The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-19 00:00:00

STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE.

GLastaow, SATURDAY.—This city and neighbourhood I
was visited yesterday by a storm ot wind and rain, which
was more fatal in its results than any similar visitation
which has occurred within the period of our recollection.
At an early hour yesterday morning, the wind began to
blow in strong and fitful gusts. The day continued
stormy throughout, and between four and seven o'clock
in the evening the wind blew a perfect hurricane. One
of the most distressing circumstances in connexion with
the storm occurred about five o'clock in the afternoon,
at which hour two men were killed, and a third dan-
gerously, if not fatally, injured. Under the Paisley-road,
near Greenlaw-place, runs the General Terminus and
Glasgow Harbour Railway. The road at that spot is
carried over the line by a bridge, flanked on either
side by a stone parapet wall, nearly breast high. For
greater protection to the public, the company recently
fixed on the top of the parapets in question large
plates of cast iron, about three feet in height, half an
inch thick, and secured to the stone-work by strong iron
bolts. The place being peculiarly exposed to the wind,
which blew with terrific fury down the gully formed by
the line of excavation, the surface of the iron plates
acted like a lever upon the stone-work, and at the hour
already mentioned, the whole south parapet gave way,
and fell forward upon the road. Most unfortunately, at
this moment, three young men, carters, in charge of two
vehicles, were crossing the bridge, all of whom were in
au instant felled to the ground, and buried among the
ruins. With some difficulty the unfortunate men were
extricated and carried into the toll-house. Their names
are Hugh Cavan and Matthew Cavan, brothers, and
James WlCaught, all of whom belong to Linwood. The
first named is the survivor of the party. The storm ap-
pears to have raged with the greatest fury in the southern
district ot the city, as the dismantled condition of many
tenements in that quarter sufficiently shows, and several
very narrow escapes were made while the storm was at
its height. At the harbour, the seamen belonging to the
diff,rent vessels were engaged during the gale in taking
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sides against one another. About eleven o'clock it began
to rain heavily, and the storm abated. The electric tele-
graph wires were so deranged by the storm that they
ceased to work.—North British Mail.
STORM.—The cold and boisterous weather we have
experienced fur some weeks past, underwent a most
agreeable change on Thursday, which was as mild and
beautiful as a day in spring. Yesterday, however, mat-
ters returned to their former state; and we were visited
in the afternoon and evening with one of the severest
storms from the west, that we have had during this very
tempestuous season. The wind blew in sudden and fre-
quent gusts, and with such vehemence, that chimney-
cans and slates innumerable were precipitated from the
houses, so that it was not without considerable danger
that people traversed the streets in the evening. This
was especially the case in the High.street ; but, so far
as we have learned, we are glad
.to state that no acci-
dent occurred. We pnderstand that a mason's shed
was overturned in Picardy-place, and that some wooden
palings were
,displaced in Brunswick-street and Bee-
cleuch-street. A large number of the street lamps were
also deprived of their tops, and the gas extinguished in
various parts of the city. The storm appears to have
raged with considerable fury in the country, for we learn
that, a large number of the electric Telegraph Company's
poles on the line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way were blown down, and it is reported that, from the
number of them lying across the rails, one of the trains
was in danger of being thrown off the line.—Scotsman.
CORK.—Yesterday (Friday m.orning) our city was
visited with a storm, exceeding in severity anything of
the kind that has been felt in the south of Ireland for
several years previously. At five o'clock, A.M , the
violence of the wind had reached its greatest height, and
up to nine o'clock, it had not abated in strength. The
body of water in the river, which had been graduallyin-
creased by the heavy rains and the mountain floods,
swelled to such a height on Friday morning, that it over-
flowed its banks, and at half-past eight, the hour of high
tide, the whole of the flat of the city was inundated. The
fury of the storm and the great amount of rain which
had fallen suggested to many of the shopkeepers and
others the propriety of preparing for the approaching
flood, and they removed their goods and furniture from
the ground-floor to the upper stories; but others, with
less forethought, neglected the necessary precautions,
and consequently sustained much damage to property,
forin many of the shops and warehouses the flood had
risen to a height of three feet. We have, however,
heard of no casualties having occurred. The roof was
almost completely blown off a house on Sullivan's quay
to the carriage-way beneath; but though several persons
were passing at the time, all fortunately escaped unin-
jured. A stack of chimneys which fell in Fishamble-
lane did considerable damage to some of the opposite
houses, smashing windows and shutters. One of the
large elm trees on Grenville-place was completely
shattered by the storm; and a huge tree near the gate
of Dr. Power's residence, on the Thackrock-road, within
half a mile of the city, was torn up by the roots.—
Southern Reporter.

JosEru ADY AGAIN !—The public are cautioned
against the rc newed attempts at imposition by the noto-
rious Joseph Ady. This morning Alderman Woolmer
received one of his epistles referring to his having ob-
tained 10,0004 for Sir Herbert J. Fust, and offering, for
a remittance of l/., to interfere in a similar case, " only
not so much money." Any hopes of advantage through
this source are altogether illusory.—Exeter Gazette.
Proceedings are in hand for levying a distress on
what is commonly called Mr. Feargus O'Connor's estate
at Minster Lovell, for arrears of tithes, Mr. O'Connor
neglecting to pay them. It is said the property of every
tenant is liable to be taken.—Oxford Chronicle.