The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-19 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEB

Males ...
Females

Total ...

... 771
... 694

-.1,465

*ln this number are included 47 by Scarlatina, 47
by Typhus Fever, 201 by Diarrhoea, and 15 by Cholera.

SEVERE THUNDER STORMS
(From the Inverness Courier.)
Exactla this day six years—on the 12th of
August, 11846—we recorded one of the most terrific
thunder storms experienced in this district for at least
half a century ; and to-day we have to chronicle 0
storm perhaps equally severe. On Thursday even-
ing last very heavy rains fell in Stratbglass, accom-
panied for some hours with incessant peals of thun-
der,
and frequent and particularly vivid flashes of
ligntning. Oa Friday several loud peals broke
over the town; but were followed by only slight
showers. The northern side of the Cromarty Firth
was on that day visited by a storm which will be re-
membered for many a day. In the morning some
lengthened peals were heard at a distance, which gra-
dually lessened tall
was right over Aln about one o'clock, when the storm
discharged
e_ ess, where for nearly two hours the
clouds
ThelJey was fool th?ir contents with terrific fury.
as if the eple had heavily,set. Rain overcast that it was almost
, Rain and hail fell in such
torrents thee every road
Of a burn. Happily appeared like the channel
of
alarge
no accident occurred, except
the destruction
tree at Millcraig,
which was 1.-eat to pieces.sh
m
neighbouring tree for shelter feltan thseittisnhgocku.ndeTrhae
electric fluid on entering the
of
tbegesituated close to
furniture, and the
convulsion, that it shook a cc'tannnd caused such a
the tree, disanranged part
occupant, an old woman, was thrown to the ground
either by fright or by the shocks.
siwncase
On Saturday, shortly after noon, Inverness
its° wthe ?' '
visited with a storm of thunder unparalleled
that of Auieust, 1846. For two long boars
flashed of forked and sheet lightning were
almost instantanaously by long-continued peals
oaf
thunder. Rain fell in torrents for nearly
half-an-hour, and darkened the heavens so as
make the scene really terrifying. We have heard of
several cases of indisposition occurring from fright.
The thunder was so frequent that scarcely to minutes
ilutervened between each successive peal. The rain
speedily formed rapid currents in many
flooded of te streets,
and forcing its way into several houses, o the
lower rooms very much. The inhabitants living on the
west side of the river, which is badly drained, were
the greatest sufferers. They uttered to all visitors
expressions strongly condemnatory of the
in which they are treated by the parties whose duty
it is to attend to the proper drainage of the streets.
The Castle Commissioners, we think, should now be
for having
of the necessity that necessity exists
having the Wynd leading to th
County Buildings Buildings causewayed, as on Satur-
day
least a. l rain carried from the pathway
de-
posited at
probably as much ctohuple of cartloads of gravel, which is de-
head of Bridge-street, in addition to
the Coranaerc,ll,ch more conveyed into the cellars of
done to property by
Although some damage was
that we 14'7 bY the storm, we are glad to say
struck the chimney of no deaths. The lightning
occupied b y BYabt, of a house in Academy-street,
.
and afterwards smashing the
Maclennan, solictor,
dows, it entered a sleen3 the glass in two of the win-
s portion of the bedcOitnhg apartment, setting fire to
was extinguished beforees. Fortunately, the fire
da-
mage was dQne. The electricany great amount of
house near the Shore, finding fluid also entered a
ittnhogeorrstatdhmeiwssailolnahboyve the
e
chimney, descending which,
were broken.
few
fire-place, and darting acrnesentbyntohna.,,,aplit a chest of
drawers, and left the apartm
role en. The
glass in which
of the paneadof
lirsting
electric fluid simultaneously entered
, anotheradb
apart-
went in the house, by the same means,
the side of the wall, it burnt and blackened a
clock on
the o a Ate side of the room, eet fire tochair, and
also madits exit by a window. It may be remarked
that indiofla of these instances the terror of the oecu
-
Pantie fejt thunder possibly proved the preservation of
66115/.of. them—the people living in the house beeoms
.
also frightened that they bad all previously aesera.
beeei,nea small dark room, in which they remained
buddl®d together until its termination.
...„, . On Saturday the Black Isle was visited with a
+,' 'similar storm
which lasted for the
, accompanied with torrents of rain,
o'clock, at which houreehotun ; between twelve and one
the storm storm
height, lightning struck' was atthiets greatest
farm of
offices 011
Muirton, near 13elinathets, -
slates, arnashinold2w y and tore off a number of
ages ; it afterwards set fire
to par !Pi
checks . L done. So
2 - 'an the heavy rain
great - • tizeL__.#l,rt ggt,b_' nr A iimbr wa!
v that it actu-
ally d'ihe,,,l•l'l ;in;'' Which wereattached'to the
re,.,f
draini;Ofgr,alid also bui•nt,a4jece
therctk6' \ 'For tun af.ily theree . as , rope attached
no parson on the
precuiftt-Oe tiint, ~.„, A ~. ,
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