The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-04 00:00:00

[Stamped, ld. AckMang

THE LATE VIOLENT GALES.

At about 2 o'clock yesterday a stack of chimneys fell
Hamlet the roof of a small cottage, situated in Short
street, Newington. The house was occupied by the family.
The panels were from home at the time, sod fear children
were buried in the rubbish. Three of them were got out
alive and taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, Wslworth-road,
but the eldest child, a girl of fourteen, was dead when
lakes oat. The others were more or less injured.
The violence of the gale was felt with peat severity at
Bydenham, but up to last night, beyond a few tress torn up
and boughs blown off, and a chimney pot or two demo-
lished, uo peat mischief was done. The Crystal Palace did
not miter in any way.
Early in the morning two men named Samuels and Can-
sing, while navigating a large on the Regent's Cana, were
blown by the force of the triad into the water, sad alter 11
straggling for some time, Samuels, who is a good SWIMSUIT,
rescued his censpamico. Two mailing barges came ia collides
between Chelsea and Vauxhall, whereby three use were
severely injured, and one it is expected fatally so. The
damage dose to the horticulturists at Nothieehill, Shop-
iterd's.bush, and Chelsea was more severe yesterday than
en the previous day, while in meet districts of the metro-
polio mere or lees damage has been dose. A visit to the
royal parks yesterday disclosed t►e peat damp sad injury
which the trees sad shrubs had seetained. The pie seems
to have base more severely felt Ls Battersea New•prk and
St. Jaws's-pork than in the others.
The some as the river on Wednesday was very distress-
big, but yesterday it was more so. Notwithstanding all the
precautions taken for mooring the vessels many of them got
adrift, bet lartemtlely not, as on the previous day, with
fatal eemesqnsmoss. The report currant on Wednesday of a

steamer emichig in collision with a collier vessel tome cast to
be oorreet, not alone in the fact of the collision, but abu
in the falling overboard of two sailors, one of whom wee
rescued but the other drowned. /deny of the river steamers
were prevented from navigating the Thames, and so fiercely
did the wind blow that it wee mute impossible for small
baste to live In it.

Yesterday afternoon owing to the noprerredestwd low ebb '1
of the tide, accompanied by a strong gals from she N. W., I
which had the effect of forcing the volume of water down
the river, the bed of it in several places between Westmin-
ster and Waterloo bridges was completely laid hare, and
the water so mach diminished that it was with didloolty
the Citizen steam-boats, drawing only two and a half feet of
water, could ply safely between the piers. bold, two of
them, owing to the extreme ahallomroess of the abeam, the
Wedding Ring and soother, ran aground, and their pages..
pre had to be transferred to other boats more fortunate in
navigating the narrow channel. The Express boats running
between London-bridge and Lambeth, on the Surrey side,
where the mod banks are met newsroom, also stack herd
and fast, and had to lay by temporarily. The Woolwich
steamer, drawing 8 feet water, could scarcely maks any
headway above bridge, and the delay incidental to the river
Ira& was of a most Ye/Atka, character. The foundation
piers both of Westminster and Waterloo bridges were ex-
, posed in a remarkable manner consequent on the Mawr' of
the tide, which it is believed has not experienced snob •
sadden ebb for several years past.
At an early boar in the morning two large came* each
of 1,000 tons bertha, named the Cosmopolitan and the
British Lio•, Woks adrift from their mooriep sear Black-
wall-pier, and ran into the shore, the yards of the venal.
coming in contact with the front of Lovegrowle Hotel,
smashing the bay window of the large dining saloon, several
yards of railing surrounding the premises, and • large pa-
tios of brickwork. The %e eels then drifted against • land-
ing-asp now beteg constructed, which war completely de-
molished, and finally carried away the roof of • cattle•shsd
on the wharf—the total damage being estimated at 5001.
Of Oreserrich three bargee, laden with coal, seek. At
Woolwich a small brig went down, the crew being saved.
The funnel of the North Woolwich ferry boat was carried
away, and in the Lower Hope numerous casualties occurred
to the matt.

Our Southampton correspondent writes that it blew •
hurricane there on Wednesday night. It was at its height
between 3 and 4 yesterday rooming. The Channel Islands
mail-packet due oo Wednesday night bad not arrived up to
last evening. A telegram was received that she bad left
Jersey for Guernsey. The Havre packet arrived at midday
yesterday. She was detained two hours at Hevre on account
of the weather. A number of colliers there had drifted, and
bad seriously damaged one another by collisions. The out-
ward Havre packet, which left Southampton at 6 p.m., was
met approaching Havre at 3 a.m. yesterday. The L
Plata, which left Southampton on Wednesday with the
West India mail, was obliged to anchor in the Solent on
Wednesday night. The wind lulled during yesterday fore-
noon, but after midday it blew as violently as ever. During
the hurricane the wind shifted round more than • quarter
of the compass from south to north-west, and while this
was taking place the hurricane was at its height. The
Hansa, which arrived at Southampton yesterday from New
York, experienced westerly gales. The Bavaria, which
was to leave the Southampton Docks on Wednesday, could
not get away until yesterday, on account of the weather.
Large portions of the New Forest are under water, owing
to the rains.

During Wednesday night • strong breeze from the west
was experienced at Manchester and its neighbourhood,
which towards daylight yesterday morning gradually M-
auna to a gale, and did a great amount of mischief. A
Welsh chapel in course of erection at Upper Medlock-street,
and nearly completed, was almost demolished; • high
factory chimney, at Pendleton, was blown down ; many
holm chimneys were destroyed, carrying in roofs ; • new
house nearly finished, at Loopiest, wee blown dose ; trees
on Ardwiek-green and other places were broken down or
uprooted ; and though no serious accident attended with
lose of life had been heard of up to last night, it rosy be
safely said that we have not had • storm for a long time
pest which has donee° much mischief.
Quite a hurricane wan blowing throughout Wolverhamp-
ton and the rest of the black country all day yesterday.
Numerous chimney, have been blown down, to the great
risk of life in the houses and out : some houses have been
partly unroofed. At about noon • man was killed in Wol-
verhampton by the fall of a chimney.
A ferrite gale from W.N. W. prevailed in Liverpool and
the neighbourhood from 6 to 9 yesterday morning, and con.
tinned with more or less severity during the entire day. It
is indeed (according to the statement of Mr. Mariano, the
astronomer at the Liverpool Observatory) the most furious
wind storm experience:lgloos the erection of the anemometer
many years ago, and on three occasions between 8 and 9 a.m.
the immure reached 281'... to the square foot. The im.
muse force of the wind may be gathered from the feet, that
in several instances passengers were knocked down by its
violence, ►nd one geutkman would have been hurled into
the George's dock had he not seized and " anchored" to a stout
pedestrian of Herculean frame who was holding ou to • lamp-
post. The roofs of houses both in Liverpool anal Birkenheed
have suffered severely, the more jerry-built erections being in
many cases entirely stripped. The pavements of the leading
street, were strewn with slaters and chimney pots, and
several passengers bays been much injured, though we have
not heard of any killed. A tall chimney user the Liverpool
Coro Exchange fell, and smashed in the glass roof of that
building, but fortunately very few persona were inside. The
chimney (40 feet high) of the Albion Oil Works, Birken-
head, was blown down ; sod at Birkenhead the magniticent
glass fronts of some new shops were entirely destroyed, and
the goods within much damaged. The waters of the Mersey
were so swollen and rough, particularly at high water, that
the only ferry boats which veotured to cross were those to
and from Woodside. The shipping in the over sustained
peas damage. The whole front of the Liverpool dock
walls was lined with vessels of all sizes, which
were driven against the masonry with disastrous force,
as well as several flats, including the Tom, Emma.
line, Winchester, Winton], Longford, nod two others
(names unknown), but, WI there was ample assist-
ance in the shape of steam tugs, no lives were known to be
lost, though it is feared that the crew had been washed
away from one flat, which (without any person on board)
wee towed into the HamogionAlock. The Cboo-Foo, aline
Leith-built slop, dragged her anchors, sod went on shore
near the north end of the Princee-deck. A hole was
knocked in her bottom, and she made much water. The
Dunkirk brig J. Francois drifted by the Princssdock
wall, sprung several of her timbers, and has now 7 feet of
water in the hold. The ship Star dragged her anchors and
ran eloopid• the south landing stage. The ship Lampedo

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is rheas as the Plachiagtaa bank, sad the brig Margaret

Campbell sear the lierringtou.doeit. Several oalidosis or
vends took pleas. The screw steamer Boot* jute arrived
from St. Thomas, ran foul of the ship Jolts lemput,
smashed that Yemen stern, lost her own screw, and thee
drifting stern 011 to the Canada-dock wall, knocked her own
stem in, and wee otherwise seriously injured. The John BIM.
yen was 11111111 eat up, having mustained the loes of both main
mad alma semis, jibboom, sad some of her top gear. At
length both vessels were taken charge of by steam tap.
The ship Elizabeth, which went whore on the Paned
rooks, near Holyhead, is feat going to pieces. The steam-
ship Albeniaa, bound for Comteatinople, ran foul of a ship
sad afterwards went on the Pluokington bank, where she
remains is a witted position. A gentleman named Lasting-
barrow wee Imbed from the Woodside pier into the river,
but picked up. A young lady, Mims WClel aa, in walking
down Isliegtoa, was severely injured by a signboard which
fell epos her. The Clemdien Mail steamer Nova Scotia
could not leave for Portland (Mains), but will sail to-morrow
(Friday). at II a.m.
A telegram from Liverpool, dated 9.40 p.m., states that
several large trees in the neighbourhood of Oldswaa sod
West Dolby were torn down. The roof of a glom maculae-
May at Oklawan we. carried away. ♦ mass of lead weigh-
ing 3 art was dislodged from the roof of the Ossoart-hall
at Uverpool sad hurled s distanoe of sixty feet. The flat
' Walter, at Gontoo, sunk, end the captain sod two of his
ems were rescued with peat difloalty, mid were almost
I dead from azheeetion. No lees of life is yet reoneded.
AS heavy falls of sleet and rain, the gale was abating.
A telegram from Great Yarmouth Mates that yesterday
afternoon the sloop Peace, of Arundel, foundered in the
roadstead, and two men were lost. A brig's mew were also

The severe gale which raged on Wednesday inflicted much
deems on the Cornish coma Several vessels are reported
toltave foundered or goes shore ; dockyards, churches,
railway stations and trains, telspaph•posta, and private
dwellings, received serious injury, and leaser casualties were
innumerable.