The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-07 00:00:00

THE STORM OP TUESDAY NIGHT.

LONDON AND ITS NEIGHBOtHHOOD.
Some of the injuries caused in and about the me-
tropolis by the gale of Tuesday night, were emanated in
yesterday 's Ertirese. Others have sues come to our know-
Ae
liertishthwn ha amid were felt to • (dahlia extent.
Mach mischief was dose to the chimney steaks and slate
rope of several houses, but at a few missies after 6 o'clock
a chandler's shop anal door to the police station wee nearly
wrecked, and f.,r some time the lime of seven persons were
nevoid to be saffiheed. TM wind, it seems, blew the
Mace chimneys at the ter of the house down, which
farad in the roof, the Wicks sad rubbish falling upon the
gam sous occsymte. A number of the S divasioe of police
siseteeded, after sum comidereble trouble, in rescuing the
who., of the pani The poor people had scarcely been
reenwe. d from their premises when the fret well fell.
At Hampstead, a private carriage which was passing near
the top of the heath, was smaelaed by the felling of an enor-
mous tree, and the driver and horse. narrowly *seeped in-
stantaneous death. Toe roofs of several Masse on Squirt's.
meant, and the ehinineye of nest of them, wore blown off.
la the betknal.green. road the roof of a lame chapel now
in mune of erection en the nevi' aide of the road, near the
church, was literally ternsp by the wind and shattered to
pieces. The budding, which is intended as ais eting-houee
for the i
Independents, s one of the largest of the kind in the
part of Lenders. Unfortunately the damage is not
toi hood to the roof, the telling debris having injured
the lower portion of the interior. Had the event occurred a
little later la the m ming, whea the workpeopls would
have been busy about the structure, it is difficult to eonjew
tare wtat roust have been the consequence. In the same
neighbourhood many old tottering houses were polled down,
10 to to prevent their destruction oy the wind.
In Pried strife:, P.eddingtos, several houses were an-
scowl, mid the inmates had narrow escapes. In Battersea-
hel Is a Isrde brick bundler was completely razed. In St.
J atilee., Hyde, and the Regent's ',arks considerable havoc
was e..miLitted amongst the pleatatioes, and several of the
mw: state.; trees wire uprooted, as also in Keesington-
gardens. At Hoxton, Highgate, Bantam hill, ant Clapham
darner, has bten done to an almost inconceivable extent ;
scarcely a house but nes sustained some injury, In the per .1
great ujary was dose by the tiers of sh•pping drifting. Of
Con Lthetwis, elvers' barges laden with produce
were sunk, en 1 a Waterman end his non, named John and
Edward drowned, their skid being blown ever by
the squall.
Mach damage was likewise occasioned on the river at
Wool eich, Charlton, &a. fix. Off Charlton a ballast lighter
filled a itb water and sank, and near the same spot a brig
wise coca into by ano.ber toad with such force as to c very
away her I,•wsprite, Indwell, and windlass, and to snap her
form at off drat to the deck. A schooner close by also lost
be: meksiasts and ratty other trawls sustained great do-
made. Ti Wifth steamer, belonging to the Old WoLlw:ch
Company, broke adrift from her moorings, and, running
against a cad hulk, lost her funnel, bulwark, and paddle-
bee, tad became a complete wreck. She ran into the
Dryad, another steamer belonging to the same company,
and carried away her bulwarks. The river throughout the
whole of the reach was covered with fragments of wreck,
and, in fact, a greater amount of injury to shipping has
Zeta been recorded.

Along the whole line cf the South Western Railway many
of the eon and flay richt belonging to the various farmers
sou the line were blown away, but last night an occurrence
took place, which, bad it not been for the opportune
discovery, would, uoub:k's, have been attended with •
frightful lees of life. It ap, ears that as driver of the down
express train was approaching Basingstoke Station he Wield
the wired :ores one of the waggons from a siding is to
the mein up line. Owing to the groat incline at that pee-
lion of the railway, the waggon ran along at a fearful rate,
and as the up train was known to be nearly due, nothing
sheet of • terrible eoWsion was anticipate& The engine
driver of the evens train baring had the presence of mind
to sty at Basingetoko and make known what had happened,
an engine was sent along to look after the wagon, mean-
while the up train woe delayed. After the lapse of twenty
minutes it was overtaken, proceeding eta rapid opted, and
we, brought beak to Bodoptoke, when the train to London
was enabled to pressed.
IIANCHESTER, Fre. 6.

The tuella storm whir commenced hit night wu
prcductiv.: of some serious consequences in this neighbour-
hood as well as elsewhere. It is undoubtedly one of the
heaviest gales we have had kers slur 1839. In Manchester
the damage has been principally 'Gadded to blowing down
stacks of chimneys end unroofing buildings. The top of the
Crown and Anchor puMic-house, Cathedral Cburchvard,
was blown off, and two windows of the Cathedral Wert woe
blown in. In Ancoatolane the lead from the roof of Mr
Joseph lamb's tottonmill was canted away, and falling
upon a cottage destroyed • sortriershie parties of it. The
occupant bad • very furrow escape of hie life. In
Broughton. • house is Varna-street received great
damp. The chimney was blown down, and telling through
the roof, earned with it the chamber floor and the floor of
the room underneath, into the cellar. The inmates of the
house, who were in bed, were much alarmed, but with the
exception of • child, all escaped unhurt. The child was cot
dangerously hart, and along with the rest of the family was
soon reamed from its dangerous position in the cellar story
by the righboors. A long and lofty wall feria' off the
porde of Edward Loyd, E.g., banker, at Cnunrall, was
.wa down, sad some cottages in Rooden-lar were ua-
sooNd minable trees in all directions have been
torn up by the roots, and near to Buy, • roof weighing
nearly three tons, over • shed, was lilted dread earned too
distance of several yards.
The most serious casualty, however, which resulted from
the storm in this neighbourhood was • railway accident at
Calton. The heavy guts of wind which swept anon the
Mane, Mackisera, Catiseroe and West Yorkshire Railway
had the effect of setting in ration three heavily-laden duel
lisrions Inhere; to the Berl of Bolcom*, es • siding
about five miles above Banos. Three wagger, Inked
together, had Leen placed on • siding (without any engine
Mashed), and the siding being on a slight incline, the car-
riages, once in motion, went forward. The points were
/elf acting to waggons coming off the incline, though to
Wok a train on to the incline the use of the real lever
would have been nteaseary. The coal waggons on reachkagthe
min line of rails, went forward towards Bolton, ant the
lice being an ladles all the way, they gained reelerated
spud of MUM/ trout their own gravity, and en reachlag
,W.ton went apes the line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Company, sad dashed through the station towards Man-
chester at • fearful per. Fortunately there were no traias
or carriages In the way at that busy and crowded ratios,
but the statics-master beam alarmed far a par
senger train of seven carriages, which had left
about ten minutes previeusly (6.30 p.m.). and despatched
• kaargive, with • chain sad hook, after the coal waggons,
he the hope that they might be overtakes and grappled by
tire law" so as to prevent mischief. tinfortunateiy, bow-
fin, the line for many miles towards Manchester hoe •
destine, and the engine had am chance in such • pursuit.
On, ea went the coal waggons, rtill gaining accelerated
• sod, passed the stations at Moses Oate sad
Stone Clough, pared through the tunnel, and came upon
the pereurer train it was following jest r the whole
of the hear had bees applied, sad tie steam of the engine
shut ell for the stopper at Mitres statism, when there is a
jusetiem of the Lascosbire sad Yorkshire line, aid the Eut
Laseashin line. home of the porters became swan of the
spores& of the coal wmemi eerily • mamas bakes they
oats up, end altered alas Melons, bet there yea se time
for them to he sued seem It is rid reseal more= had