The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

ANOTHER VIOLENT GALE.

The violent gale which prevailed throughout
Saturday, accompanied by deluging rain, and continued
dozing the night up to three o'clock yesterday afternoon,
Lau ceased much mischief in various parte of the metropolis
sad suburbs, as also upon the river, both above and below
bridge, the whole involvbig en Immune destractlon of pro-
perty. The wind blew chiefly from W.N.W., which not
arty retarded the •ess of the various railway trains, but
the river
also partially mapsw the steam and general hale upon
Many of the tiers of mauls in the Pool suffered severely,
some breaking away from their moorings, several losing
!pars or having their sail destroyed, as well asother
injuries by isious tic., while many small boats were
stove in and swamped. Several trading mem& which
had sailed early on Saturday had not been able to reach
Gravesend, sad several were compelled to return in the
evening, when they were again moored in the Pool. The
accidents in this part were, it may be said, no doubt less
numerous than they would have been but for the general
precautions taken in keeping • doable watch on board most
of the craft and considerably strengthening the moorings.
I After midnight on Saturday, when the tide was at It.
height, and during the early portion of yesterday morning,
the river was dashed about with extraordinary violence.
Neither the Hull nor Yarmouth steamers which were then
I due had arrived up to 7 o'clock last evening, nor bad the
tonal telegraphic communication been received of either
Masi having passed Gravesend. Several of the coasting
vessel which were expected to have reached the Pool were
burn to have been unable to enter the river.
Several pamengen who arrived in town by the respective
lines describe the some as being terrific. On the South
Western especially, • large number of those beautiful firs
planted on the rising ground skirting the cuttings between
sad Woking were torn up by the roots and dashed
to the pound.
As on all tamer occasions, the neighbhoods of Byden-
ham, Doled* he., suffered greatly. our
At Red-post-hill,
Dulwich, a fine old elm of large diaseesions was literally
tors up by the roots, crushing in its fall some of its (railer
neighbours, sad ultimately carrying away a large quantity
of fencing. In Grosvenor-park, Camberwell, no leas than
five of a handsome row of trees were torn down, sod lay
during yesterday in the roadway. On Clapham and Wanda-
worth commons large trees were blown down, and at Bat-
tersea several buildings in course of erection suffered greatly,
the unfinished brickwork being partially destroyed. It is
somewhat remarkable that the posts of the Overhauls
Telegraph withstood so well as they did the immense
strain upon them caused by the weight and vibration of
the wires ; but it may be attributed to the fact that the
company have used umy precaution to prevent accident.
At the Archiepiscopal 'Palace at Lambeth some consider-
able injury was inflicted on the trees and shrubs in the ex-
ionise grounds, and one massive elm was completely
mapped in two, and in its fall crushed the branches of
surrounding trees. In the Westminster-road a stack of
chimneys was blown from • house and dashed into the
road, a young man narrowly escaping being crushed beneath
the mass of &brie.
The scene presented in the Green and Hyde-perks, as
well as along the Mall, Birdcage-walk, he., was most extra-
ordinary, the ground being strewed with leaves, branches,
he., torn from the trees, and one tree near the Parade, of
large dimensions, was broken in twain, and several shared
the same fate in the other royal parks. The trees and
shrubs in the enclosure near Westminster Abbey
were math damaged. Two persons named re-
spectively Robert Hitter and John Church were
conveyed to Westmidster Hospital suffering severely from
dreadful wounds in the head, hillicted, one by • portion of •
zinc cowl blown from a buried mg in the Vauxhall.road, and
the other by • chininey-Pot blown from • house in Victoria.
street. In several parte of Westminster, especially in the
streets where the buildings were very old, the damage done
was very severe, the roofs and stacks of chimneys being
Aptly injured.
About 5 o'clock lag evening, after the moon became at
the full, the wind lulled, the sun broke forth brightly, and
the mercury rose.
We learn from • correspondent that along the south coast
the dilaters have been many and serious, to any nothing of
the damage done to landed property, which ia great. Se-
vent wrecks are reported at both Shoreham and Br' ton,
or rather along the coast between the two, and many bodies
have already been picked up. It is at Newhaven, however,
that the shipping has suffered most. Here, during the
whole of Saturday and throughout the following
night, the wind blew • complete hurricane from
the south-west. In the evening many vowels
were seen off the coast struggling hard against the tre-
mendous sea which prevailed. Some got away and wee-
thereat the storm, others were not so successful. A
schooner (said to be the Wonder, of Hastinp), is • total
wreck ; the crew saved. The Woodside, of Southampton,
laden with coal, was cast ashore ; the captain is lost A
fishing smash, the John Wightman, of Hastings, came
ashore, and was cast upon her broadside ; crew saved.
The Eliza Jones, of Carnarvon, laden with grain,
also came ashore, and ia greatly damaged : her
cargo lost or rendered worthless. A. French fishing
boat from Dieppe is greatly damaged, but no lives
lost. Another fishing boat from Hastings, on entering the
harbour, was partly swamped, and lost two of her MOW.
The damage altogetherlere is estimated at several thou.and
pounds. The lifeboat lay between the piers, manned by
the preventive service, but really had uo opportunity of
rendering novice, the swell being such that it would have
amounted to folly to venture out. The crew of the Mina
Jones had • narrow escape, having been obliged to fly to the
rigging while the HS rolled almost mountains high ; here
they remained three or foUrhours, when they were got off.
From Southampton we loon that about the middle of the
day on Saturday the wind wee moderate and easterly.
Towards the latter part of. the afternoon it chopped round
to the south-west and blew mod furiously In the even-
ing it came on a hurricane. The Isle of 'Wight passage
beats could not get alongside the Great Eastern yesterday
afternoon on account of the weather, and many persons
who came from London with return tickets on purpose to
see her were obliged to be taken on to Cowes, and to go
back to London without going on board the big ship.
During Saturday iught the wir.d shifted more to the west, and
for twelve hours blew terrifically. The Earl of Hardwick's
yacht was blown on the western shore, and Mr. Rimer's
yacht Coitat was driven into West Quay and sunk there.
A coaster and a pilot vessel were yesterday morning ashore
on the platform heath. The road along the beech by the
Blechynden station of the Dorchester Railway was much
damaged, and the sea beat in over the western shore road,
which was last night covered with seaweed. The Ham-
burg and American screw steamer Toothed& got en
the Brambles at Cowes yesterday moruing, on her
way to Southampton, and was not got off for
two hours. It was repaid that several ships have been
wrecked or driven ashore at the back of the Isle of Wight,
and it was feared that lose of life has occurred. In South-
ington and its neighbourhood • great number of trees,
some of them loaded with fruit, were blown down daring
Saturday night.
In addition to the 150 wrecks and casualties reported in
our impression on Thursday, in the details of the storm,
the list up to the close of Lloyd's on Saturday had swelled
to upwards of 350, sod it is feared that the renewal Of the
tempestuous water on Saturday, which blew a heavy gala
from the south-west with great rain, will add considerably
to the already full catalogue.
The number of vessels lost off Yarmouth with
the crews now tun out to have been nine. The whole of
this district of coast, extending far beyond Flamborough
Head, has suffered severely ; and indeed the full fury of the
storm seems to have spent itself on the North Sea. The
steamers from Rotterdam and Hamburg report having aeon
• vast quantity of wreck floating about the ocean, and the
accounts from the Dutch and neighbouring coast furnish
lad proof of the havoc occasioned amongst the English and
other shipping. The Harburg, London and Hamburg cattle
steamer, was wrecked after several hours exposure to the
gale, the crew, with the exception of two, narrowly escaping
with their lives. The catastrophe which happened to a
Rotterdam excursion steamer with eighty souls on board
has already been briefly noticed. She was • small river
vessel, not fit to go to sea, and being overtaken by, the
storm, the sea breaking fearfully over her, speedily foun-
dered near Moerdyks, the captain, engineer, and one man
being the only persons on board that were saved.
The young what. in Norfolk have, it is feared, euslainerl
considerable damage is the late gale. The plants before the
t, e were growing vigorously and being soft and brittle
have been cut, twisted and torn in a manner sad to wit-
ness. The high and exposed light lands have suffered more
then lower districts, the photo in the former neighbour-
hoods being thinner and weaker.

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