The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-06 00:00:00

EVE NING SUN

THE WEATHER AND FLOODS.
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Exeter and the county generally have been visited by
tremendous storms of wind and rain. The following
particulars were obtained by our reporters, who ex-
pressly visited the places where the storm proved most
destructive :
It was at one time feared that the whole village of
Crediton would have been destAyed. All its inhabitants
concur in stating that they do not remember anYthill
approaching to such a terrific flood. The bridge over
the Creed on on the Tiverton road, has been
swept away, and for several hours after seven o'clock 1,
the evening, the waters at Deavnes-bridge were so nu"
that people were prevented going to, or returning
many
frona
Exeter. The storm .appears to have extended
miles to the north and west, the roads having been 11:1;
passable between Sandford and Morchard Bishop.
; ad-
joins Courtenay, part of the Inn house, which
a small brook, was swept clean off by the floods. 3
The river Oak was never known to rise s 0 high 1/sthie
at
did on :Monday. The bridge was swept away
instant an apprentice boy of Farmer Ellacott's was Pass__:
partial
ing on horseback and driving a bullock, and all thr.e7
were engulphed. The bullock was found nine mles-
down the river the next day, but the body of the poo
boy has not yet been discovered.
In the parish of Colcbrooke the dovas tation
very great, and the destruction of property, chiefly 17,.
longing to people in the humbler classes; of life, has'
regret to say, been very great. The riv or Colue, waste
has overflown its banks in several places, has laid woe,
and damaged a great deal of land, and i'a some iestan,__"
such was the suddenness of the stortri, the cattle n!ed,
been caught up by the rapidly formed floods and earli_d
to great distances before they could be recovered tt
carried to places of safety. Four bridgea have been sviel_
away in its progress. In the little village of Colefore;•
melancholy and distressing spectacle meets the eie,de..
less than seven or eight buildings being eatirelf
stroy-ed, comprising the property of hi tinble inalus7;
individuals, who have, by this unfortunate event' ore
deprived of their little all. At Coleford three houses the
has been
inundated, and the foundations swept from beneath
buildings, leaving nothing to save then from a tt' 0
crash but a few timbers, which were bi -rely suffieien
keep them standing, and the utmost efforts of the ~e
lagers were used to prevent the total d estruction of. r
property. Another smith's shop and of her outbuilthgC
belonging to James Davey, were also destroyed. -`10.„.
loss of property occasioned by this °maybe
rence may be roundly estimated at about 50,1' hear
whole being the fruits of industrious labour. l'era.
that measures are already on foot for the pUITO -sub' ;'
lieving the distresses of the unfortunate sufferers by &
a-
scription among the gentry and yeomanry of the
the
trict, and also for the erection of new bridges
places of those which have been swept away.
citeilsr
At Hayne Ford, which was visited by a to re-
storm on Monday last, we have the painful duty,
.00a
cord the melancholy death, by drowning, of the itt,,
son of the Rev. Mr. Hughes, Curate of Claanabej7
together with a male servant, named Knowles. monk
On Monday last, the Rev. H. A. Hughes,. ,
01%--i
borough, and his family, went to Bondleigh
Garrow's) to meet a party of friends at a christnloo.4a
that gentleman's house. They set off from lan gen,
(Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and servant in their ear"
„,r
and his son on horseback) about six o'clociaLsafee*
to Clannaborough. The weather had been tetertit foer
and the extraordinary heavy rain that fell ii11(1,011 °t,
o'clock the same afternoon had caused a violent torus
the brooks and rivers. They passed through enetii WY,
brooks without danger, though with difficulty, 1111Lige ni
reached Hayne diridge, which is below the the
Zeal, ,Monselborum, on the road to Bow ;
waters were both extensively spread over the n 1 'ling'
and the stream rapid. Here two labourers were,- sfr
being unable to return home, and, on Mr. Hug" e-
proa,ch, persuaded him not to venture to Psss'briclge."
Hughes's son made the attempt to pass over the, bee
on horseback, in which he succeeded, and turned
voad,
again to direct his father how best to come thr°
Returning upon the bridge his horse, either stun:W.7o
getting his foot into a hole, fell directly over the side stumble
bridge with his rider. At this moment Mr. flughed
the ;r
proaching with the carriage ; his horse turned, 911,
current taking the body of the carriage, earrie;alol,-,
whole into the stream. The labourers heard $ 111 fir,
and a splash, and then all was silent as the grave• dot'
fatal consequence of this awful calamity is the (11/ ibet
Mrs. Hughes, her son George Hughes, about 18, at i 344
servant boy, about 15. Mr. Ilughes himself was .o.e.
most providentially by the cool judgment arid „1
pidity of Mr. Bibbings, of Zeal, who, from his air
ledge of the ground, waded into the water a WI beg
tance, where he thought, if at any place, the few 400
might be the means of stopping any thing washc)ei„,aricti
the current. After stopping and hollowing b '7 yr.
he heard a faint noise, when he saw the head o,`o ;
Hughes above the water, supported by an alder rd, be
getting near him, and cautiously getting a firm h_Thelr
succeeded in getting him out of the vvater, exhausteu,'„aaeS
less, and almost speechless. The body of Mrs. 3'..;100
was discovered about eight o'clock on Tuesday O. -irate
out of the current of the river ; her son was got 00 re-
a deep pit in the river further down ; the bodies o°o's
moved to Mr. Snell's, at Hayne, to await the Cornnueta
Inquest ; the body of the boy has not yet bees ff°,..iage
The carriage and horse were dragged up also, the et,: ear
but little injured, and the horse still attached to
riage. Mr. Hughes's daughter went to BorulleiPniebt,
him in the morning, but was persuaded to stop the It
' tp4
or probably, nay almost certainly, she wot have
fat
with the same melancholy fate as her mother. The
bas spread a panic through the neigiabourhood.
W. Wreford, of Clannaborough, was talost active, by
.131'
self and people, in finding the bodies.
The accident happened about 7 o'clock. Mr. 1/4116.9
was a Magistrate of the county.
ar east
A tremendously heavy rain having fallen on Afidijoe•
afternoon, a great part of Westexe was alog-srs- -0
0°
diately flooded, by the rushing down of waters lifto die
neighbouring hills ; and from the Catholic choreesrlf
mills on the Exeter road, the streets, &c.,. f°1.1„" water;mile, were from twelve to eighteen inches 65°.,Per
this, however, shortly subsided, but the '''v-en
almostibne trielecoel irmeecinitileilribahytactclthy
the
t beganoldest
ladiense
10 gales lead
idea of this, we may mention that at the iron gore Put
ing into Blundell's school green, flood boards, r which,
up to the height of six feet three inches, ° W°so
however, the water poured in. The eveoingie adage
detained for about four hours, and considerabli" eneig.
bourhood. We hear that the bridges at
has been done to bridges, roads, walls, &c " don't'
and Swinebridge are washed away, that 311:i that
'Chat tooote
has about 140 feet of walling destroyed, 011' losi•
tdtpoteorrisaosnge'rleiavanitnedrgbt:ofeis,loeht than.vcs
oems
Aplin, fellmonger, has sustained considerable
lVestern Times.
.
GREAT LIVERPOOL STEAMER.'"ThIB are
sea left Southampton on the Ist instant at ten
rived at Falmouth the 2d, and would start on tne aerg
moderating. The following are some of the reVeasn'
—For Malta, Mrs. Gurdon and family ; iNfr°•
and child • Mr. and Mrs. Tapstill ; Mrs. 15 aryl ;ref
Mr. Beresford' ; Major Harvey ; Captain and
son ; Dr. Collins ; L. D. Halket, Captain nor, aeptsi°
For Alexandria—Captain Carr and servant ; 'Caolg
Walker ; Lieut. Collien, Dr. Miller ; Rey.
Lieut.-Colonel Abdy ; Lieut. Minster ;
Mr, and Mrs. Norton and family ; Mr. and birs'areha°
Captain Pearson and servant ; Captain and .Mr•
&c. In all 97 passenger s.
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st h
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BIRTHS. m--
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On the 4th inst., Mrs. Ireland, of the/ Falcon,
Bo fi.ooiagniihdttatohhuneeg, h:ots,etft.rha. i ci,
ll Prl''
Rev. St. inst. Lore 1 the
On the Ist inst.,
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dEasul. Wet.
streOennt,the 4th inst at Bayswater, e elaug A,
On liiiidlaetniofon:nrdAic,ksboototrf.tt,ba DiDoer.,o,l ; tAthhee.
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S. M'Whinnie, IVloutpe. i• .
the 2d inst., Mrs. Low IJpper Edmonton, 0. a,Tht, of -
h, btear.r,riaster-at-law, of a daughter. P 61.°1*
_no wife
%n thetßhee
Bedford
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si gd.ahur.,itto.n, Mrs. M. F. TuP P e r '-ff f .I°l°
MARRIED. William 10 01
On the 4th inst., at F t Pancras Church, Ate( r
tine, Esq., h'Ete.r.Van Heythuysen, 1' :0,
of the Inner Temple, i o Eliza, 40,
H. Gyles, Esq., of Bu.cton-creseent. 11r.c Or
On the 2(1 inst., at Hampstead, Joseph Williatin
day ijiifr
Esq., of Rio Lodge, Maida Vale, to Elizabeth, eldest ,vsli
of James Daniels,Esq., formerly North-t2!tik, Beget°. ~,"
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eldest Jane,

- DIED.
On the 2d iust , at the residence of his father, Gre,' prit.ef°
wife
of mr. 17-_....5e:
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et
Portsmouth, George. Welsh, jun., Esq., late of the '
PP
Post-office, London.,
On the 2d inst., at Beeror Lodge, Hammersmith, ter
second daughter of the Bev. F. T. Atwood, aged 10' , 040
On the 2d inst,, at Walthamstow, Alice Mary, the 0 , ,
of W. Webb, jun., Esq., aged 5. 4'
On the 4th inst., at Wargrave, Berks, T. N. Ow IV
late of Albemarle-street, aged 61.
On the 3d inst., Mr. E. it. Thomas, of Fenchureh.- il ;I°. t
On the 4th inst., at Balham, Surrey, S. Turner. Es ek,llo
On the 17th ult., at Southampton Mrs. Media
eldest
o i i
the daughter 29 th ofui
tt.h,elateS Adelaide,i rCt.hil.e T;1 Talbot. 0
its°°'
Upper Stamford-street.
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