The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-23 00:00:00

DREADFUL WHIRLWIND.

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On Thursday evening the village of Breadlow, Buck-
ingham, was visited by a most dreadful storm. The day,
up to that period, had been remarkably fine, when on a
sudden the sky became overcast, with thunder and lightning.
The whirlwind, which appeared to come from the Chiltern
hills, raged for a few minutes with terrific violence. A post-
chaise on the road was turned quite round, and the rider
thrown off the horse a considerable distance. Chimneys
and trees were blown down ; a poor man who was milking
a cow in a shed was forced against the wall with such vio-
lence as to fracture his ribs, and a large wheat stack was
taken off the frame and carried into a pond ; an orchard on
the road leading to Ivinghoe was much damaged ; about
thirty of the trees were torn up by the roots, and, falling
across the road, rendered it for some time impassable.
About six o'clock the wind became still more terrific, and
raged for about three minutes. Houses were totally dis-
mantled of the tiles, chimneys were blown down, barns
thrown over, and their contents carried a distance of three
miles. Trees which had borne the brunt of many a storm
for upwards of a century were torn from their mother earth.
A barn consisting of three bays, belonging to Mr. Rack-
straw, was carried away, and the floor, weighing upwards of
two tons, wrested from its fastening, and forced into a re-
versed position. Mr. Rackstraw's son was at the time
milking in a cow-shed, when the wind completely carried
the shed a distance of nearly thirty yards, leaving the lad
and cows uninjured. Two barns, *belonging to Mr. Wil-
liams and Mr. Cooting, were also wrested from their fasten-
ing and carried some distance. A lad at school was struck
by a branch of a tree which had come 100 yards with such
violence as to fracture his thigh. The school-room is also
much damaged, scarcely a whole pane of glass remaining.
The damage in this instance is estimated at 201. The loss
sustained in the village of Ivinghoe is estimated at from
1,1001. to 1,2001., independent of any calculation in
respect of the timber and fruit-trees destroyed.—Herts
county Press.

HEREFORD MUSIC MEETING.—In the Cathedral
the first morning the company consisted of 603 persons ; the
second, 736 ; and the third, 748. The collection amounted
to 6761., being 541. less than at the meeting in 1831, and 101/.
less than at that of 1828. It is probable that by further dona-
tions this year's collection will be raised to 7001. The expenses
of the orchestra exceeded by 500/. those of the last meeting ;
but the expenses to the stewards will not be materially greater
than on that occasion.
Saturday an inquest was held at the Middlesex
Hospital, on the body of John Boyle, between 50 and 60 years
of age, who for a long time swept the road-crossing in South-
ampton-row. Russell-square. On the 4th instant a van, laden
with vegetables turned towards the corner of Bloomsbury--
place into Southampton-row, at a quick walking pace, and the
shaft knocked the deceased down, who was looking another
way. The wheels did not pass over him, but on his being
taken up blood flowed from his right arm, and he exclaimed to
a shopman of Mr. Henderson, fishmonger, of Upper King-
street, " Oh, Andrew, lam dying." On being taken to
the hospital, it appeared that his right side and arm were frac-
tured. He died on Thursday. The driver of the. van, at the
time of the accident, was looking back to see if the horse had
cleared the corner. Verdict—" Accidental death."