The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-26 00:00:00

rot•ENF.

if r tO rkint'y iit IJtnine were visi'vti
ei I ..a. .st mid 'at.l storms Ilia' it had
,V4!tr F 4).. a-0 ! rata., • an !
'1011(14 w.ri. a-t , collect' lt to,ze. het. notl

0-bl-rained by many of th. inh bi,an,s that a tempes:
whll d b- eNfrri rh.. had 4,, ly a SI:(Irt
time • r Vl,lllgly :bone wi iiiinney, was ata,...4
-tubl • Iv nb-ett rd. An al.. wilt,. l'a I Mr, iit it 'll
no AV' Pt, qrril t.' ,nvelo r the i n, and in 3, few
hie:loy-charg.al el,rtrieal "(inductors came in contact,
,od vivi t slupta of !ightniog blazed ins an Iv around, ae-
comp o:ied by lout amt fregit.p• t peals of t hull& r. After the
st,,rm hail tagerl with Yi-h nee tor a coosidetable veriod i
•,•• in .1 gr otti Ili' to pa.- away. and •re tl.e sun lit ur
the ree ntly dark sky, alley", it, if the temp at hail only beet,
betel awhile for he purp ,se of eo,,eentrat!ng a I its .11, i• a.
an awful crash, I, ke 111. discharge of a wh.".. battery of artil-
lery toe her, shook the town to its f ions, while a

be ‘cone instant a stream of el etric Hid.' 11, scoffed from
:';e (ion Is witl• destructive force. strikilig tAo
+mt . respectable inhabitans of the plat, dead on the so,.
. .

)ne of them was Mr. W. Bailey. hair-dresser, a d clerk of

the Ilel.aturne Friendly Socie+y, held at the Melbourne
Arms: the other was Mr. Hugh Dalin in. master baker. Mr.
Bailey had only just crn-sed friar. his own house to his garden
on tit. opposite side of the street. followed by Mt. Dalmar, to
twice 'hi. progr- as of the storm. although earnestly entreated
not to dlo so by Mrs. 8.. to whom he replied', •bl/11, there's
not one In a million killed." The former had entered the
harden, whqe the latter was at tie gate of it, anti who, on
beiov, struck, was set nto fall instantly, by a per-on opposi,
'nd without a struvgle expited., Mr. B. was found near the
edge of his garden. by his deeply-afflicted wife, who, on h.:.ar-
ing what. 1 ad occurred to Mr. Delman, regardlesS of vii
dat,ger, rushed across the road, calling upon her husband.
l'he scene which followed exce-ds all de,criptit,n. The
whole town was filled with confusion ; titrielts and waitings
might he heir] in every direet ion. So terrible, so Sudden, and
loud a crash, as accompanied the electric explosion. bad
',cu.!. been heard, or conceived of her re. The s'ittek ot an
.ear thquoke coul.l only have exceeded it. It w.,s as -if the
voice of God in fearfamajesty had called upon the pt•ople to
attend to a disiliv f his omnipotent power.
The hair on one site of Mr Bailey's head was hurtled off;
bait up,n the person and clothes of Mr. Daltnan the ravages
were Mlife awful. His shirt was on tire when fine oiroaaed.

Ilia small-clothes were stripped to rihba, ot his
:4tockings and ore of his shoes were bullied to a cinder, and
his whote.fArm fearfully disfigured.

Several persons n the town we-e, in tiiffercnt ways, affect-
ed by the cles,royinu fla4i; some were thrown down. wale
whets were s4ns!b'y oppre,sed, as whit a weight of sulphur-
ous h, at premising upon them.

From the paiOt where flr4t it dvseind,d, the elee.ric fluid

oroceeded through the s, r. et, and at a distance of ab ut a
hundred Yards entered at.d ntus,d thtough a home„ th,
dn.irs•ot which were (Teo. aid in its c lase threw„dowt,
.thi•eeiliaint, leaving no other evidence i f i a prog'ress:' Very
little rein during the time tie storm conti.iu,d.
The object which attracte the lightning, was a tall spiral
pophir tree, beneath which they stood, and witch we believe
was t.lanteA Iry Mr. Bailey's own hand.
AN,ITHER OREADFUL ATOLM AT MELBOURNE. —MONDAY

EvFsitirti.—While writing the toreg big account Melbourne
has a•~aio been visited by a 4.,rm of even more feartul cha

*actor in its kind than the receding, although happily unat-
tended with equally fatal consequence-‘. At about half past
six this evening. the thunder, which had been long hard
rou:bling at a distance, broke precisely over the town, ae-
c-mpani. d by almost rontintt,tl flashes of lightning of the
'no,t kwful and mag,ificent des ripti.,ll. N hen the war of
elements had reached the height of its fury, a peal, which
was almost deafening. causing the rn •st obdu ale tremble,
hunt forth. At this moment a ball of fire descerabd, at a
distance of not more than fifty yards from the si,ot where th..
.bove, fatal catastrophe had t-ken place. and entering a
house. set fire to a quantity of papers in a ra m where a ~iek
Der,:on was lying. and then passing through the chamber
c, Ping. e'.teted a lower room. In it. passage a portion of a
eythe attached to the wall was melted, and then cirering
the chimney, earn d with it the iron apparatus employed to
•ng kettles. &c., upon. That the sick person should have
escaped appear, most marvellous: yet so it was. So alarm-
ing. a visitation the most aged inhabitant has no recollection
of anti it is hoped it will not pass away without Some mural
influence of a beneficial order.—Derby Reporter. ,

LOSS of the CANADIAN.—DREAD

FUL SUFFERING OF THE CREW.

By the Great Britain steamer a.lvices have been received,
de:ailing the total loss of the h ig Canadian, hound to Fal-
mouth, from Cuba, and the miraculous escape of the crew,
after enduring tie most painful cuff rings. The Canadian, a
vessel between 200 and 250 tons burthen, left Cienfuegos
one of the Cuba 1-lands) in the early part of the month of
March; and on April 28, while the vesse: was running
.dong outside the reef, known as the Jardi,,allos near a
place called the Keys, she struck, and remained on the rock.
In a few hours she obtained as-ictance from a passing vessel,
which brought to and remained with her till the folloWing
day. The captain of the Can idian then left, fur the pur-
pose of obtaining a steamer at Kaymar, to tow t i 3 disabled
vessel Of. considering there was a probability of removing
tier with but little injury. The mate and rest cf th-- crew
-emained by her, and in the c. Arse of the following day sue-
csed,d in landing some of the ship's stores on the Keys. On
he third day, however, a frightful gale of wind sprang up,
and cut off all communication with the shore, the first
-ea sweeping away the boats. The eale increa.ing, and the
sea running very high, she was quickly thrown on her beam
ends, ever wave making a complete hr• ach over her. The
tour fellows flew up the rigging, ,he only refuge left, taking
with them an axe to cut away the rigging should the nta.,ts
give way and go overboard. •In this perilous situation they
remainer nearly two entire days. the brig partially going to
pieces from under them, and without the slightest sustenance.
Several vessels, perceiving their awful conditpm, bore down
towards them, but in consequence ~f the cangerous character
of the reef, and the enormous surf bounding me it, the least
aid from them appeared impracticable. Death Ming cer-
tair ly their fate should they remain on the reef, they deter-
mined on taking to the last resource, the sea, believing it
would carry them in the direc ion of a vessel which was
(nought to. They one by one dropped ff the reef, and were
safely picked' up try a boat that was put off to their as,i,rance.
although as may be readily imagined, in a very exhausted
eondition. In the succeeding night they lost sight of the
wreck, which, with the cargo..is sad to be insured for,Voll
• • ' • ' .4

DREADFUL FittEs
IMMENSE SACRIFICE OF PROPERTY.

Yestenidy about half-1 ast two o'ci, ck; the twighbour-
hood . f CI( rkenwell wa.4 visited by the outbreak of one of
the most extensive confi.grations that has occurred in that
district for some considerable time. .

The scene of its operations was a large superficies, wherein
were erected numerous large but dli gs, but it is at present
impossible to state with anything like ateuracy the number
of premises destroyed. One thing is certain►, that flames
were observed by a polic...c nstable to break out of the lofty
veneer and foreign wood works, belonging to Mr Jaquea,
ituate in Liquorpond -street. In the course of a few
minutes the whole plsce was wrapped in flames. The houses
in Tuthill -street and several intervemt•g alleys abutted upon
the building in question, and some time eLpsed b fore the
whole of the initiates were aroused. By the time that was
sceomphshe.', their own dwelings h.d in several instance
caught fire.
The tire-escapes of the Royal Society for the Protection of
Lite from Fire, numerous engines of the !►rigade, West of
England and Ci•unty Offices, with those of the parisn, arrived
with all expedition. The flames. however, had obtained too
strong a hold to be easily extingui,hed,and notwithstanding
that the firemen laboured most incessantly-, the conflagra-
tion continued to extend, and by three t 'clork there
could not have beau much less than half an acre of pro-
perty enveloped.
The scene at tha► period was truly distressing, the house.
hold goods of the different lodgers in the several streets were
thrown out of the windows tor protection from the neat
alarming and destructive element. Th. flakes of fire failing
like tn. riads of sparks runt►, several of the beds and light
articles thrown for safety into the streets were actually set
in Willies.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Abou- five o'clock all danger of the lite tommitting
efar-
t( er ravag a was at an ow, and the ninjoe.ty of the
3 't.),g our
enabled to be removed to their matt. its. Ott it
Pr'el ;:ittaioyd,
itir smant the nto,t heart distres,kg arcount,s
e7et.l t.onte es,;,
not 1. ss than between 20 and 30 (mollies ite;
fe. to re.rieve
anti, uutbrtunately, too poor in eircums
their loss: s. Tile loss cannot be eAttitatett at less than be-
tween t ,00.1/. anti 7.0001.
forlull street, with ma
DAMAGE, OCCASI.IS7.BY THE TIRE.
I. The savv-tiolls ot 1'
et it.t.re,jl'34LV:msuined —lnsured in the
chinerv, stot k, act,
and Conk en.
West of England Company
tic., ti destroyed.—
depository of Messrs. Cr..se lev
2. Tie coach tool.* & . ' nil tirely consum.-d ; -everal coaches,,
~ ~
insured io the Sun It trettt.ffiee.
Supposed to be . w
h. i
3. Frttm Ntts. ItoB in IV. i art • passage, Liquorpond-
street, inhabited by about thirty families in poor eircuni-
stance,, back part of houses nearl.‘ des roved, and ma'
Jority of
the humble turoiture damaged.—None in•ured.
4. Houses Nos. 6to 13, Tothill-st re ll • '
et. a inhabit, dbyp. or
working people, window-frames burnt. and g+ eater portion of
r trniturt• destroyed and (Junta red by hasty
retn..val.—H...uses
(orly) nvured in the San Fire-office
5: In Liquorpond-street. nwuses it. m No. 31 to 35 back
fronts all damaged, an 1 t 'trillium. by rem. ,val.
Our inforina t
It . in endeavt uring •o ascertain the canse
of such a destructittn of property, %Ss- told ny
one of the Royal Society tite-ese .1)e men that w‘ ile ai the
spot on the previous eve .ii.g ( Wednesday) a amulet !w-
-hinging to a hous- at the con er of White Hart c..tut r0.,14
fire, and from thi, circutitstm,ee it it,igttt bac, h .tvp ned that
a spark f" t•rn Vie chimney wit tir. g the Inner t the ,Ja...1
of Mr. .i agues. where the fir, 0rii.,,t...t.d.
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