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Show That Sweep the Coasts of England With Sad Fatalities. London, March 12. Crnowall continues con-tinues isolated from the rest of England Eng-land because of the recent blizzard. Many wrecks are reported on that coast, and at Landsend a number of people were frozen to death. A foreign for-eign steamship, name unknown, was wrecked uearDartsmouth, Devonshire during the recent storm and all the crew and passengers drowned. The-British The-British ship ."Dryad," bound for Valparaiso, Val-paraiso, was also wrecked off Start Point, near Devonshire, Her crew of twenty-four were drowned. Among the schooners lost off Start Point was the "Luuesdale." Four of her crew were drowned. It is already known that at least seventy lives were lost off the coast during the blizzard, and in addition at least ten men perished from cold after reaching the shore. It is feared the list of wrecks and the record of lives lost is far from bein complete, as a number of other vessels are known to be missing. j At many points inland ih storm was most severely felt. Thei are still isolated from the surrounding .country, and days must elapse before through freight and passenger traffic i: intirely restored. Large gangs of laborers ljave been sent in all direction0 clear the lines. i The loss to farm stock is eLnaous and will cause much suffering mong the farmers. The water main ; t Plymouth Ply-mouth are snowed up, and tlu People ot that city have had no watersince last Monday, A force of two ldred soldiers has been sent to ask the waterworks employees in cleari the mains, so that they can be used It is rumored at Newport thl the stpampr "Trinidad" ia lref ailriui oicoujci illiuuau is IQSb HlRthar I all the crew weP4owned. Siion-storms haye again set in the west of England, and all the roads and railroads are again blockaded. |