been beared of the contents, and .gardens of their produce, and a quantity of hay has been carried down the Avon. There have been serious floods at Leicester many of the streets being under water, the inhabitants having to live in their upper rooms, while furniture is floating about in the lower storeys. Food is being supplied from carts driven through the water. Similar rumors come from many parts. The Thames has also overflowed its banks, and the low-lyiug districts about Richmond, Twickenham, and. Staines are all under water. Several cases of loss of life have occurred by temporary bridges being washed away, and much damige to property and loss of cattle are also reported from the Midland counties. In some parts the wind blew a perfect hurricane, while the rain descended in torvents for manv hours.