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¡ tONDON SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
¡ tONDON SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. The results of the polling in the 11 divisions into which the School Board constituency is divided Were made known on Friday. They show thaf, on a total pell considerably smaller than that of 1894, the Progressives have won a decided victory, returning a clear majority of the Board for the first time since 1882. Of the 55 members of the pew Board, 29 are official Progressive* areTMoaerates -of both parties, two Independent l'rj>- Eessives, one an Independent Moderate, one ,a ibout "toemtwjr,' and one a Soman Catholic. Tlifc Progressives have gained from the Moderates c)40 rtfet in the City, one in West Lambeth, one in Westminster, and two in Marylebone. THe Independent Progressives have gained a se$it from the Moderates in the Tower Hamlets, and one -from the Progressives in Hackney. A Roman Catholic has displaced a'Moderate in Southwark, aq the Labour party a Moderate in Greenwich. The most noteworthy feature of tbe election, so far as change in the personnel of the Board is eonoerned, is the defeat in Marylebone of Mr. J. R. Diggle, who has for many years been the leader of the official Moderate party. •err? OF LONDOV. 7 J In the City of London division there is a. Progrejs- aide gain Of one. The tvo Progressives who head the poll, Mr. G. Granville Leveson-Gower and Mitep M'Kee, ran together and have succeeded in dta- placing Mr. Patrick White and winning S-WAT. Three years ago Miss Davenport-Hill, the only Progressive candidate, polled nearly 6000 votes more than thp foremost Moderate, but on this occasion thePrp- tressives ran two and the Moderates three* Mr. Leveson-Gower is a nephew of the late Earl Gran- ville. Miss M!}{ee is a guardian of the poor for Marylebone. Canon Ingram, fourth on the hst., a Moderate, is rector of St. Margaret's, Lothbury. Mr. Key, who comes in third, is also a Moderate, acted as chairman of tbe Finance Committee on the late Board. Mr. Patrick White's poll was 416 less than the lowest successful candidate. GREENWICH. A Labour candidate supplants a1 Moderate in the Greenwich division. The two Progressives, Mr. G. B. Warmington and the Rev. John Wilson, main- tained their old position at the head of the poll, and Mrs. Adams, who ran as a Labour candidate, suc- ceeded iri defeating Canon Bristow, an old Moderate member, by 1555 votes. The Bev. F. Clark, W$O succeeds the Rev. W. Blackmore in the Moderate interest,is vicar of St. Peter's. Greenwich. 1 > HACKNEY. An Independent Progressive gains a seat from Moderate in Hackney. Mies Morten, who heads the poll, takes the place of Mr. Borobin, the old Pro- gressive member, who retired. Her two Progressive colleagues, the Rev. Stewart Headlam and Mr Graham Wallas, came second and third, as they did at the last election. The only Moderate returned here, Mr. William Bridgeman, is the new member, and he was supported by the Voluntary Schools Defence Union, while Colonel Hubbard, whom he displaces, was an official Moderate. Mr. John Lobb, who bad previously sat on the Board, but was defeated in this division as a Moderate at the last election, ran now as an Independent Progreiisive, and managed to get into the fifth place, beating Colonel Hubbard, the late Moderate member, by 90 votes. EAST LAMBETH. In East Lambeth there is no party change. The Progressives have succeeded in electing their three old members, the Rev- A. W. Jephson, Mr. G. C. Whiteley, and Mr. Thos. Gautiey. The fourth sue- cessful candidate, Mr. Henry Gooch, a barrister, who comes in third on the list, is a new member, who received the support of the Conservative party and thereby, threw out the Rev. Andrew Drew, another Moderate, who was 7895 behind Mr. Gautrey. WEST LAMBETH. The .Progressives gain one seat in West Lambeth. They won here a great victory by placing their four Candidates, Mr. T. J. Macnamara, the Rev. W. Hamilton, Mr. Mayhew, and Mr. Sinclair, at the head of the poll by substantial majorities. This is the first occasion on which they have succeeded in obtaining a majority of Beats in this suburban division. Although the Progressives headed the poll on the last occasion, the parties were equally divided. Mr. M^cnamam and the Rev. W. Hamilton stand first and second as in 1894. Mr. Mark Mayhew, who is third, is a new member, but tbe fourth Progressive, Mr. Sinclair, has sat on the Board for many years. The Rey^^Allea Edwards and Mr. Kidson, the two Mode- rates who as. fifth and sixth secure seats, are also old members. Mr. Lynn, who was defeated by nearly 7000 votes, was an old member, who soifght re-elec- tion, ps an Independent Moderate. SOUTHWARK. A Roman Catholic displaces a Moderate in South- Wart. The Rev. John Lidgett, a Weslejairminister, who beads the poll, is a new membefc." The Rev. Copglsud,Rowie, kis Progressive colleague, is a Unitarian minister, and has acted as one of the whips of his party on .the old Board. The Rev. Father Brawn, who came forward in the Roman Catholic interest, is third, and defeated Mr. Thomas Flo if), an old member who sat as a Moderate. Mr. Dumphreys, an old Moderate member, is now fourth on the poll as against second three years ago. TOWER NAMLETS. An Independent Progressive takes the place of Progressive in the Tower Hamlets. This was tlfe only division which in 1894 returned a Moderate at the head of the poll. Mrs. Hooiao, who sought, re-election, now occupies that postion, and her official Progressive colleague, the Rev. Edward Schnadhorar^ a Congregational minister/who also sought re-elei- tion, comes third. He is the brother of Mr. Schnad" hdrit, formerly of the Liberal organisation. Mr. Bruce, the third old Progressive member, intended also to seek re-election, but he overlooked the day of nomination and thus became disqualified. Sir Charles -Elliott and Mr. Ernest Flower, M.P., the two Moderate members, were recommended by the Voluntary Schools Defence Union. Mr. Costelfofc, who described himself as an Independent PfOgrb67 .tt"e, received the support of the Roman Catholies here, and was not officially recognised as a Progres- sive candidate. Mr. Pearscm, Socialist, polled 12,137 VOles. but was unsuccessful. CHELSEA. No party change took place in Chelsea. This wi^s a remarkably close contest, the Progressives failing to win a seat by four votes only. Although the Moderate differences were very acute in this division they have succeeded in replacing Mr. Athelstan Ril^v by Mr. William Thompson, another Moderate. Fr;*r 61ct members have been re-elected, but thefr positions on the poll have been reversed, Mr. DAvirfi rind Mr. Huggett the Moderates, being first and Second instead of third and fourth, and Mrø. 3kaitlanjl and Viscount Morpeth, the Progressivei, third and fourth instead of first and second. Mr. lieslie Johnson, who just failed to secure election fey four votes, as above stated, polled 13,218. Mr. j Petherbridge came forward as a candidate in the Interests of the, f oluntary Schools Defence Union and polled 8882. WESTMINSTER. ^Progressive gain of one was registered in Welt- toinster. 'Three years ago the Progressive cahdid4te headed the poll, but his colleague, Miss Elder, wjafc Sxfh and was beaten by 260 votes. Now the two rogressive candidates, the lady last mentioned apd t b. Morgan Browne, are ahead by over 6000 vote?, apd Mr. Laing, an old Moderate member, has been defeated. Mr. Morgan Browne, Miss Elder, and Mr. Kyd are new, members. « Major Skinner and Mr. Wkinett were on; the old Board. Notwithstanding 4pe fact that three Moderate members have been re- turned as against two Progressives, the latter pollifed there votes than the aggregate recorded for the four Moderate candidates. PINSBURY. i No party change occurred in Finsbury. Miss lltve < stands first as in 1894, and Mr. Bowden, who stands Second, is a new member. The third Progressive can- didate, Earl Beauchamp, is a Conservative aad Churchman. Mrs. Dibdin, the highest Moderate, Itood in the voluntary school interest, whilst the Bey. Mr. Brooke, who was announced as a follower pf Mr, Diggle, is badly beaten. The two other Mode- l'áte members, the Rev. John Rose and Mr. Sharp, Mood as Independents. MABYLBBONB. A Progressive gain of two seats took place in > Marylebone. This was the most exciting of all the Jjectiins, as the leaders of the two great parties, Mr. Biggie and Mr. Lyulph Stanley, were pitted against 2*ch other. Mr. Barnes, An Independent Moderate, the poll by 10,0Q0 votes, and Mr. Evelyn who has taken the lead among the Voluntary Behool party, is second. The four Progressive 0, candidates, with Mr. Stanley at their head, JoUow in succession, and the seventh seat is taken by Moberly, who ran as an Independent Mode- rate. Mr. Diggle, who potted in 1894 over 30,000, is beaten by nearly 4000 votes, and Mr. Laing, who ran as his colleague, is tenth on the poll. Mr. Coxhead, an old member and an anti-Diggleite, .is eleventh, and Mr. Cox, a. voluntary school candidate, is also beaten. I THE NNW CHAIRMAir. At a meeting of the Progressive party, held at the London School Board omcea on Saturday, it was resolved to nominate Lord Reay as chairman and Mr. Lyulph Stanley as vice-chairman of .the London School Board. THE EATtfN WAR MEDALS. The magnificent collection of war medals which Colonel the Hon. H. F. Eaton, Grenadier Guards, has spent many years in collecting is now -on view at the Royal United Service Institution in London. It is indeed probably (says a special writer i* the Daily Chronicle) the most. complete in existence. Medalfc group, broadly speaking, into two classes, those which can only be worn by officers of superior rank, and those which can be won and worn by all, both officer* and men alike. The latter are of course of far the greatest interest, but as they are with rare exceptions comparatively modern, they lack the mterest of antiquity that attaches to the former class. What. way fairly claim to be the earliest British war medals are those bestowed by Queen Elizabeth as rewards for the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and a fine speci- men. of these medals, <latiDg from 1587> is the oldest medal in the collection. Another extremely interest. ing medal amongst the earlier ones is that struck to commemorate the Battle of Dunbar, on September 3, 1650. This medal is one of the exceptions above alluded to, for Cromwell conferred it on both officers and soldiers alike. Another unique medal will be found in the case containing foreign decorations bestowed on British officers. This is a superb gold medal and chain, one of eight conferred on officers of the 15th Light Dragoons by the Emperor Francis IL for a feat of the most heroic bravery. To save the Emperor from certain capture two squadrons of this regiment, together with the German Leopold Hussars, charged into some 10,000 French, and effected a retreat, though of course with great loss, after killing and wounding about 1200 and capturing three guns. In the great war the custom was to confer Ii, gold medal on senior officers for the first great action, clasps to such for the second and third, to replace medal and clasps by a cross for the fourth action, and to add a clasp to the cross for all subser quent actions. Thus the Dule of Wellington had the cross with niae clasps, such representing 14 battles, for on the cross Roleia and Vimiera were en- scrolled together. Several medals and crosses of this class are here to be seen, the finest being that of Colonel John Keane, which has on the cross Martinique, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse, with clasps for Pyrenees and Nivelle. On the Navy, gold medals, large for admirals and small for captains, were conferred for 18 of the mere important engagements. The first six given were for the glorious First of June, and they are of special interest, and for this reason. In addition to the Navy blue and white ribbon, by which they were worn round the neck, they had geld chains which Farmer George himself conferred on the six admirals engaged when he visited Howe's fleet at Spithead on its ieturn from Ushant. One of these, that conferred on Rear-Admiral Bowver, looms large amongst the Naval medals of this collec- tion. Amongst medals conferred alike on all ranks the Waterloo medal is certainly the prototype, and of these there are a magnificent collection. The recipients in many cases—it «ld veterans—suspended them to a clasp inscribed Peninsula," but the gem of this collection is that of Lieut. Eason, 28th Foot, which is attached to a clasp inscribed Quatre-Bras," where the "Slashers" to gloriously distinguished themselves. Types of every medal, issued to all alike, will be found in this collection, from the Ghuztiee medal of 1839 down to the new Iudian General Service medal with clasps for Chitral, and not only this, but every possible combination of clasps are in evidence. Take, for instance,.the General Service medal for the campaigns from 1806-1814, which was not issued till 1847. Twenty-seven clasps in all were given, ranging from Maida, 1806. to Toulouse, 1814. The great Duke's medal had only 14 clasps, but two were issued with 15, and one of these is injthis collection. 'The for^&'dlasps are those for the American actfons of Fort Detroit, Chateauquay, and Chrystler's Farm, .atd all are here. To the Naval General Service medal of this period no less than 215 clasps were issued, and of course the combinations are number- e' less. The highest number, however, given to one re- cipient was six, and a fine sjejinuen of a six-clasp medal is to be found in Colonel Eaton's collection. Notable also in the JJaval section is a one-clasp medal in the centre of the case. The clasp bears the legend, Rapid, 24th April, 1808," and for the action which it commemorates—the destruction by Lieutenant Bangh of the Spanish gunboats at Faro-PnIY one survivor remains to claim the clasp. Another most remarkable medal in the naval sefr tion is a five-clasp medal for the China campaign pf 1857-60. For this campaign five clasps were issued, one for Fatsban 11 fioing only', to the navy. The solitary recipient of the five clasps was a Marine artillery- man, who not only earned the Fatshan clasp, but GLISO the four given to troops operating ashore. Specially interesting are the cases in which are dis- played groups of medals, each group having been won and worn by one particular individual. Two Victoria Crosses belong to this section, and 1 may here note (writes the Daily Chronicle representative) that there are no lesq, than nine Victoria Crosses in the collec- tion, one being a naval one. One group contains medals for Ghuznee, 1839; Jellalabad, 1842; Afghan, 1842; Sutlij, 1845 (two clasps), meritorious service and the regimental medals of the 9th and 13th Foot, These medals were won by a late Tower Warder named Godfrey, whom Colonel Eaton assisted to write a story of his career. By the sale of this pamphlet Godfrey was enabled to add consider- ably to his small income, and the worthy old veteran left his medals to Colonel Eaton at his death. Noticeable also is the group of medals worn by the late. Sir C. F. Smith, Royal Engineers, for amongst other decorations this group contains the Army General Service medal; with a clasp fct Martinique, as well as the Navy General Service medal, witih clasps, forr Syria. Specially interesting are the numerous regimental medals, and the more so-U& they are of the past, for the issue el regimental medals ceased when William IV. introduced the medal for long service and good conduct." In short, an inspection. of the collection will stir the heart of everyone who has an interest in either I of the two great services.
;1. THE -RUSH TO THE RAND.I
;1. THE RUSH TO THE RAND. WARNING TO INTENDING EMIGRANTS. 'I By the lpst mail ta hand from South Africa comes a melancholy story as to Ihfe distress at presept existing at Johannesburg, revealing a state of matters well calculated to stop the rush to, the RanA. Writing on the subject under the heading Starving Johannesburg," a recent resident says; They are coming in crowds,, you can stop them. It is utterly useless to attempt to do so. Shoals of letters have been written to the home papers by prominent men pointing out the difficulties which exist at the pre- sent time in making a living, and editors have de- voted leading articles to the sub ect. But it is all useless. Advice falls to the ground unheeded, and the cry is "StiII they come." Johannesburg at the pre- sent time is in such a condition as few other cities have ever presented. Trade is paralysed, busi- ness of all description is at a standstill, mines are closing down daily, many of the most prominent are just" keeping the fires burning," thousands of people are absolutely starving, and during all this lae Government is shifting and dodging the all-impvr- tant question, knowing full well that the prosperity of the country depends on their acting in the only Way that common sense could Buggest, and yet held from acting in that way by distrust of the Oiitt- lander. At the present, time it is calculated there are 10,000 people out of employment in Johannesburg and district. Amongst this number are men of an professions and trades—intellectual, honourable men, who could fill any responsible position, but who, owing to' the present crisis, are unable to obtain even he humblest kind of employment. A walk round the park's in Johannesburg will give some slight idea of the present distress; the groups occupying the tenches, their palid, drawn cheeks and lack-lustre eyeis, the hopeless way in which thev glance srt, the passers-by—all tell their own tale.
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SEVERE GALE. ' -■ 1
SEVERE GALE. -■ 1 H*AVY DAMAG». 5 j During Saturday night and Sunday a very well defined depression advanced to the extreme northern ï and north-eastern coasts of Britain from the north- I westward, increasing rapidly in intensity as it i advanced and spreading all over our islands on. ttio one hand and over Norway and Denmark on the othir. As the centre advanced the wind which had previously blown with only the force of a strong breeze from west and south-west—veered round to north-west aid north, and blew a violent gale on the north aid north-west coasts of Ireland and a strong gale off tie west of Scotland and over the Irish Sea. The fallof temperatur with this change was very great, aftd snow and hail soon mingled with the rain. In London there was no gale until Sunday after- noon, and in thill gale the wind was from west-south- west, and the thermometer rose from 41deg. at abopt six a.m. to deg. at six p.m. A heavy north-west gale, with hail squalls, pre- vailed in Liverpool on Sunday, and Channel steamers reported terrific weather outside. "The river pre- sented an extraordinary appearance, the promenades on the Cheshire side being swept by great waves. A number of yachts and other small craft were sunk at their moorings. The New Brighton steam lifeboat Northumberland was dragged from her moorings and drifted away, but was fortunately picked up by a tug and towed into safetv. A Rood deal of damage was done in the city and suburbs. Several serious shipping casualties were reported on Monday in the English Channel resultmg from the gale raging there. On Sunday evening a French fishing boat with a lifeboat in tow, evidently belong- ing to a large vessel, Endeavoured to make the Port of Do er, but was unable to do so owing to the high sea running, and had to put to sea again and took re- fuge in the Downs. Vessels arriving reported passing a large quantity of wreckage in the Channel, amongst it being a boat bottom upwards An exciting scene was witnessed on Sun day afternoon, near Dymchurch, between Duuge- ness Point and Hythe, when a large steamer was seen in distress and in a sinking condition. Efforts were evidently being made to run the vessel ashore to save her, which was eventually done. The vessel was stated to be the steamer Noel of Dun- kerqne, 1588 tons burthen, built at Barrow in 1878. The vessel had been in collision and had sustained such injury that her captain rah for the land as the Ilt) only way of saving his ship. Fatigue parties were engaged in rendering all possible assistance. The name of the colliding vessel had not tran- spired, but it was probably a barque which was towed up Channel with her bows stove in and the forepart of the ship otherwise damaged. A Calais correspondent states that a French schooner stranded near there. The lifeboat and tug went to her assistance and succeeded in getting her into the harbour, where she sank. On Saturday and Sunday the afternoon Pol kestone- Boulogne service had to be suspended, the pas- sengers travelling via Calais and Dover. The gale was felt on Sunday with great violence throughout north Lancashire, but especially on the seaboard, there being a tremendous sea. The force of the wind at times was terinSo, and very heavy showers fell. The Ribble, Wjne, Brock, and other rivers were swollen by rain and fidoded great tracts of the ,surrounding country. All the brooks over- flowed, the drains were blocked, and many roads were under water,, At high tide the Ribble topped its banks, and water was beating against the houses in Broadgate, but afterwards the water receded. Damage was done to many buildings and planta- tions. During Sunday a gale trom the north-west sprang up with great suddenness at Holyhead, and in the evening was raging furiously. Several buildings sustained damage. Gthe harbour of refuge was full of shipping, and many of the large vessels in the outer roads were dragging, Huge seas broke over the breakwater. A large barque, the Alert, of Nova Scotia, from Preston to Swansea, was in danger of going ashore on the rocks, and some powerful tugs went off to her assistance. The crew, numbering 16 or 17, were with great difficulty saved by the lifeboat. A tremendous gale swept the Blackpool coast, and the wreck of the Foudroyant, which was supposed to be firmly embedded in the sand, was dashed to pieces. Such was the force of the gale that only the poop remained an Sunday night. The coast Was littered with her timbers. A heavy gale prevailed off the Manx coast all Sun- day. The wind sprung up in the early morning from weet south-west and veered to west and by daylight it Mew with hurricane force. The storm was accom- panied by heavy rain and sleet. The sea ran very nigh and a number of trawlers fishing off the Calf of Man just succeeded 111 reaching shelter in time. A heavy sea on Saturday swept over the jetty steps iat Yarmouth, where sea angling was being pursued, ahd a youth named Berry wais: carried' off his feet and drowned. DEVASTATION AT WOOLWICH. In consequence of the high gale, which changed during Sunday night from South-West to Nonb- West, there was an immense influx of water into the Thames from the North Sea, the river rising six feet higher than usual. At Woolwich Arsenal, where the wharves are four feet above high water mark, the flood came over .at half-past three in the. afternoon on Monday, stopping all work in the vicinity of the wharf. At a quarter-past four o'clock the flood assumed serious proportions, and informa- tion having been received at (he Cen'ral OHice t' ittt No. 1 and No. 2 Ppwder Magazine?, where an, immense quantity of reserve sinail- arm ammunition was stored, was in danger, a message was telephoned to the General OIficer commanding at Woolwich asking him to send down all the available troops to assist in removing the ammunition before -it could be reached by the flood, and in reecuiugl he movable stores from the wharves and sheds, in which were packed some thousands of pounds worth l-f war stores ready for shipment. The troops in garrison, numbering 7000, were called out, and in command of Colonel Slade, C.B., weie quickly on the ecene, and rendered prompt assistance. Previous to this, barrels of stores had floated into the firer. The water continued to rise higher and higher, and the hydranlicshop, containing the electric plant which lights the greater part of the Arsenal, was soon eub- merged and the tires of the boilers extinguished, leaving the place in darkness. The Arsenal employes number 17,000, and hundreds of these were sent home, and had to wade knee-deep through the water for a considerable distance, the extent of therea. flooded being a mile and il-balf ia length and between 300 and 400 yards in width, the whole of the depart- ments being more or less affected. The portions of the Arsenal which have suffered most are the Cannon Cartridge Factory, the Shell Foundry, the Inspec- tion Branch, the sighting-room of the Royal Gun Factories, the Rifle Shell Factory, and bullet shops. The two "T" Piers, on which were stacked a large quantity of war stores, could only be approached by boat. The high tide made its way as far as the new Saw Mills of the R6yal Carriage Department, situate near the middle enfrafice gates, and pl&nks and loose timber floated about in all directions. To obviate the dariger of.1 explosion, many of the fires were withdrawn from the boilers, and the machinery thus stopped. In nearly all depart- ments, night shifts had to be suspended. At one time it was feared the river-bank would give wal,, and the troops were kept in readiness to fill up the gaps with sand bags, but happily this was not found necessary. The Royal Dockyard, where the post- office, cable, and telegraph stores are kept, was flooded to a considerable degree. Altogether the damage to Government property amounts to many thousands of pounds, and would probably have been still more but for the promptitude displayed by the officials, who re- mained at their posts up to seven o'clock. The cement and other works on the Essex side of the river in the Grays district, as well as the docks, suffered terribly from the abnormally high tide. Til- bury marshes and the whole of the lower part of Grays were inundated to a depth of several feet. BnEERSESS SEA WALL AND PIER. The roads leading out of Sheerness to the main- land of Kent were completely submerged by the floods resulting from the extraordinarily high tide. Railway traffic was completely blocked, the line being under water, and, except for the telegraph system, Sheerness was on Monday evening com- pletely cut off from the rest of England. The re- ceding tide revealed a great breach in the War De- partment's Sea wall, and troops from t, he garrison were called out to execute repairs before the tide re- turned. Few streets ia the town escaped inundation. Many horses, sheep, and cattle in the low-lying pastures, unable to reach the. hills in time, wer# drowned. The tide wrecked the greater portion of Sheerness Pier, which was constructed in 1837, and was in a somewhat dilapidated condition. The pier parted in the centre, section after section was carried away, ,Md communication between tne T-end and the toll-house was completely cut off. Sheer-, am Dockyardalad sufferd from the effects of the fcigh tide. The seas broke over the dockyard wall, and floodad the lower portion -of the yard. The oaf)tain-superintendent's office was completely cut off front the remainder of the dock- yard. Nos. 4 and 5 Docks were flooded, and it was a great relief to the officials to know that the cruiser Pomone was,off the building slip, and safety berthed in the steam basin. Such a high tide has never been witnessed before, the disastrous flood of January, 1881, fading into insignificance before the result of this calamity. AtWhitstablea yawl and other vessels were sunk, and such was the height of the water that it over- flowed the sea wall and inundated some of the streets and a 14%6 number of houses. The disturbance of bnstness and traffic was such that no mail reached the district office at Canterbury in the morning. EOCHBSTEK FLOODED AND IN DARKNESS. I The tide was the highest known on the Medway for nearly 20 years. The river overflowed its banks;, and a considerable part of Rochester has been under water. Strood, on the no side of the river, has suffered most severely. Hjgh-street, Canal-road, and even North-street, some distance away from the river, besides many back streets, have been flooded. Ttlt water rose In High-street to the extent of 3ft. The gasworks on the south side of the river were flooded, and the whole town was in darkness except for èand] light. Shops were closed and business and traffic were at a standstill. Very great damage has been done. It is reported that some houses near the land wall were flooded even to their bedrooms. HERNE BAY AND MARGATB. The fearful gale was felt severely in Heme Bay, where the Promenade was under water at high tide, many thousands of pounds' damage being done. The. low-lyinq parta of the town ware completely flooded, and the inhabitants of the streets leading from the front bad to be removed from their houses jn. Jboajts, Such a disastrous storm has not been witnessed since 1840. Fortunately the new pier stood the test well. The Margate sea front was wrecked, basements flooded, and the cellars fell in, owing to the toini of water which overflowed the Marine Drive and Par Ide. The Marine Palace Baths were levelled te the ground, the sea wall broken away, and other serious damage done to the jetty. DBAL FLOODED.—VESSELS IN DISTRESS. An exciting scene was witnessed at Deal on Monday afternoon, where the storm has caused great havoQ. Owing to the abnormally high tide and heavy swell the water rose above the shore level, inundating the houses at the north end of the town, and flooding the streets as far back as the High-street. The scour of the storm has done extensive damage to the sea-wall at the north end of the town, a large breach having been made opposite the Coastguard Station, where a length of wall has also been destroyed. Some of the houses at the north end are fairly washed out by the sea, while at the south end of the town the cellars of many of the houses are- under water. The damage caused will be considerable. A large number of vessels had sought refuge in the Downs, but the wind off the land was so severe that they dragged their anchors, and many of them had the greatest difficulty in getting out of a perilous position. In the evening there was an almost continuous boom of distress guns from the Goodwins, and five vessels were showing signals of distress, in response to which the Deal and Walmer lifeboats put to sea, the launching being witnessed by a vast crowd of spectators. BROADBTAlRS PIER WRICKED. The storm and high tide were the most disastrous experienced for many 3 ears at Broadstairs. Long before high water the old pier was completely sub- merged, and tremendous waves swept from end to end, carrying away the flagstaff, the wooden shelter, and a considerable portion of the jetty woodwork. Several small boats were swamped, and narrow escapes were witnessed of boatmen trying to save their property. A later telegram- says that on the pier being ex- amined after the tide had receded it was found that all the flooring of the jetty had been swept away ds well as a great part of the strong wooden fence run- ning along the seaward side of the pier. The break- waters were also greatly damaged, and about a dozen small boats either swamped or broken up. Part of the cliff at Dutnpton Gap, undermined by the heavy sea, has given way. SAMSGATI; At Haruegate the timber eructioOs on the Colo- nade have been wrecked, and a great df>al of dam&ge has been done in the harbour. The Ramsgate life- boat went out to the assistance of a vessel reported to be on the Goodwin Sands. DOVER AND THE CIIANHEE PASBAGB. The sea rose at Dover on Monday about eight feet above its normal height at high tide, the water flowing over the dock quays across the Btreet. The cross-Channel passage traffic has been seriously interrupted. The Folkestone-Boulogne services had. to be suspended, making the third day that this ser- vice had been more or less interrupted. Great anxiety was felt at Dover on behalf of the Osteod boat Ville de Douvres, which left Ostend at 5.17,on Monday morning, and did not reach Dover until one o'clock, being five hours overdue. She had only 12, passengers on board. Their appearance when they pea landed showed the terrible nature of the voyage thiy had experienced. The captain stated that he,had never crossed in such a fearful sea. One of the partition doors in the front part of the ship had been smashed in, as well as the sjponson gang. way, and the port paddl6-box had a good deal ef woodwork washed away. The waves frequently swept the ship from stem to stern, one sea going right over her funnels. Th.e captain and officers had the greatest difficulty at times in maintaining. their position on the upper deck. The Josephinje, which crossed to Dover with the night service, wb three hours late. A pluckv attempt was made to cross from Dover by both the French mail and mid-day services, the Victoria and Empress respec- tively. Both vessels failed to enter the harbour The Empress had on board altogether 112 passengers, including the Folkestone Boulogne passengers. The seas were so tremendous on the French shore, that the piers at Calais were completely submerged, and any approach threatened disaster. The vessels were 'signalled off and made their way back to Dover in the teeth of the gkle. The casualties reported by vessels towed into Dover are very numerous. Several vessels arriving there are in a sorry plight, the cabihs in some cases being half full of water, and the sails in ribbons. On Monday evening, at high water, the River Stour overflowed its banks at Sandwich, and the water, rushing across the quays, found its way into the houetes in the main street, an event which has not happened for some 20 years. For nearly two miles inland the land was inundated with sea water, including a great part of St. George's Golf Links. It is feared many of the cattle which were turned out on the marshes may have perished. Vehicular traffic over the main road between Sandwich and Ramsgate was cut off. COLLISION OFF BBACIlV HEAD. An exciting scene witnested at Dungeness on Monday, owing to the fact that the crew of the steamship Noel, of Dunkerque, which was run ashore after collision, were imprisoned on the wreck. Throughout the day the seas, which frequently swept clean over her, were so terrific that it was impossible for any assistance to be sent off. Those on board, in all about 30, included the wife of the captain. The Dungeness Lifeboat No. 1 went off to the vessel's assistance, but was unable to get near enough to rescue anyone. The vessel was wrebSed on a sandbank or bar almost immediately fb frobt of lAttlestone, but about a quarter of a "mile at sea. Thb wind blew"<with hurri- cane force tip till the middle of the afternoon, and the vessel at times lurched fearfully, as if she must capsize, in which event there would be little^or no hope of saving any of the crew. ben the steamer war towed ashore bv a London tlqg in a srnking condition, Mr. Andersen the local agentr of Lloyd's Shippmg Agency, went out to her when the wind had a>ated a bit, but the gale raged so heavily after that there was no chance for him to leave the wrecked steamer, although a boat's erew was kept standing by the shore. The Noel appears to have been in collision with a three-masted sailing vessel, and sub- sequently with a large four masted steamer, early, on Sunday morning near the Royal Sovereign Lightship off Beachy Head. The captain of the Noel, according to the information signalled, fears that the steamer with which he collided must have received extensive damage. A boat was lowered from the Noel notwithstanding the very heavy sea, and two men were sent to give any possible assistance. Nothing more has been heard of these men, and it is feared that the other steamer has gone down with all hands, as a quantity of wreckage was seen drifting up Channel. As the Noel lay on the eand she looked a hopeless wreck; tne water never left her at any state of the tide, and the fear was that unless the wind abated she might go to pieces before those on board of her could be rescued. At Littlestone-on-Sea the wbole-of the works in connection with-the -laying-outof public gardens on the sea front, on which about on* hundred navvies have been engaged for some weeks, were destroyed by the heavy seas. It has been ascertained that, not- withstanding the yiqlence of the gale, no damage whatever has been done to t^he sea wall, or to any of the plant of the Kent Colliery works. WRECK AT GC&KARD'S HUD. Frightful weather prevailed on the Cornish coast throughout Sunday night, and about six o'clock On Monday morning the coastguard at Gurnard's Head sighted a schooner, about two miles off, struggling in a perfect turmoil of wind and sea and drifting helplessly towards the land. Every preparation was made to rescue the crew in case she ran ashore, and before long the vessel struck a rock on the northern side of Gurnard's Head. The coastguardsmen, who were accompanied by five neighbours, immediately climbed down the face of the cliff, and on reaching the bottom found the vessel in a perilous position. She was rocking violently from side to side, and the gear and sails were hanging all about her. A heavy cane, with a small line attached was dexterously thrown across the ship, and by this means the crew hauled on board a stout life line, which they made fast. The sea was running so high, the wind was so violent, and the ship rocked to such an alarming extent, that it took the combined efforts of the five neighbours to keep the life line in position. The coastguards then waded into the surf with the object of assisting the crew, and the captain was the first to try to get along the line. In this he was successful, and the remainder of the crew. followed him, and with the help of the coastguards were all got safely on to the cliff. They were thoroughly exhausted, and were taken to the coastguard station, a^d supplied with warm clothing apd hot food. It was then ascer- tained that the ship was the Margaret and Mary, of Carnarvon, from Irvine to Teignmouth, with coals. She left Irvine a fortnight ago, and had fine weather until Sunday, wheri n terrific storm was ex- perienced. The sails blew out as often as they were replaced or refastened. Huge seas broke over the ship. So much water found its way below that the crew, fearing she would founder, launched a boat. They were preparing to leave the ship when the boat capsized, and they had no alternative but to re- main by the ship until she gradually drove ashore. With the exception of the captain the crew were all Londoners. OTHBR DAMAGS. The weather was very inclement on Sunday andon Monday off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The barge Lord Wolseley, of London, has been lost with three of her crew, although the master haa been saved. When she was caught in the gale the master shaped his course forGreat Yarmouth Roads in which he hoped to take refuge. When weathering the: Cockle Lightship off Caistor, to get into the Gat, the Lord Wolseley became quite unmanageable. She did not answer her helm, and dashed into the light- ship. The master managed to scramble on board the lightship, but the Lord Wolseley soon disappeared in the darkness and nothing has since been seen of her crew. The brig Berda, of Sunderland, was driven ashore at Bacton. Both her masts went by the board and the vessel rapidly broke up. An atteippt was made to haul her crew of seven on shore by a rocket line. Four were rescued, but three others were washed away through the line unhappily parting. The Hasbro lifeboat went out to a vessel in distress, but when she had gone as far as Baldwin's Corner the ship had disappeared. She carried a crew of seven hands, four of whom were saved. Two other vessels went ashore between Hasbro and Palling. Extensive damage is reported at Yarmouth. The parade has suffered severely, several seats on the sea- wall were carried away, some shelters shared a similar fate, and the new beach gardens, only opened last summer, as also the South Reach Gardens, were j in- undated and much damaged. The fishing pier was partially demolished, and the north side of the j6tty sustained considerable damage. The low-lying por- tion of the quays were submerged, and some railway sidings were two or three feet under water. The guardians' office, the coroner's office, and other build- ings on the South Quay during the high tide could only be reached by cart or boat, and the authorities deemed it expedient to erect barricades in certain parts to stay the tide of inundation. While the storm was at its height on Sunday night, the weather vane at the top of Christchurch steeple, Blackburn, constructed of lead in the shape of Ifocck, was blown off, and crashed through the window of the Co-operative Stores opposite the church, A Darwen chorister named Henry Slater was struck by lighting In St. Cuthbert's church, and was on Monday afternoon in a critical state. At Pertbtowo, near Redrutb, the barque Rose, of Devon, over 500 tons, was driven ashore and com- pletely wrecked, all her crew being drowned. Six bodies, all bearing lifebelts, have been cast ashore. On Monday morning the Russian barque Bacchus, laden with coal, put back to Barry Roads greatly damaged, and with four seamen injured by the heavy damaged, and with four seamen injured by the heavy seas breaking over the versel. When off the Lundy two of the men had their legs broken. Early on 1 Monday morning the body of a labourer named Daniel Donovan was found in a brook on the Cadoxton Moors, near Barry. It is believed that he missed his way in the storm, and fell into the brock. The storm in East Yorks raged violently on Mon- day morning, and in the Wold district snow fell heavily, the hills being covered before noon. The gale uprooted trees, and at Driffield a chimney-stack crashed through a house roof into a bedroom, where a sleeping baby narrowly escaped being covered by the debris. During the thunderstorm on Sunday night the tower of All Saints' Church, Nottingham, was struck by lightning. Big blocks of stone fell on the lawn of the vicarage, while others were thrown inside the church. Fortunately service was over, and the church -was closed. At Linby a wheat stack belong- ing to the Linby Colliery Company was firtd by the lightning. The flames were carried by the gale to adjacent stacks, and entire contents of the stackyard, consisting of 11 stacks of wheat, barley, oats, hay, and straw, were destroyed. The Nottingham Fire Brigade succeeded in saving the farm buildings. The storm that raged at Scarborough from Sun- day night to Monday at noon was the worst experi- enced since November, 1892. The morning tide was an extraordinarily high one, and flooded much pro- perty opposite the sea. It also washed away a considerable portion of the wooden structure on the new Marine Drive Works. Great planks of wood were daehed up by the waves with terrific force, knocking down much of the. iron railings. No lives were lost, but Skipper Mann, of the Scarborough trawler Otter, was so seriously injured that be bad to be carried home on an ambulance. He was walking along Lighthouse Pier when he was caught by the wind and dashed against a wooden pile injuring himself internally, and cutting his face. All round the Scottish coast great damage has befn done by the gale which raged with great violence until Monday afternoon. The terrific wind was accompanied with blinding sleet and hail. At Leitb a chimney was blown down and crashed through the roof of a dwelling and killed a mother and daughter. At an early hour on Monday morning a steamer, name unknown, went ashore near the south landing at Flam borough Head, but got off, and proceeding southwards again struck the Smithwick sands near Bridlington. She subsequently foundered. The crew were all doomed.
ARTIFICERS FOR THE NAVY,
ARTIFICERS FOR THE NAVY, The Admiralty propose taking advantage of the engineers' strike to try and enlist a batch of new engine-room artificers for the navy. For this purpose Mr. James Melrose, chief inspector of machinery at Portsmouth Dockyard, has been ordered to proceed on a tour of the engineering centres in the north and elsewhere at the head of a recruiting party. It is anticipated that the new warrant rank recently given to artificers will materially assist this recruiting effort.
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A CURIOUS discovery was made by a doctor on one of the recent Polar expeditions. It was that from frozen sea-water fresh drinking water could be easily obtained. This he does by taking a number of lumps of the salt ice, half melting them, then throwing away the water-and finishing the melting in another vessel. The final result is fairly fresh water. The reason jo this. The melting point of the salt ice is lower than that of the fresh. Therefore it melts finrt. You throw away the brine, and freeh ift ill left. This is a valuable bit of knowledge for anyone who pro- poses going into the Polar regions either North or South.
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CUERENT SPORT: In the second stage of the racket match for the championship and 92000 between P. Latham, of England, and G. Standing, of America, decided at New York, the former had the best of the play, and won the match by eight games to four. The athletic contest between Oxford University and the Thames representatives took place at Oxford in miserable weather on Saturday afternoon, and the going was very heavy. After a long series of reverses the Thames secured a decisive vic- tory by 21 points to 34. The visitors were rather late, and the trail was only found wilh difficulty. At the outset Whitelaw and Flack quickly drew ahead, the last-named leading for the first mile. Whitelaw then went to the front, and it was a good race until Shotover was passed, when the old Oxonian was quite 50 yards in advance. On getting to the road, however, Whitelaw took a wrong turn, and this allowed Finch to get up. In a capital race home Whitelaw proved the better stayer, and won by 70 yards. Rye followed at a long interval. Sadler beat Shaw for fourth place by only a couple of yards. A cycling match consisting of two heats, the first of one kilometre and the second of five kilometres, between the French and English professionals, Jacquelin and Linton, took place in Paris on Sunday, and was won by the former. Jacquelin was paced by an electric tandem, but Linton's pacing was bad. In the five kilometre heat the time taken was nearly twice the record time for the distance. Under Rugby Union rules football matches were won on Saturday by Blackheath against Richmond, Oxford University against Edinburgh Academicals, Cambridge University against London Scottish, the Harlequins against St. Thomas's Hospital, Cardiff against Newport, and Swansea against Leicester. A match in the county championship was won by Lancashire against Cumberland. The bad weather was pretty general on Saturday, and both the football and the attendances in the championship of the Association League Competition suffered by it. Aston Villa just managed to win their match, and were thus able to strengthen their posi- tion in the competition as second to Sheffield United. Result: Sheffield Wednesday beat Bolton Wanderers by three goals to none at.Shemeld. Aston Villa beat Sunderland by four goals to three at Birmingham. Liverpool beat Notts Forest by three goals to two at Nottingham. Everton beat West Bromwich Albion by six goals to one at Liverpool. Notts County and Bury played a drawn game (no score) at Bury. Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Preston North End by two goals to one at Preston. Derby County and Blackburn Rovers played a tie match of one goal all at Blackburn. In the second division of the League on Saturday the following results were registered Luton and Ga;nsborough tied (3-3) at Gainsborough New- castle beat Small Heath (4—0), at Newcastle; Loughborough beat Lincoln City (4-2), at Lough- borough Leicester beat Burton Swifts (3-2), at Burton; Newton Heath beat Grimsby (2-1), at Manchester; Burnley beat Darwen (6-1), at Burnley. In the Southern League the following Association football matches were played: Bristol City beat Tottenham Hotspur (3-1), at Bristol; Sheppey United beat Millwall Athletic (2—0), at Sheerness Southampton beat Wolverton (2—0), at Wolverton; aud Reading beat Gravesend (1-0), at Reading. The final tie for the Glasgow Cup was played on Saturday, when the Glasgow Rangers beat Queen's park by four goals to none. The Old Etonians, the 2nd Grenadier Guards, Levtonstone, and Barnet were among the winning teams in the competition for the London Cup. Club matches were won by the Corinthians against Sheffield United, the Casuals against London Caledonians, and Oxford University against Old Westminsters. Mr. Stoddart's English cricket team did not fail at Brisbane on Saturday to follow up the splendid start they had made on the opening day of their match with Queensland and New South Wales. To be quite exact, they carried their score of 333 for four wickets (to which Mr. Mason bad contributed 74, Wain- wrigbt 37, Prince Ranjitsinbji 67, and Hayward 31) to 636. In connection with this startling perform- ance—for startling it was with McKibbin, Howell, and Turner bowling—perhaps the most welcome fact was the success of N. F. Druce. MacLaren, who headed the score with 181, had already done great things against New South Wales at Sydney and elsewhere, but Druce was beginning to want a big innings. He made 126 in two hours and a half, and gave only on< chance. His many friends in this country will be delighted at his doing so well. He and MacLaren put on 252 runs while they were together, in- creasing the score from 230 to 482. The pace of the run getting all through the partnership were tremen- dous. After Druce left MacLaren and Hirst had just upon an hour of vigorous hitting, and added 89 runs. Perhaps the remaining players felt that enough had been done, but, anyway, from the time MacLaren was out Hirst received very little help. Stoddart only made 13, and both Board and Briggs completely failed. Of all the batsmen in the team Stoddart is now the one about whom there is the mcst reason to feel anxious. He got a hundred the other day in an up-country match, but inasmuch as he put himself down on Saturday number eight on the order, he can scarcely be in form. Hirst is a capital bat, but it is hardly in accordance with the fitness of things that he should go in before Stoddart. Still it would not be well to attach any great importance to this. Stoddart is an unselfish captain, and on the opening day at Brisbane he had altered the regular batting order so that Wainwright might have a good chance. All the same, everyone would like to see the captain show a little more of his English form. He was never really himself in the summer, but his play against Surrey-both at Kennington Oval and Lord's —suggested that he retained most of his skill. It would be sad, indeed, if among the many brilliant bats in his present team he should be the least suc- cessful. Queensland had a little batting on Saturday -after, their hard work in the field, and lost two wickets for 39 runs, Iredale being out from the last ball of the day. The'match between Mr. Stoddart's team and 13 of Queensland and New South Wales was continued on Monday at Brisbane. The colonists carried their total to-326 rwith eight wickets down. The Oxford University Rugby fifteen gave another demonstration of their general improvement both in and behind the scrummage on Monday by beating the West of Scotland, at Oxford, by two goals and a try to a penalty goal. Swansea, who have been on a brief tour in the Midlands, on Monday beat Northampton by a try to nothing. There was a large number of spectators—indeed, the Rugby game in this part of England has within the last two years made a great advance in popularity. Luton won their Association football match in the Second Division of the League, at Luton, against Blackpool, on Monday, by three goals to one. Man- chester City beat Burslem by three goals to two.
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A PRIVATE letter from JtSuluwayo reports that arrangements are afoot for the establishment of a golf club in that town, and that when the rainy season is over a cricket club will be organised* ^r* pecil Rhodes is to be invited to be president of hot msti- Xwo of the Langeberg natives who demanded to be tried in preference to being indentured have been acquitted, the Cape Government refusing to prose- CUFIFTY-FIVB letters of Sir Philip Francis—the pos- sessor of the best claims to the authorship of the Junius letters—were sold by auction in London on Saturday. „ „ THE Anglo-Egyptian troops for tne occupation of Kassala have left Souakin for Massowah, under the command of Major Nicholson. Sir Herbert Kitchener, accompanied by Colonel Parsons, has arrived at Souakin. I HENRY BENJAMIN REEKIE, a lighterman, was found guilty at the Old Bailey in London on Saturday of "bucket shop" frauds, and was sentenced to 12 months hard labour. Sentence on Herbert Krahn, convicted of similar offences,was postponed till next sessions.