The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-11 00:00:00

STORM IN IRELAND.

Of the effects of the storm in Dublin some account appeared
yesterday in The Sun. The subjoined are some particulars
from the Dublin Evening Post, regarding the hurricane in
the country :
TILE MAILS.-The arrival of the mail coaches was greatly
retarded; the Cork coach at the usual hour; the Waterford
coach at eight ; the Limerick at ten ; the Galway coach at
twelve ; the Belfast coach at two ; that of Enniskillen at

three o'clock ; the Derry coach at four ; the Wexford coach
at half-past four. The Derry and Wexford mails were
brought by the guards on horseback, and arrived shortly after.
The Sligo:coach came into town at five o'clock. The Dun-
gannon and Omagh, which were due at half-past six, and the
Free-trader at half-past seven, were not arrived at a late hour
of the night. The most awful devastations are visible about
the acountry. The cabins of the poor people were in
many places swept away, so as scarcely to leave a trace behind.
A gentleman who arrived in Dublin on Tuesday says :
" As I came yesterday by the Limerick coach, I witnessed
dreadful havoc and ruin along the line of road from the
frightful hurricane of the preceding night, cottages unroofed
and levelled with the ground, trees torn up by the roots, many
broken in the middle, shattered and mangled in every way;
some strewed across the road, so as to detain the Limerick
mail full six hours. It is greatly to be feared that many
serious injuries have been sustained, many lives indeed lost
from the fall and ruin of cabins, and which call for the im-
mediate attention of the humane and charitable. Hay and
corn stacks too I observed scattered and destroyed in a most
deplorable manner. The Club House roof was thrown
down, the Wellesley-bridge greatly injured, owing to the
vessels in the river being driven by the storm against h—
and there is little doubt but the first arch must come down.
One man and two children were drowned at Coonagh ; the
bank of the river there is destroyed. There is net a single ves-
sel in port that has not been injured, some of them worth no-
thing, as the timber is shattered to atoms. The old town
suffered severely, it will take months to repair the damage ;
there was over 36,000/. worth of property destroyed."
TULLAMORE.-Th• coroner for this county P. Dillon, Esq„
came here this day to hold inquests after the storm of last
night. It appears that several houses were burnt and blown
down at Clara; also several blown down in this town. In fact,
the destruction of property is beyond description and several
lives have been lost. There were several houses burnt in
Kilheggan, and a vast portion of timber has been thrown don n
in this neighbourhood.
From Thurles, Leitrim, Newry, Dundalk, &c., similar
reparts of the devastating violence of the elements have been
received.

FIRS IN 1401.7011 REA.—The Dublin Evening Post publishes
the following heart-rending communication :
" LOUGIIREA, JAN. 7.—One of the most awful fires ever
witnessed broke out in this town last night, about 11 o'clock,
caused by the falling in of a number of houses during the hur-
ricane. The fire raged with undiminished fury until six this
morning, destroying everything in its progress. The aid of
man was totally unavailing ; but, providentially, about six
o'clock, the change of the wind from north-west to west gave
the flames a different direction, and the police and the inha-
bitants were enabled to cut off the communication with the
houses, and thus the greater part of the town was preserved
from impending destruction.
" The police, under Sub-Inspector Lewis and Mr. Cannon,
patrolled the town until eight o'clock this morning, to protect
the vast quantity of property thrown into the streets. As far
as I can learn, no lives are lost ; but I grieve to add that there
are eighty-seven houses burned to ashes, and thirty blown
down by the storm,"
Nearly six hundred human beings having been left totally
destitute by this calamity, without a home, clothes, or food.
A menting was held this day to afford temporary relief.
Several persons, including Mr. Cannon, of the constabulary,
received severe injury in the eyes, from the hot ashes during
the conflagration.
It is stated that there have been destructive fires during the
storm ip Kells, Kilkenny, Moate, and other places.
The Dublin Paper of Wednesday bring reports of almost
numberless lamentable occurrences, both in town and country,
The Mailhas more than three columns entirely occupied with
details of casualties. The loss of life, as well as the destruc-
tion of property, oceasioned by the violence of the elements, is
great beyond all former periods. Fire, too, has added its ter-
rific and devastating effects to the horrors of the hurricane.
The accounts from all parts of the country are of the most ap.
palling character. The mails of course have been delaiecl.

It was not until ten o'clock on Tuesday night that the Holy-
head mail, due on Monday morning, reached Kingstown ; the
gale however moderating, enabled the packet, which was due
at two o'clock, to reach on Wednesday morning, and the
Liverpool mail arrived at two o'clock.
The Cork Southern Reporter, the Belfast News, the
Waterford Chronicle, &c. &c., all concur in describing the
storm as one of unprecedented violence, occasioning a scene
of desolation and a degree of wide-spread destruction never
before witnessed.