The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-01 00:00:00

Tllll EQUINOCTIAL GALES.

In addition to the numerous lists of wrecks given in
our yesterday's impression tho following have to-day
been reported at Lloyd's. A. large fleet of coasting-
vessels, besides those already referred to, are also men-
tioned. The Higginson, of Caernarvon, Captain Jones,
from Quebec, with timber, arrived of Wieklow, Sep-
tember 2G, but slipped her anchors in the gale yesterday,
ran ashore near the harbour's mouth there, and is
total wreck ; cargo strewed along the beach ; one man
drowned.—Dublin, Sept. 27.—The Jules and Armande,
of Croisic, Captain Thibandea, from Dunkirk, in ballast,
ran on Blyth Sand Point, yesterday, whilst taking the
bar.—Blyth, Sept. 29.—The Margaret, Captain Codner,
from Quebec, which was lying in Tor Roads, waiting for
water to come into harbour, parted from both anchors,
and drove on shore at Torres Abbey Sands, where she
broke her rudder and filled. She is now being stripped
and lightened, and as the weather is moderate, an at-
tempt will be made to get her afloat this evening's tide:
—Torquay, Sept. 28.—The Wanderer, schooner, !:,t
Liverpool, was totally lost yesterday, on Colt Island, in
making for Skerriea ; all hands supposed to be drowned
—Dublin, Sept. 29.

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loss of property altogether muosrt
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.they were brought
damage was sustained by the
up again, and no material
shipping either at Newcastle
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be ascertained yesterday, um ram abated
far as could
afternoon, and there was a conga-
considerably in the
quest fall in the river. lowerhav b
the French departments along the
Accounts from4va,,,
Atlantic state that violent
k .les of wind, accompanied
by thunder, lightning, d
an
erain, prevailed on Friday and
Saturday on the' coast. •n Saturday night the wind
high at Paris.
waT, unusually
The Journal (lit 11uvre. says :—" The gale of wind
which has been sweeping along our coast for the last 10
dttys inereaed on Saturda—
y night to a perfect hurricane.
The jetties shook to their very foundations, and fears
were several times entertained that they should give way.
The waves broke high over Us quays, and ihe wind did
considerable damage to the houses of the town, None
of the steamera could venture out, and all the vessels in
the port were obliged to take unusual precautions. A
little after daybreak on Sunday the mercury rose a little,
and the wind began to subside."—At Lyons also it ap-
pears that the wind was unu-nally violent on the same
night and during the whole of the preceding day. "The
wend blew quite a tempest on Saturday (says the Courrier
Lyon ), and tore up several trees in this city. Another
tree on the Quai de la Charit6 was snapped in two. A.
number of houses have suffered in their chimneys and
roofs, and one stable was, we understand, blown down.
We fear that considerable damage must have been done
in the ceantry amuc':