The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-10-28 00:00:00

THE GALE OF SUNDAY NIGIIT.

LOHDON.—During the whole of Sunday night, and up
to an advanced hour on Monday morning, an &farming
gale raged over London. The wind, which blew from
W.S. W., began to increase in violenoo shortly after ii
o'clock in the evening, was accompanied by a heavy fall
of rain. The scene in the different thorotighfares, par-
ticularly at Dulwich, Peckham, and Camberwell, WM
truly alarming. The vast actminttlation of water oh the
high land rushed down the hills with great for ob; over.
flowing the market and other gardens, and uprootihg
and destroying vegetables and shrubs. The low-lying
lands adjacent to the Eastern Counties Railway below
Stratford were completely covered with water, and
eonsiderable damage was done to property, several sluep
being drowned mar Tottenham. At Sydenham two
immense trees by the force of the wind was snapped in
two, and falling upon a buck wall levelled about 301 t.
of it to the ground, carrying away also a largo conserve.
tory attached to a dwelling-house. In the Anerley-
road a lofty stack of chimneys was blown ftom itt
position, forcing in the roof of thb house, but fortu-
nately not injoring any persons. In the same locality
the side wall of an unfinished house was forced down
with a terrible crash, leaving the remaining portion of
the structure in a roost dangerous condition. Between
10 and 11 o'clock a loud crash was beard in the Camber-
well-road, and it was ascertained that a range of lofty
chimneys bad been blown from the roof of a house,
falling upon some out-premises, which were also de-
stroyed. In the Old Kent-road, owing to the driving
rain two cabs canio into violent collision, the driver of
each, by limo force of the eoncttssion, beieg hurled from
his scat. One timed Henry Overston, aged 30, had
his right arm broken, and the other named Hebert
Stevens, aged 29, received severe injury to his head, so
that they were both obliged to be conveyed to the
hospital. The effects of the gale have been most
disastrous at sea. In the Downs, where a large thH.t
was anchored, Lloyd's agent reports two ships to have
gone down at their anchors, and the fate of the crows
uncertain. The ship Elisabeth, bound to Belize from
London, is also said to have foundered, and it is feared
with some of her crew oti board. he broke adrift
during the height, of the gale on Sunday night, and came
into violent collision with two ships, called the
Wellington and Arnbroisine, which were lying at anchor
at her stern. The bark Trio, from Safil for London,
suffered so severely from the fury of the storm, and the
sea breaking over her, that she went down at her
anchors; but providentially the crew are reported to
have been able to save themselves in the boats. A
largo fleet of disabled vessels have put bask ; some hate
gone into Ramsgate, and others hate returned to the
Thames. The Schooner Charlotte, from Oporto to
London, in coming up Channel, had her commander
washed overboard. The Cupid, belonging to Goole,
was in collision with the ship City of Pekin off Polkas-
steno:and foundered. Off Beechy Head the Wesleyan
schooner, laden with stone from Portland to London,
was struck by a heavy sea and had to be ahandoned.
PORTSMOUTH, Monday.—The barque Helen liorsfall,
from Alexandria with beans, has been driven
ashore by the gale off Cowlees Clime, near Brightsone,
a short distance west of Black Gang Chine, Isle of
Wight, and has become a total wreck. The captain
(Mackey) with his wife and child and the whole of the
crew were rescued from off the wreck, and conveyed to
the nearest house, Thorucross Farm, the residence of
Mr. Edwin Mowbray, where their wants and necessities
were attended to in the most hospitable manlier by Mr.
Mowbray and his %May.
SOUTHAILPSOIf' Oct. to.—the ships Ellen Horsfall
end Lotus were both totally wrecked off the Isle of
Wight dttring the galmof last evening. The Lotus was
bound from Demerara for London; her captain, mate,
and ten of the crew were drowned.

GREAT YARMOUTH, Oct. 20.—A storm of great
violence raged off the Norfolk coast last night nhd thil
morning. No loss of life has yet been reported, but the
Hannah Bootln of Plymouth, is on shore at Caistor,
having been abandoned by the crow, who succeeded in
saving themselves through their boats. The
Integrity, of Hartlepool, also sank after having
struck on the Barber Sand; in this instance
also the crow were saved. The Johni of
Hartlepool, has been brought In here derelict,
and the Cambria, of Shields. has also been
assisted Its, much damaged, having got on the Scroby.
The wind blew tremendous last night from the S.S.W.
—Monday Evening.—The brig Saloncia, of and (rein
Sunderland, sunk in the roads ; fate of crew unknown.
The crew of the sloop Two Brothers, of Hull, have been
received at Sailor's Home. Numerous vessels dis Masted,
lost anchors, or abandoned.
Leans, Monday Afternoon.—This part of Yorkshire
was visited with a severe storm of wind, rain, and hail
on Sunday night. Many houses and buildings were
more or loss injured, but happily no lives were lost.
Two or three large buildings, and one largo mansion,
all in the course of construction, have suffered consider.
able damage. A large brick building at the corner of
Cookridge-street and WoodhousplaneN oho of the prin-
cipal thoroughfares in the borotigh, was literally blown
to the grotind, only seine fragments being left standing.
The btig Mary, of Weymouth, coal laden, was sunk
in Shields harbour with several other vessels; and the
Good Intent of Weymouth, coal laden, property of
Mr. T. Bartlett, was wrecked off Allborough, and the
niaster, Captain Buck, and his wife's brother, who
was mate of the vessel, and one man, were drowned,
From Bradford, Sunderland, Liverpool, and Other
parts of the coast, we have acccents of a number of
wrecks through the Violence of the gale; indeed the
storm appears to hays raged over the greater part of
England.