The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-02 00:00:00

THE LATE I lURRICANE.

(FURTHER PAR TICULARS.)
ng to Mr. M'Donald's house
A stack of chimneys belesigi
in Great Hermitage-street, Wainping, was completely blown
eighteen inches from their perpendicular, and turned round
full an angle of ten degrees, at the same time carrying
away entirely two pots and part of the top of the same,
breaking in a frightful manner the roof of Messrs. Wilson
and Son's, tailors, next door_ It is a miracle no one was
injured.
Fifty feet of the nine-inch vall, built by Lady Colborne,
extending along the foot-path c .n Shepherd's Bush Common,
was thrown down by the late I ugh wind. At Notting Hill
a chimney of considerable heigh th was blown bfown en masse,
and it now lies in a remarkable position. _ .

Along the Kent-road very few houses have sseaped. At
the Marquis of Granby pubi2e-house, New-cross, Deptford,
the quantity of lead which covered the capacious viraudas
in front of the house was rolle d up in the form of a sheet
of parchment. The inhabitants at the bottom of the hill
at Belgrove, near Welling, were exceedingly alarmed, be-
tween twelve and one o'clock, whe n the storm was raging
with the greatest violence, by the falling, with a tremen-
dous crash, of two high walls, one inolosing the premises of
the Rev. Mr. Kimber, and the other on the ground of Mr.
Strong. The premises of a gentleman at Bexley-heath,
have sustained damages calculated at upwards of 5001. In
Langley-park, a vast number of trees have been torn up by
the roots. At the south end, and all along the Lewisham
road, the haystacks almost unroofed, the trees lying across
the paths, and the walls and fences thrown down, bespeak
the devastating fury of this storm.
A great number of accidents occurred at Highgate,i
Kentish-town, and Camden-town. The house of Mr. Bull,
Fortess-terrace, was shaken as by an earthquake ; the attic
was carried completely away, and falling on the, plated roof,
of a new built stable broke through that, and left it in a
ruined state. The house presents a singular appearance,
the upper rooms being exposed, and the house having" a
deep rent from top to bottom. We understand a most
serious and lamentable accident occurred to a little boy
coming home from school about one o'clock in Swain-lane,
Highgate-hill. The ruins of an old wall were blown down,
and the ruin crushed the unfortunate child. He was taken
up quite dead. In the neighbourhood of Camden-town an
immensely large tree blew down ; broke down some palings
of the garden ; fell across the road, and broke several
panes of the opposite shop windows ; at that time a chaise
was passing, and the horse narrowly escaped—the poor
animal's nose was terribly bruised.
Baker, guard of the Holyhead Mail, states, that along
the extent of coal-warehouses, on what is called the Old
Wharf of the Dudley Canal, at the back of the New
Town-hall, Birmingham, the water rose rapidly till it over-
flowed the bank for some distance, and rushing impetuously
down the embankment, undermined and eventually washed
down five cottages built in the hollow. The meadows
along the low parts of the country were generally flooded.
At Birmingham a boundary wall was blown down, and
killed on the spot a man that was passing by.

At the works of the bridge building at Poole quay con-
siderable damage was experienced, and the spars that were
driven afloat struck against the shipping and caused much
alarm. One huge bar of timber was by a violent collision
broken in two, and the parts floated out to sea.
Churchill, guard of the Exeter mail, states that at Wey-
mouth, a vessel heavily laden with timber, broke from her
moorings, and was carried out to sea. Tiles, chimneys,
and chimney-pots, were falling in all directions. The
streets were deserted ; indeed, it was difficult during the
gusts to walk along them, and the shops were generally
shut up as if it were a Sunday. The mail was brought to
a dead standstill for a short time at New Farm, five miles
beyond Salisbury, from the furious raging of the wind, ac-
companied by hail and sleet.
Tabor, another of the guards of the Exeter mail, states
that on a plot of ground, about a mile and a half on the
London side of the town of Exeter, where the old gallows
used to stand, a corner cottage, one of six there built, was
blown down, and two children killed. On the Dover road,
at Broom, upwards of 1,000 fir trees in a plantation be-
longing to Sir Henry Oxonden, were blown down.
DREADFUL EFFECTS OF THE VIOLENT GALES ON THE