The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-03 00:00:00

THE GALE,

Soon after 6 o'clock last evening the gale, which hat
fallen considerably in the afternoon, broke out in the metme
polis with renewed fury. On the ebb tide, notwithstanding
the precautions taken by the masters of vessels in the ex-
posed reaches to:strike topgallantmast and yards, and make
"all snug," to prevent driving from their moorings, the
greatest possible confusion prevailed. This was the case
particularly near the dock entrances, where a large number
of vessels had brought up, two of the most windward of the
vessels having dragged their anchors. Additional anchors
were let go by the weathermost and all hands turned out (it
being 8 o'clock and extremely dark) to separate the vessels,
otherwise the destruction of property must have been im-
mense. It is feared that the damage will be found very
extensive. On the shore at half-past 9 o'clock the storm
raged furiously, causing much damage.to the roofs of houses
in the eastern and south-western districts.

GREAT YARMOUTH, Monday.
Yesterday the weather was very unsettled, and this morn-
ing at about 1 o'clock the wind blew with terrific force from
the south and continued with unabated violence until about
7, when it moderated. The rain descended in torrents.
There is a very largo number of vessels in the roadstead off
Yarmouth and Corton, most of them bound southwards,
some from the Baltic and others from the northern ports.
Shortly before noon the beach boats put off to a ship in
the offing which hoisted signals of distress. The boats have
not yet returned. A fishing boat is reported to have been
seen bottom upwards near St. Nicholas gatway ; at present
there is a large fleet of boats at sea engaged in the herring
fishery. The weather still looks threatening, and storm
signals have been hoisted.
PORTSMOUTH, Monday, G p.m.
Yesterday afternoon the barometer fell rapidly, and by
the evening had fallen an inch in 13 hours, About 1 a.m.
to-day a fierce gale, accompanied by rain, set in, and con-
tinued up to 4 a.m, when it abated ; the wind however con-
tinued very strong and veered to W. by N. with the mer••
cury in the barometer at 29.95, and a low temperature.
Admiral Fitzroy's signal for "Dangerous winds, probably
at first from the northward" is at present hoisted, and the
wind is N.N.W. with heavy banks of black clouds driving
over, promising altogether a full justification of the Ad-
miral's warning signal. The barometer is also rising, and
has now reached 29.1, and will probably continue to rise as
the force of wind increases from the northward. The oscilla-
tion of the mercury in the barometer during the past three
days has been extraordinary. A telegram has been re-
ceived at the office of Lloyd's agent hero that the hired
transport King Arthur, on her way from London to this
port to embark the headquarters of the 55th Regiment for
Madras, had split her sails and was anchored off Deal. A
new suit of sails was immediately despatched to her from
here by railway to Deal. No accounts have yet been re-
ceived here of any serious casualties having occurred in the
immediate vicinity of the port or of the Isle of Wight.

PLYMOUTH, Monday.

The stormy weather on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
increased on Sunday almost to a hurricane. It has been
blowing heavily all this day. A market boat was upset In
the Sound, but the two men in her were providentially
picked up by a boat belongir.g to the coastguard tender
Hamilton. The Kent, Captain Anderson, which left on

Wednesday with 80 passengers for Melbourne, put back to-
day with loss of sails. She did not get much beyond the
Land's End. The ship Fiery Cross, for Shanghai; the
Annie, for Alexandria; the Russian bark Speranza, from
Odessa, and several others, have taken shelter in the Sound.
The Hougomont, Captain Flamank, from Portsmouth with

part of the 55th Regiment for_ Madras, was off Plymouth
at 9 this morning; all well. 8 p.m.—The wind is veering
from south-west to north-west, but it continues to blow
with great force.

SHIELDS, Monday Noon.
The weather has been extremely stormy at sea all night •
Several light vessels have reached this port, and some laden
colliers put back this forenoon. The gale is from the east,
and the sea is very strong upon the coast. No casualties
are reported.

SOITTIIPORT, Sunday Night.

Yesterday afternoon it was reported that a large vessel
was on shore on the Trunkhill Sandbank, three miles from
shore. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution vas
at once takes down on her transporting carriage abreast of
the vessel and launched. After a hard struggle against the
strong wind and sea the lifeboat fortunately succeeded in
closing with the vessel. She proved to be the foreign bark
Tamworth, of Skien, Norway, bound from Liverpool to
Havannah with a general cargo. The master had cut away
the fore and main masts in the hope of saving the hull, over
which the sea was making a clean breach. The lifeboat took
off the crew, 17 in number, and landed them safely at South-
port. After leaving the ship the lifeboat was filled by a tre-
mendous sea, which overwhelmed her, and greatly alarmed
all on board, but she soon cleared herself,
FLEETWOOD, Saturday.
The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Association on this
station has again been out on service. Yesterday evening
the gale blew with unabated violence, and a largo ship (the
Lillias) bound from Liverpool to Bombay, with 1,900 tons
of coal on board, was observed to show signals of distress.
The lifeboat was immediately manned and takenat out in tow n
of the steamtug Wyre. The vessel was found anchor i
the Lune in 18 fathoms of water. Ultimately the steamtug
was laid alongside the ship for a moment, and 2G of the sea-
men on board et once jumped on the tug. The captain and
two mates were left on the ship, and they requested the
lifeboat to remain by them, which she did for three hours,
when a very heavy sea struck the ship and brought her
down upon the lifeboat, which, with her crew, narrowly
escaped destruction. The lifeboat was then cut adrift, and
notwithstanding the noble and repeated efforts of her crew,
she was unable, in their exhausted condition, and in face of
the heavy gale and tide, to regain the ship. She was there-
fore compelled to run for Wasson Dock, where they arrived
about midnight, suffering from cold and exhaustion. At
daylight they again returned to the ship with the view
of rescuing the poor men on board ; but, fortunately, they
had been previously taken off by a Morecambe steamer, the
weather having moderated. The coxswain of the lifeboat
left four hands on board the vessel, which is full of water
it being nearly up to the decks.

KINGSTON, Saturday.
On Tuesday it was blowing a violent gale from W. by
with a heavy sea on ; a collision took place be.
fw.nen a brig and a sloop near the entrance of Kingston
Harbour. 'rho latter was dismasted and drifted out to sea,
and the brig made sail out of the bay. It was thought that
the crew of the sloop were probably on board, and would
inevitably be lost, and the Kingston lifeboat of the National
ifeboat institution was towed out and reached the wreck
of the sloop, which was about five miles out. With much
difficult° the coxswain put ono of the lifeboat's crew on
board, who reached the vessel and found no ono there.
Thera was no name on the vessel or her boat, and the crow
wore probably taken away by the brig that came into col-
lision with her. The sloop ultimately sank in 14 fathoms
of water, near the Kish Bank. The lifeboat afterwards re-
turned to the shore.

CAMPBELTON, N. 8., Friday.
All day yesterday it blew a most terrific gale here. About
midnight the bark Providence of Dantsic was wrecked at
Westport, on the west coast of Cantyre. As soon as the in-
formation reached this place the lifeboat of the National
Lifeboat institution was immediately despatched on her
transporting carriage to the scene of the wreck. By the
time sho arrived some of the crew had been dragged ashorea
by means of ropes, but, the tide having then turned,tn s. d a
ed.
terrible sea rolling in, the lifeboat was at once launch
After a great deal of exertion the remainder the
themfebeat.
consisting of seven men, were taken off by I
anner. rlo,bwe,
crew of the lifeboat behaved in a very darinigiitlic.timv.
q. (al its passage from
The sloop Ebonczar(of Fisherrow) 7.5-all,her,
when it
Fisherrow to Berwick with a cargo, o
The master ran the
en-
countered the severe gale of Tilers,
vessel up to Leith Roads for eafevt
Tolenee of the storm cool.
, (183;:d anchored there for
some time, till the inereasibngar
by
yrift before the wind.
several heavy seas,
polled him to raise the avna:
Shortly after tho sloop.:0 t
Kirkcaldy a leak was discovered,
and when nearly ,_ s'ruanckd
"P°s-dly that the crew, consisting of the
which increased so rapi
iled to take to the boats in the hope
master and two boys'
shore'
strong exertion they reached the
of reaching ''.--pr°); exhausted condition. The sloop has not
harbour in a N-, of and is supposed to have gone down
since been hear
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shortly after being'abaudoned, The master w- n s VI-9 tole

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ricane that fears were entertained for the ~!'afety '
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of the new Free Church, which was complet,s-a
ft the sum
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last with the exception of the iron bolt and vane ti,.,
mit, for the erection of which the scaffolding had b,
around the building. The action of the wind on th
)f feet,
of the scaffolding had caused it to give about a couple t
and it was found necessary to brace it up by means of r7efl,,
fixed half-way up, and carried across to the opposite si, le of
the street. By the increasing force of the wind, howe\ el:,
the scaffolding was brought in contact with the stonewe rk
at the top of the spire, which it surrounded, and the COUR
quence was that the immense leverage thus brought hitt
play was too much for the resistance of the stonework, anit
a little before 2 o'clock in the morning nearly one-third of
the steeple gave way, and came down with a most tremen-
dous crash on the top of a house below, smashing the chim-
ney cans, tearing away a portion of one of the unfinished
lower turrets of the spire, and breaking a large hole in the
roof of the house on which it fell. Fortunately no one was
injured,—John o' Groat Journal.

The Fatal Accident at the New-cross Station,

The coroner's inques,t
during
who was
the body of the unfortunate
vas killed last Friday after-
noon by the destruction,the storm, of a large en-
gine shed at New. cross Station,
noon at the Railway Inn,l\Tsv..was held yesterday after-
one of the coroners for the county corfosss, More Mr. Carter,
It is now ascertained that all the me Surrey.
were working in the shed at the tine of 12 it,. number, who
the
more or less injured, but, happily, only four of
were
of them seri-
ously, and those are stated to be going on
well.
The jury having viewed the body, proceeded with tho
coroner to the spot where the accident happened, ,'lion it
at once became apparent how the unfortunate man loot his
life. A mass of bricks, forming a portion of one side
shed, fell against the engine at which Woodrow o the•
watl .at
work, and, having completely destroyed the line, eatb
outer side, the engine and tender fell sideways into the
en-
gine pit, carrying the man with them, and crushed his chest
so dreadfully as to cause his instantaneous death. Tho
place is a perfect wreck, the whole building, with the ex-
ception of one end, which also forms part of another engine-
house, being levelled with the ground. An up-train on.
the main line happened to be passing at the time of the
accident, and some of the bricks and debris were projected
on to the engine, smashing the weather-board. A quantity
of bricks were also sent right over the double line of rails,
and broke down the coping of a wall by the platform of tho
station. Other portions of the roof were hurled with great
violence a distance of 30 or 40 yards. The men escaped
principally by creeping into the engine pits under the
teas
ainenescieand it was considered that the unfortunate deceased
v
uring to do the same when the engine fell on
him.

The jury having returned to the inquest room the fol-

lon
ing evidence was taken :
John White, an engine driver, in the omplcyment of the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company,
said—l knew the deceased Henry Woodrow well. He WAS
22 years of age, and was an engine fitter. On Friday last
he was repairing a locomotive engine, which, with its tender,
was standing on the rails in a shed at New-cross. It was
an engine that I had myself brought into the shed at half-
past twelve o'clock that day. There were other engines in
the shod and other men at work upon them. There was
another man, myself, the fireman, and the deceased, at my
engine. Underneath the engine was an excavation to
enable the workmen to get under the engine. About half-
past three or a quarter to four o'clock, I was at work at the
front end of the engine, and the deceased was engaged in
screwing a nut to the side of the Duffer plank. My attention
was attracted to some slates and pieces of dirty waste in
front of the building, twirling about in a very singular
way with great velocity. All at once I heard a great crash,
and on looking up I saw half the roof come tumbling in.
I was in the pit at the time and ran under the engine for
safety. I did not call out ; there was no time for that. The
foreman and :another fitter also] ran; under an engine. II
had hardly got under when I felt the engine sink upon me.
I heard another very heavy crash, and instantaneously the
whole of the roof and the walls fell. At the time of the ac-
cident the deceased was screwing up a nut to the engine at
the buffer plank. All the bricks fell round us and buried
us. I could not release myself, but when I was taken out I
found that the whole of the engine-shed except the end wall
bad fallen. The roof was a typo roof, fastened with iron.
girders. The south-west wall fell in on the engines, and the
opposite
side outwards on the Croydon line. There was a
large portion of the bricks lying against the engine where
had just before seen the deceased. When the dust and
steam cleared away a little I saw the deceased doubled up
between the sandbox of the engine and the rail. He was
head downwards, and appeared to be jammed in between
the engine and the wall. Ho was quite dead long before
he could be taken out. It was about an hour and a quar-
ter before all the men could be taken out of the ruins.
There was a great deal of blood about the head and face of
the deceased. There did not appear to be a great weight

of brick upon him, but the engine had been thrown on
one side in consequence of the rail giving way, and had
fallen partly upon him. If it had fallen upon him alto-
gether it would have crushed him to atoms. Deceased was
terribly crushed in the chest. From the time that I saw the
doors violently shaken till the Vme the roof fell, certainly
not more than a second had elapsed, consequently there
was no means of escaping by getting out of the building. I
attribute the death of deceased to the falling of the wall,
which forced the engine off the rails into the pit, and aiu

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of opinion that such fall was occasioned entirely by a power-
ful rush of wind, which might be termed a hurricane or
whirlwind, which took the roof of the shed completely off.
The building was a good sound one, and everything ap-
peared to be well secured. lam not aware whether any
portion of the roof was carried to a great distance. I was so
much shaken and alarmed that I did not go afterwards to
look at the ruins. There was no want of attention that I
am aware of in respect to seeecuuniidngehtdheetsrteanbgilihtuyilodfituhge. shed.
It appeared to me to be a
. I
a assistantm
stationed locomotive
et superintendent New .
Now-cross.
re
es .
A At
to th
Mr . Joseph
company, Craven,sworn
thetie me
of the accident I was in the stores (it was about
20 minutes to 4 o'clock), and hearing a rumbling noise I
rushed out of the place at once, and saw that a shed had
fallendo
;wn. One side had fallen inwards and the other
outwards
the roof was all lying down in ruins, some part
of it in the plate where the shed stood, and some part on
the Croydon up-traffic line. I first of all ran on the line
and hold up my hands to stop the traffic up and down, and
then went to the shed. I found that' two up-passenger
lines were obstructed, and also a siding used for our own
purposes. The furthest point which was obstructed was
about 23ft. from the street. Pieces of timber and slate form-
ing portions of the roof had been carried as much as GO
yards from the shed, consequently the force of the wind
must have been very great. I rushed into the ruins and
assisted in getting out the deceased, who was taken out
dead. Ile was jammed between the sand-box of the engine
and the rail. The length of the building was 145 ft., and the
width 42 feet ; the spring of the roof being 19 feet. The
wall was 14 inches thick, with additional piers at an in-
terval of 21 feet. The piers were 23 inches thick. The
materials used in the construction of the building were
good stock bricks, and the rest of the materials were also
very good. The height of the centre of the roof from the
side wall was nine feet. The roof was composed of T iron
girders and wooden rafters. Iron girders were let into the
wall, and secured to iron plates built into it. The two
walls seem to have given way at the same time, and the
roof to have been lifted bodily, the wall being lifted uP
with the roof from the bottom. The force of the wind was_
upon the south-west side, consequently it blew one v7a1.1.".
the Croydon up-lino, and the other on to the space on which
the building stood. I have known the building for 14 yours
and three months. It always appeared to be a sound t"
There were three roads in, but only ono entrance with
.threern
double doors and three sets of rails. Therecvnuihring!
could in my opinion affect the stability b
There was some coke piled up against a.
the side walls, but that would not affect i
had there is no
accident entirely to the force of the wind,ot
have stood half
reason to believe that the shed would
no vent for the
walls being carried through.t.P:flifttriolifuotneethoef
a century, This shed was built at thowneaus
at the top of the othere
another,
was
a s w the
wind to escape, but
e the witness was directed
At this period of the proceeding and old
look at the ruins of
wo call a louvre to lot out the !woke and
by the coroner to go into tdh en blown down in a different
another building which had
tho inquest-room he stated
the shed was a regular whirl.
direction, There
rod:steam.
that the windO:lvhihcihsbwrlehewthauit:fys and roofs in all directions.
wind, and blew down c
hurricane appeared to come from the
law termed a casualty, If
in addressing the jury, said that this tied..
dent appeared
The main force of the
that it was not
south-west.
attributable to any
the fact that
tlin jut' were but was caused entirely by the -
human agency,
pinion seemed to be strengthened by
hurricane
The
vCoroerot,feopinion
immediate ' a groat deal of &imago was done in the -
neigh-
bourhood, it having come to their knowledge that other
roofs had been blown down—it would be their duty to say so .
and that o
The Foreman said the jury were unanimously of opinion
nacl;idreetnutranheda.nd a verdict
et that aAccidental
r rDeathencew\vaassace entirelyorcig
The proceedings then terminated.

MEYMIBEEP'S " AFRICATNE."—Tho destination
of this opera WAS once an interesting topic of
speculation, but the subject threatens to become quite an
infliction. Gossip has been going on for years past on the
questions where, when. and with what singers does the
master intend to bring out his long-expected opera, finished,
it is said, 17 years ago ? Ono is bound to hope for a work
greater than the " Huguenots" or " Prophets i" but really
it would be almost a deserved judgment if the opus tzgnion
proved a failure. M. Meyerbeer's exigence has re
d the
limit of caprice. The last rumour is that:Coral
Naudin, and Tamberl& are the recipients of Patti,
the
parts, and Covent Garden the fortunate locality. It could
be an honour well deserved by the theatre.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, Wdllsce's Romantic Opera, THE
DESERT FLOWER c Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ;
Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corr. A. Cook, and W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. A- Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven.
Commence at Eight.

THE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. _
TETRA
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), November the 3d. and
Ti---
during the week, the vertormances will commence with the
0N B : John Dobbs, G. F. Ne-
Come is ot
first appearFl anDOce B
in London); Peter Mr. raternoste r,
vine
rGII.
BeLnore ; other characters by Mr. Neville, Mr.
.1-ct. G
rde., Miss flarfleur, and .Nisi .hurray.
Aver which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED.
Messrs. t helps, Ryder, Rayner, M., agreson, Ward, S; enter ;
Diivs Heath, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E.
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss 'Atter, Miss Cicely
Not+, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
To conclude with an Original Farce (never acted), by
John Oxentord,Esq , entitled BEAUTY Ott THE BEAST.
Principal characters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville,
Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and
Miss it. Lecicrq.

THEATRE ROYAL HAY ARKET.—
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, OCR MARY ANNE.
Alter which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER.. Mr. Charles
Mathews.
Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles
Mathew, Compton,Weathersby,&c.; Mesdames C. Mathews,
L Keeley. Griffith, &c.
And MT HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
Every Evening until further notice.
TEETS EVENING, to commence with a Comedietta,
by W. Gilbert, Esq., entitled UNCLE BABY Mess- s. J.G.
Shore, Widdicombe, Charles, Miss P. Leaercq, and Carlotta
Leclereq.l
After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, BEL DEMONIO,
a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken trom Stendhal
citarac-
's
•' Italian Chronicle ," by John Brow:: am. Principal
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
BrQughqm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith,
eCltfford rs,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Rate Terry, LaYeIlU, Ai.
Lee, and AlBB Elsworthy,

EL DEMONIO ; a LOVE STORY, in Twelve
Tableaux. -

NEW THE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-.
Sole Pronriator arid Manazer. Mr. B. Webmter.
THIS EVENISG, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Jrs.

Stirling.
At s, the New Drama of LEAH :.Vise Bateman, supported
by Messrs. Arthur Stirling R. Phillips, lithington, Stuart,
A Wood, Eburae, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington.
To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss
Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood.

&-VilL TSS BATEMAN.—LE A I-I.—The triumphant
and enthusiastic success of the great tragic artiste,
~„., BATEMAN, on her first appearance in the character of
1' in the new five act Drama of that title, having been
-1-;;iitly repeated, and even exceeded during the last four
weeks, amidst the applause and tears of crowded audiences,
and tue profound impression created upon all who have wit-
nessed the touching impersonation by Miss Bateman of the
heart-broken Jewish maiden, being confirmed by the unani-
mous verdict and critical approval of the entire press, the
-at anager ot the NEW ADEL /111 THEATRE has the honour
to announce that Miss BAT EMAN will appear in the New
Drama of LEAH EVERY EVENING till further notice ; and
in order to meet, as far as possible, the increasing demand
for stalls, has added two more rows to those previously
existing.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--HERRMANN,
FRESTIDIGATATEUR.—Great Success of Herr-
mann Performances.—" tie always keeps as close to his
public as he can, and courts their vigilance, that his superior
dexterity may be le,itims tely triumphant." Times, Oct. 27.
His celebrated FISH, RING, HAT, and MONEY TRICK,
EVERY EVPNING. Constant change of programme.
Commencing at Eight. Half-price at Nine o'Clock.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, FAINT HEANT NEVER WON
FAIR LADY. Mr. Leigh Murray.
After which, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey,
Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss li.Saville, and Miss Mande rs.
To conclude with WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford.
Commence at 7.

11HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,'
Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
:an be had Every Evening of
G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 39m.—Afternoon, 7n. 2m
To-ktoßitow.-Moraing, 7h. 34m.—Afternoon, Bh. 10m,

The Weather—Bun Office, Nov. 3, 1863.