The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

THE LATE THUNDER-STORM

WINDSOS, SENDAI EVENING.—The storm of yesterday,
which appears to have been general throughout the country,
commenced about halt-past_ two o'clock, and continued

up to past tire. The hailstones had done consider-
able damage in the neighbourhood, especially in the vicinity
of Datchet and Horton. At Litton park; the residence of
the Duke of Buccleuch, upwards Of 2,000 panes have been.
broken ; nearly the whole of the extensive :hot and green-
houses having been totally demolished. At-Slough also, and
the neighbourhood of Burnham, the hail which accompanied
the thunder and lightning has done . very. considerable
damage. A great portion of the :standing corn. has been
beaten down, and much injury has been sustained by the
market-gardeners in every direction. At one o'clock yester-
day, shortly before the storm commenced, the tlierrnometer,
in the shade, in the niyal gardens, at Frogmore. stood at

85 degrees.
CAIiDEN Towx.—During the violenee ,of the storm the
electric fluid struck the house of Mr. Corvan, No. 17,
Mornington-road, Camden-town. This took place about four
o'clock, the shock causing the utmost alarm to the neigh-
bourhood. The fluid entered the chimney, which it shat-
tered to pieces, and then passed down the chimney flue into the
kitchen, in which was the female servant, who was at the
time occupied in cleaning some .plate. , She became sense-
less, and was imrrediately attended to, by Mrs. Corvan, who
had her removed, as it was not possible, in consequence of
the strong smell of sulphur, to remain there. In the mean-
while numbers of the nth Isitants hastened to the house, as

it, was reported that it had caught tire, and there was a
strong smell of wood burning. Upon an examination of
the roof, the timber under the slating WAS found exten-
sively charred ; but a, it was raining in torrents at the time,
the progress of the fire was soon extinguished. A quantity
of lead was also melted. The houses on each side were also
slightly damaged. In the Regent's-park. above the Zoologi
cat Gardens, a portion of the bank of the Regent's-canal
was washed away, some trees being forced down. In the
New-road, between King's-cross and Judd street, in conse-
quence of the sewer being overflooded, it gave way, causing
a considerable extent of damage. The tLoroughfare was, of
course, instantly stopped.
In BROMLEY and the immediate neighbourhood very much
damage has been done to the several nurseries by the hail,
several thousands of panes of glass being demolished. One
of the hailstones, or rather pieces of ice, which fell at the
latter place, when measured, was found to be of an angular
shape, and upwards of three inches in, circumference, the
greatest width at the top being one inch and a half. So far
as can be ascertained, no lives have been lost in the range of
locality previously described.
Gum:swami, De men, LEW &c.—The coming
storm was indicated by very heavy and Cark clouds from
the south-west, about three o'clock, followed in a few
minutes by vivid lightning and claps of thunder, resembling
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a park of artillery in the distance. Then came torrents of
rain. succeeded by a fall of hailstones, which continued with
a few intervals of short duration until six o'clock. As the
storm advanced over these placee, the lightning increased to
an awful extent, and between the flashes the clouds were so
heavily charged that there was the appearance of approach-
ing night. About an hour after the storm commenced, the
lower parts of Greenwich and Deptford were inundated. The
food which poured from Shooter's-hill and Blackheath,
down Croom's-hill and Royal-hill, completely choked up the
drainage, and caused London and Church-streets to be com-
pletely under water. The kitchens and cellars in this line
down to the Roval Hospital, and alongshore to the creek
which divides Greenwich from Deptford, were in a most de
plorable state from the same cause. The lower part of Black-
heath-road, Deptford-bridge, and Broadway,were impassable
for foot-passengers during two hours. The vicinity of the dock
and victualling-yards, the General Steam Navigation yards,
Penn's boiler manufactory, and other extensive works, were
surrounded by water at least a foot deep. The devastation
caused by the extensive and heavy fall of hail is very great.
Numerous skylights and windows were demolished in the
dock and victualling-yards. At the Greenwich Police-court,
the police-station, and premises attached, much glass was
broken, and damage done by the water getting into the
apartments. The skylights and windows in the factory of
Messrs. Penn and Son, engineers, Blackheath-road, suffered
severely, upwards of 204 squares being smashed in, together
with portions of the *outwork. Moro than 100 squares 'of
glass were destroyed at Messrs. Weelhouse's distillery, Dept-
ford-bridge ; and nearly the whole of the glass frames and.
greenhouses in the market garden and nursery of Mr. Loft,
near the Kent Waterworks. Much damage was done also to
the glass work and choice Productions of Mr. Cormack's bur-
ger)', at New Cross. At - the police-station, Rushey-green,
Lewisham; • much..glass emir broken, 4ogatitr with the.
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