The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-30 00:00:00

the following is a detailed account of such accidents in
the metropolis as have come to our knowledge :—Between
twelve and one o'clock a quantity of the lead from the top
of Lloyd's, at the north-east corner of the Royal Exchange,
was blown into the area " where merchants most do congre-
dment over the
gate," carrying with it the' entire of the
eighth of the name,
niche in which stands " bluff Harry," the
together with a portion of his crown, and the top of the
sceptre of his son Edward the Sixth- We are happy to
say no persons were injured. The leads on the church, fa
St. Bartholomew's-lane nave been rolled tip, wit 1414slin.
her of plumbers' me..a: •A large ittick chimsl eys was
blown down oR the roof of the house N0..33, in the
Strand, occupiea by Messrs. J. and A. Davis, sponge and
brush matKifacturers, part of which fell on the pavement,
without:lnjuring any one. The front is in such a state that
it expected to fall in every moment. Between eleven
and twelve o'clock a large portion of the balustrades of
I3lackfriars-bridge was blown down by the violent gales of
wind ; fortunately no person was passing at the time, or the
consequences might have proved fatal.
About the same time, the roof of the house No. 4, New-
ton-street, Holborn, fell with a shocking crash, burying
the inmates of the garrets, consisting of two adults and a child, a little girl, named Elizabeth, Belcher, two years and
a half old, in the ruins ; every exertion was instantly used
to extricate the unfortunate sufferers—the two females were
taken out alive, but severely mutilated—they were con-
veyed to Middlesex Hospital. The poor child was taken
out a corpse, being crushed in so dreadful a manner that.
death must have ensued instantly on the fall of the roof ;
the body was conveyed to St. Giles's workhouse.
When the storm was at its lie;.glit a cab horse took fright
on 131ackfriars-bridge, and the animal, terrified by a sudden
squall of wind and rain, darted off at full speed down the
declivity into Blackfriars-road, where it. was stopped, but not
before the driver was thrown off the seat of his cab into the.
middle of the road. He was taken into a neighbouring sur-
geon's bleeding profusely, The poor fellow's hat and whip
went over the bridge. i'he shop front of a pork-butcher, in
Walworth, was blow' in, and not a vestige of it is remaining
whole. The roof or the house of Mr. Hutchins, in the Black-
friars-road, wr.s 'blown down, and the broken materials falling
on the bale,ouy of the dwelling of Mr. Louden, the watch-
maker, adjoining, destroyed it. A stack of chimneys and the
roof of 'the Yarmouth Town public-house, Brewhouse-lane,
Warding, and the roof of Mr. Cumberland's house in
Queen's Head-alley, in the same parish, both fell within a
few minutes of each other. A very singula-.• accident hap-
pened at one o'clock to an elderly gentlenuth, who was driven
by the wind against the gable end, of Mr. Cockburn's
house, at Whitehall, with such trernendous force that his
face and one side of his person we': e severely lacerated, and
his eye so much cut that it is feared he will lose the sight
of it. The blood streamed &own his face, and he was for
some time insensible. The 'ey-standers removed him to the
surgery of a medical gene,emon. It was, indeed, a matter
of great difficulty for rassengers to preserve their footing,
particularly in open, Y.,tuations. The trees in St. James's-
park and Hyde-Pa'.l have been shorn of their last limbs,
and the two Ima4.s were strewed with the branches of the
old trees. Or. Stepney-green one of the largest trees was
torn up in t}.o early part of the day, and fell into the inclo-
sure. A. 'substantial and very high garden wall in the Isle
e IDe...es
outwtZtr-pasi twels7e ihe stack of chimnies belong-
lonrjing to the house of Mr. Brett, No. 2, Hanover-square,
was blown down, and falling with prodigious weight on the
the roof, caused it to give way, carrying with it both se-
cond and third floors, which, together with the furniture,
were precipitated into the drawing-room floor, presenting
from the street a most frightful appearance. The inmates
being providentially below stairs at the time, escaped un-
injured. A crowd of people soon assembled round the
house, which, owing to its unsafe condition, was left in
charge of the police.
A most disastrous accident occurred in the New-cut,
Lambeth. The roof and upper part of a house near the
Victoria Theatre, occupied as a ready made clothes ware-
house, was blown down, and six or seven persons received
severe bodily injuries, among whom were some individuals
passing, five of whom were taken to the hospital on shut-
ters. The house is a complete wreck..
In the suburbs a great number of modern houses have
been unroofed, or the walls foreei in by the hurricane.
Small tenements in the course of erection were blown
down, and young plantations to a great extent destroyed.
In all quarters the inhabitants were relating to their friends
and neighbours the ravages of the storm, and the losses
they had suffered, and accidents they had met with.
Numerous patients wera admitted into all the metropolitan
hospitals, who had been wounded during the hurricane.
The following damage occurred in the East of Lon-
don :—At No. 34, Tabernacle-walk, a stack of chimneys
was thrown over and the roof of the adjoining house
broken in. In Cooper's-row a similar accident, but no per-
son injured. In Hill-street the roof of a house blown off,
the fragment's spreading on' the surrounding buildings. In
White Cross-street the gable end of a shoemaker's shop
fell into Vie street, but, as it fortunately gave warning of
its tali, no person was injured. At the vinegar manufactory,
eer.le•.• of the City-road, a very high chimney was blown
da' n, above twenty-five feet of the brick giving way and
milling with a dreadful crash on some waggons which had
just been loaded, in the yard. In Finsbury-square a chim-
ney-pot and part of the coping-stone of a mansion was
blown on to the pavement ; a part of the roof was also
blown over, and struck a man on the head and body so se-
verely that he was removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital;
no hopes of his recovery are entertained. No. 7, Baldwin-
street, City-road, a stack of chimneys was blown down, and
broke through the roof of a house where five children were
playing, who escaped injury in a most providential manner;
police constable 34 H coming to their assistance, dragged
them, unhurt, from the ruins, and also saved much pro-
perty. At a house adjoining the Green-gate, City-road, a
stack of chimneys fell, and the materials found their way
into the bed-room of a sick man, and much alarmed him ;
he was relieved without injury by a policeman. In Spital-
fields the storm committed sad havock with the old build-
ings so numerous in that quarter. In Brick-lane amen was
very seriously injured by the falling of a chimney ; and at
No. 18. Union-street, a chimney fll and broke the roof of
the next house in a dangerous manner ; and the chimney of a
plumber's house in the same street fell into the road, but in-
jured none of the passengers. In Whitechapel a boy was
blown by a sudden gust of, wind under the wheels of a cart,
and so much injured that it was found necessary to take
him to the hospital. A livery stable of great extent, close to
the Pavilion Theatre, was unroofed ; as was also a large
lecture-room immediately opposite. In the London Hos-
pital several persons were admitted who suffered from acci-
dents sustained by them during the hurricane. One man,
named Smith, bad both his legs broken and was otherwise
so dreadfully injured, that he is not expected to survive
many hours. At the Earl St. Vincent public-house much
damage has been sustained to the roof and windows, and
two persons are seriously injured. At' Stratford an im-
mense number of chimneys and sheds have been destroyed,
and the new church on the Green is also injured, the lead
which covered the roof being torn off and thrown into the
adjoining ground. A pinnacle is at'so gone.
We have not space, however., 'to detail all the accidents
of this description which have) occurred, the accounts which
we receive are absolutely hverwhelming.
A

_n express ary:;
the, ved in town yesterday afternoon, an-
nouncing
-Maidenhead 'partial destruction of the Town Hall, at
from the effects of the severe gale of wind. A
grand bol.'t was to have been given last night at the hall ;
exPr°'ss was sent off to prevent the visitors from coming,
sP:veral of whom were met by the messenger on the road.
On Tuesday morning last at seven o'clock, as the
Transit Sheffield and York coach was proceeding through.
the Wicker, Sheffield, it came in contact with Bentley's;
brewery waggon, and the concussion was so great, that it
threw Mr. Nicholson, auctioneer, of this town, and a gen-
tleman named Scholfield off the coach. Mr. Nicholson'r
shoulder was put out, but we are happy to say lie is reea
vexing from the effects of the fall ; the other gentleman is:
so considerably injured that he has lost the use of one eyei
and the other is despaired of.—Shejield Mercury.