The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-20 00:00:00

THUNDER STOIiJL

Dam& of a Letter from Newcastle, dated June
17th—" For some days previous to Tuesily last
the heat *was more excessh'e than usual at this4ea-f
son ; but in the 'evening of that day, after Some lotid
peals of-thunder, and vivid flashes of lightning, we
'had a copious and cheering shod'er of rain, which
considerably tempered the, state of the atmosphere,
and greatly improved the vegetation of the Country.
We have had no rain since, and the ground is again
become exceedingly dry. _ • •
At Alnwick ',the thunder ,storm was awfully
tremendous, from four to six in the afternoon, the
fiashes.being almost uninterrupted, and the thunder
folloWing, towards the latterpart of the storm, in-
stantaneously. The torrents of rain Which fell com-
pletely filled the houses and shops in the loWer part
of the town ; and the mail coach passed through
with'its wheels -nearly immersed in water. In a
field near Morpeth a bullock and several sheep were
killed. Similar accounts are received'The froM other
placeS, to the' north anand'west."
'The following is an extra& of a Letter. from
Whiteliftven, dated June 17—" Last Tuesday after-
noon, 'about three o'clock, we had.Soine of. the Most
tremendous peals of thunder ever heard in.this part
of the kingdom; and cdnsiderable damage was done
by the. lightning. At ll'otheriske Green, in Low
Quarter, in thee Parish of St. fees, two heifers, be-
longing to , Mr. • Nicholas Dickinson, were killed
by it. - There were thirteen other cattle close by,
which received no injury. Several ash-trees be-
longing to Mr. John Mossop, of that place, were
much damaged. -Five sheep, the- property of -Mr.
George Fleming, were killed upon Castle-rig-fell,
dear Keswick. One of them had stripped
. off one side,from the head to the tail. The elettrie
matter had taken a circular direction, and turned up
the soil, as with a spade."
A letter from Methven, Perthshire; dated the 7th
inst. sbys; " Yesterday an awful phenolnenon took
place near Logiealinond Peat moss. • The day was
exceedina° squally, accompanied with rain and a few
peals of thunder ;' in consequence of Which sixteen
people were obliged 'to give over their work iu the
moss ; they carried away with them their spades,
white iron pails, &c. Thirteen were walking toge-
ther, and three about six yards behind. A person
Who was about forty yards still firther behind saw
the whole sixteen struck-to the ground by a'flash of
lightning ; one of whom, the last of the three, John
Sidie, was killed on the spot ; his clothes Were all'
torn off (except a small fragment of a stockihg,
another of, his shirt‘below his arm, and the shoe on,
his left foot) and: foond scattered in different direc-
tions; a part of hislieel was found in the shoe that
was torn off ; there is a small hole in his 'skull and
another in his body:
,A woman was thrown about .
four yards to windward, and bled much at the mouth
and nose ; she and a Man were quite senseless ; the
.other 13 were. all in a state of stupefa6tion. • They
are, 'however, all recovered and well, -except that
their legs are a little swelled, but have no idea of
what ,happened to them.

At half-past ten last night a fire broke Out in the:,
warehouse. of MeSsA., Ferval and l3onsford, slop-
sellers, in TOoley-street, in.the Borough, which con-- .
sumed the whole of the warehouse; :but, by the ac-,
tivity of the firemen, and there being a plentiful
supply of water, the fire was precenteefrom com-
municating to the awelling-honse.' The St. Olave's
and Southwark Volunteers attended, \and kept off
the crowd, which was very great.
FRAUD.--A Gentleman of fortune, purchased a
horse at Meorhouse's:livery stables, Piccadilly, on
Saturday, for 75 b'uineas, and he left it in the care of
the.hostler Until le following day, when he would
send for it. A trian of. gentleman-like appearance.
called at the stables on Monday, and inquired if the
horse in question was not left there, as he
au-
thorized by the Gentleman,whorn he represented as his
friend, to. take him with lath. The horse was given,
to him without the Slightest sqpicion of fraud,
which was not discovered until the real owner came
for his property- on Wednesday:
Silo CK No ACCIDENT.77OII Tuesday 'afternoon• a
a fine Boy, about mine yeari of age, 'vas unfor-
tunatel3, run over by a Gentleman's carriage, nearly
opposite Si. ikiiistan's Church, Fleet-street. The
coachthan pulled his horses in as soon as he pOssibly
could, which only made bad worse-, as the'fore-wheel
passed- back over Mini again. The 'Boy was taken
up in,a shocking state,. and afterwards carried to
tee Middlesex Hospital, but not without hopes of re-
&very. We understand the carriage belongs to Mr.
G.. Taylor, of Devonshire-street,'Portland-place.

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