The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

THE HURRICANE OF YESTERDAY.

In addition to the accidents which we mentioned
yesterday. sad mime others of miner impertance, we have
to reeerd the following :
At No. 12, Baker's, buildings, Liverpool.street, Bishops-
late-street, City, an aged female, named Sarah Holliday,
ost her llfe, and her husband was very seriously injured,
by the falling of a stack of chimneys into their bedroom.
At half-past 3 a lofty stack of chimneys was blown down
at a home near the Three Colts T , Canesridge •road,
Mile-end. The rains fell through the roof upon two poor
women who were asleep, and one of whom was bm.rolden.
' For a time they lay helpless beneath the mass of fallen
bricks, but being ultimately sided by the polite, they were
found to be so much injured, that instant removal la the
hospital was necessary.
About half-past twelve a man named Quinlan was pas ing
along C.uey.strect, Lincoln 's-iun. fields, and when hear:), op-
posite the gateway leadihrt into the square of the i.m, a
large tile, which was uots,trtied and blown by the a i'dence
of the wind off the roof or is house on the Ihrpin•Liy shirr
of the way, fell on his cut through hie lint, one broke
in pieces after wounding him severely in two pieces on too
skull. The force of the blow felled him Wt.:tiling and in-
sensible to the earth, when he was lifted up, and imareili-
stely remand to King's College Hospital, wilt re the resi-
dent medical offloess ot the institution at once at?tne:ed on
him, and found, spun eza:ainatitin, that he had sustained a
severe fracture ..f the skull, of such a unlace as ea place Lis
life in the utmost jeopardy. Ile was forthwith placed in the
seeolent ward, where he remains.

The neighbourhood of Sinithfield, which at 1141.1111 on
Monday was active at an cult hour, was alarmed by the
(allot& house an Rawl Liou•yard. Tue ltou,e whin.. lual two
stories besides the pound door, Pe. occuine;el by Mr. Row-
ley and his wife ; the first floor was the viiitiren heornss,
in which h.e were at the time alsepitg, and tte upper
Maar was aced as a laundry sod elrya.g rum. Mr. Row-
ley left home soon aft r six o'clock, to go to L./ employ-
ment, when everytheuz appeared ask; Lot • sudden gust
a.Aut, seven o'clock blew down the te!l rack of chit/laic%
and tarried in the roof with a portiou of the upper walls,
and the eumbined weight (treed is the upper II r, the
war le of the /Werra falling into ths roam where the clieldres
were sleeping. The neignleour., Juice, ...A a mie drivers
who were on the spot, set to work to remove the rubbish,
although they little expected to bled sty ot the children
alive. Providentially the joints and refers lead I.al en is
such a manta r u to form a kind of th:eal over the 1 ens, to
that none of the heavy materials WI on them ; in ahaat -a
hour the children were got out, lissmit sustained only a kw
slight bruises when extricating them.
flee light.looking iron roof of the Eastern Couaties Rail-
' way station in Bishopogateatreet, which 'eery traveder by
that line must have noticed, ha. been corn; lately elestr.led.
Daring the violence of the evairm,the laud catered ono end
of the rid, and lifted te,e tae +lade se me fast, when it
gently settle.l down again to within a few mai a of its ori-
ginal position. The iron work leaving (nom t a long .:pa-
cure to the weather become to:to-what weekencei, it was
found imp,scible to repair the mischief, and about. o'daelt
in the morning the entire span sank some feet more, so that
at length the whole bad to be pulsed do en, which was
nccompliahed by 3 o'clock yeaterel iv afternoon. The roof
which has thus been destroyed was 3-ia fret in length, and
47 fret %side, and covered f .ur lints of
At six o'clock, • stuck of chimneys was Loran down and
fell through a skylight into the counting-house of Mr
Hancock, merchant, of No. 6, Croshy.stpars. ltoh)p.gate-
street, 'battering the deeles and Omits; but, fortunately,
at that early hour of the morning Ilona of toe CirliS had
arrived, or several lives mu; has been saer.lced.

A stack of chimneys tell down tliie :.:: rfon°, about fire
o'clock, in Arkwright greet, lt,,semay•: r,, St. r,0!..1ph,
Aldgate, but no pemou was injured, altheogh several houses
were much damaged.
lu the course of the night, one of the lariTe elm trees at
Gwyder•house, Whitel.i.il, wits blown do• n, and in ste fall
destroyed a gloat portion of the iron rel.ing in :runt albs
building beveral workmen were eini..oyed 'luring the
morning in cutting up the tree and renturieg it from cff
the pavement. llad any on,, been pe-tice at the time he
must have Ines itably bees' killed. As We-tininster-rued,
opposite Bethlehem llorpital, several large trees were also
snapped close by the room by the violence of the hurricane,
and fell, destroying the reams. sud oiher property the
neighbourhoM.
The venerate elm in front of .tr. Cele's Louse at the
head of Upper Norton-street, Portland-place, was blown
down by the high wired at 10 o'cl ymterstay m oning.
The tree fell ou the violet' wall, comp:et ly eroshing it,
and thence iicrose tile foot rite:inn.- r cunsieerrble
breadth of the New•rord. Several pa rsoce were pen mil; at
the time, but fortunately no one wan Lunt. Ildd the to e
fallen in the direction of Mr. Cole's In u e, it would doubt-
' lees have destroyed the whole at the 11011 perhaps
occasioned loss of lite. The tree ie supi o,td to 1.4 v, been
upwards of 2.a./ years old, and was Ow tin 1.1.13 palish
of St. Mrrylebone.