LONDON.
December 22
Intelligence is to hand that a eevere storm has been experienced at St. John's, Oα the Newfoundland coast. The gale raged for fully two days, and resulted in thirty-five wrecks and some loss of life. There are now unmistakable signals of distress in Ireland. Owing to the failure of the potato crops hundreds of the poorer classes are already suffering from great destitution, and it is feared that the distress will increase. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriter's Association report that the barque Asteaope, bound from London to Melbourna, has put ihto Plymouth, having suffered damage from a collision with another vessel.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3575, 23 December 1882, Page 3
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104LONDON. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3575, 23 December 1882, Page 3
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