Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-21 00:00:00

NORTITEPN DAILY TIMES.

THE THUNDER-STORM ON MONDAY

. The thunder-storm on Monday seems to have been very
general all over the southern counties of, England. It was,
however, most severe in Lancashire and Yorkshire. We

proceed to give a few additional particulars.
HASLINGDEN.—A WOMAN KILLED.---111 Hashngden the
storm was very violent, and the petuliar • colour of 'the
lightning was .matter of .general observation. A woman
was killed by the electric fluid in Higher-lane, Haslingden.
The storm was most violent from about half-past eight
o'clock till nine. The heavy rain would prove acceptable
to many of the manufacturers, several yf the mills m the
neighbourhood of Accrington and Stone Field having had to,
stand for want of water.
WARRINGTON.—We are informed by the editor of the
Warrington Standard and Times that the effects in that
town of the storm of hail on Monday evening have been
most fearful. Shortly before six o'clOck the storm broke
over the town, and in less than three quarters of an hour
no fewer than 50,000 panes of glass were broken by the im-
mense hailstones which fell (some of them four inches in
circumference), and a vast amount of property in_ mills,

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shops, &c. was' ,destreyed. The streets were flooded with
water in many places, and the shops and houses in, several
of them present an appearance as if a riot had. taken place,
and the mob had been engaged in smashing.the windows.
In St. James's Church alone 700 panes, were broken. The

crops in the fields near the town look as though they had
been trodden down by droves of cattle; but at Thelwall
and Stretton, villages three miles south of )yarrington,
little or no hail or rain fell.

a violent thunder-storm. Shortli'rbefore six o'clock, heavy
rain began to fall, accompanied by lightning of a very vivid

was walking on the promenade at; ,Avenham was knocked
down by the electric fluid, and remained few a short time
insensilite. Several trees at Avenhani were• struck b5l- the

ightning.
As lITON

About seven o'clock on kOnday cumin

nine, which continual for

windows or the Roman Catholic Chapel were injurec
very serious damage; however, occurred. Shorty afte

fawn the presence of three black clouds, which rushed from
(Efferent directions, and which, when they met,, apparently
rebounded and)broke up into threeOr four parts. The sun
was, just behind, them, and the partial penetration:by its
rays produced a singular-phenomnon._
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-(.36.buAm.—Oldltam -*as visited by the thunder-storm' of
'Monday; the rain and hail commencing about twenty
mlitates to severuAlock. Large numbers of window panes
in. different parte-of the town were destroyed by the
many being broken in the Town: -14411, the Baptist and.
Unitarian Chape?, the Temperance Hall, &e., and immense
rmmbers in some of the mills. Many houses were flooded;
and? a mill at Lower Mbor. owned by the mayor, but OCCne
pied', by Mr. Daniel Mills, was inundated_ The water;
entered the carding-room, the slim-ling-room, and the
warehouse. The reelings (ready for the market) and
the machinery were damapd, the' loss being estimated
at over noo. The-warelionses,of Messrs. Mane and,Sons,.
waste dealers, and Mt. Councillor Mellowdects, also received
damage• from the water.. Alm. Knott, I,AOtographic artist,
Y--' -^t .7ufc- 1 consid -- 1

orkshire-street, nas-tsunere, _oiaerably; tie hail having
broken,. his skylight, and the- rain penetrated even into his
shop below. The drains were• unable to eany off the water

lunit-street, xi(

is a slope. both ways, the water. for some time was over.lB
inches deep, mid,the cellars in that vieinitywere completely
flooded.. Fortunately the storm expended itself in about

INIANCRESTER AND .'rHE limonnornaroon.—The storm
raged with great fury at Swinton. aml.Worsley, for about
ten Minutes. ' It commenced about half-past six o'clock
with a perfect hurricane' of 'wind; whietu blew- the dUsi. in
blinding clouds. Them came a shower of hailstones as 'big ,
as large marbles, accompanied. by considerable cold. •In
a few minutes the fields were as thoroughly covered as
though a dense fall of snow had:fallen., and. in some places
the depth of the hailstones was more. than two feet. Evil
pane that was. not of plate glass was broken. The flowers
in all the gardens had their:blossoms, broken off, the, heads
of the corn were cut off;- and, fields, that were looking re-
markably well a few minutes before, were, soon in complete
I ruin. The gooseberry and,eurrant bushes and fruit trees
were quite stripped. At Swinton, a cottager's pig was
killed. ASh the packet was proceeding along the canal to
Worsley, the horse was• stopped,. at Mow'Green by the
violence of the storm, for it was *impossible to see a yard
ahead. At. Kersal Moor; am entire field of mange]. wurzel,
belonging to Mr. W. .N% Wilson, was so completely cut down
_by the hailstones as to •beentirel.y.destroyed. The specimens
show the leaves torn, and. the stems, cut to pieces as by some
sharp instrument. •
BURY A'ND BOSSENDAIE.-704:11 • Monday evening, this
district was visited "by• a tremendous thunderstorm. The

electric fluid entered the. how& of Mr. George Barnes,
Eldon-street, Walmersky-road, breaking into - fragments
two large chimney-pots, and: then, knocking down a portion
of the brickwork ; the! lightning passed down the draught,
and, having forced down the. fireboard, entered the front
bedroom. It then passed, down another dranght into the
kitchen, where seven.ohildren were, but none of them were
injured, except the eldest gin, who was ,burned a little
between the fingers. of one band. A person. named W.ols-
Stenholme was gatheringa salad; in a garden 25 yards distant;
the electric- fluid struck him. down, and he was jaw-locked.
for some time. The lightning: afterwards struck the
chimney of a wash-house adjoining the residence of Mr.:.
Barnes, knocked down the chimney-pot and as much of the
chimney as was above the level of the adjoining building,.
made its way through a 9-inch wall into a bedroom, drove.
a portion of a brick across the room with such force from,
one wall to that opposite as to insert it in the latter, tone •
the wind Ow-blind to pieces and set fire twit, drove away a
number of bricks. from near the window, ripped open the,
moulding, made indentures in the upper portion of the
window frame, and drove out 11 large squares of glass,
leaving only: one remaining, some of Ow fragments being
scattered to a distance of 12 yards. The damage to, the •
house was. about £lO. The violence &tile storm terminated
about half:past eight o'clock.---In Rossendale the storm was
very severe, the flashes of lightning succeeding each other
with great rapidity. The thunder was. very loud; and the
rain heavy'.

NORTH AND EAST RunNo or You,KSHIRE.—On Monday
night, a terrible thunder-storm burst over the district around.
Malton, and continued without intermission from six in the
evening- to between three and four o'clock on Tuesdity morn-
ing. Btyond the death of a few-sheep, and the destruction
of some trees, no serious accident from lightning occUrred.
The rain descended in torrents.;, and, the drainage in Mal-
ton beine, unable to take off the water, the streets.soon pre-
sented the appearance of rivet's, and numerous. cellars and
shops were inundated. The town, during the height of the
storm, about ten o'clock, presented a most extraordinary
appearance ; the inhabitants of the streets: on the lower
level being compelled to turn out, and, by clink of: sweeping,
endeavour to keep the water out of the houses. On• Tuesday
morning, the crops in the neighbourhood, were laid suite
flat to the ground.
THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—FrOTIA an early hour
on Tuesday morning until noon, the rain, partly accom-
panied by thunder and lightning, poured down so con-
tinuously and vehemently on the. North-eastern line, parti-
cularly in the Newcastle and Durham districts, and even to
the Scotch border, that the lower parts of the towns were
flooded, and all out-door business was suspended., In most
of the railway carriages, both first and second-class, the
roofs of which had been warped and cracked from the effects
of the recent drought, all available umbrellas were in requi-
sition, and hat boxes and light luggage were alinost afloat,
presenting a spectacle as strange as. the fact was. uncomfort-
able and unexpected.
JERSEY.—A terrific thunderstorm visited the Channel
Islands on Monday, The General Ilospital at Jersey was
set on fire' by lightning, and the whole of the centre of the
building gutted ; no lives were lost.

HOUSEKEEPERS.—The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers;
5, Elliott-street, at is 4d, is better than you pay is 8d for
at any other establishment.
FATAL DUEL.—A private, letter, dated Cadiz, July 15,
says :—" On Saturday last there were lying in the harbour
of Cadiz a Russian frigate and a Russian war steamer, and
in consequence of, a quarrel between 'a midshipman of the
steamer (the Rudick) and the first lieutenant of the
frigate (the Polken), a duel was agreed on between the par.,
ties, and they proceeded to Port St. Mary's, a town on the,
opposite side of the harbour, fully prepared with seconds and
soveral,other gentlemen, to settle the dispute at the point of
the sword. After the combat had lasted half an hour, with
no result, it was agreed that they should then take pistols,
one of which , had a bullet in and the other only powder,
and, they were to draw,lots for them and fire, standing at
arms' length. The midshipman, it would appear, drew the
pistol with the ball, and shot his opponent in the, forehead,
who itlstantly dropped dead, and was conveyed' on board the
ship. He was buried on Sunday evening in the English
eometery, at Cadiz, and it is reported that the midshipman
proceeds home, under arrest, to be tried by court-martial,
The authorities here wish to hide the affa4u4 and give 014
that the. lieutenant-, diedi suddenly. of amtlely. Both the
steamer and the frigate sailed from here this morning. The
steamer calls at Cherbourg sad rtxtsatouth on her way to
Cronstadt,"