The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-27 00:00:00

COUNTRY, 21714.

MANCHESTER, JAN; 23.

ON Thursday this town was visited by a hurri
cane, tremendous in its fury, and more severe than
any thing of the kind remembered here. It•began
about twelve'O'clock on Wednesday night, and con-
tinued, unremittingly, till seven the folloWing even-
ing, when its rigour abated. We are sorry to add,
that much damage has"been done, and some lives are
lost. About- half past seven on'Thursday morning,
a very high chimney belonging to a fattory in Long
MiNate, came down with a prodigious crash, de-
stroying two small buildings close to it, and the
frOnt of a house on the opposite side of the street,
in the ruins of which a man, his wife, and a child,
were buried. The man was got out alive, not dan-
gerously hurt, but the Woman and child were killed.
Another man was killed by a wall being blown
down upon him as he was passing, and a second by
the falling of a chimney. At the upper end of
Bridge-street, a large chimney fell upon the roof
of a room where six young women were at work.:
it crushed in the roof, and -two floors, and buried
them all in the cellar. Immediate assistance was
given, and the women were released. One of them
unfortunately, by_ a second fall of rubbish, &c. was
killed, and two others materially injured. In every
part of the town 'the disaster was more or less felt,
and the continual fall of slates from the roofs of the
houses, bricks and stones from chimnies, large
pieces of-lead, &c. made it dangerous: to pass the
streets, and diffused terror amongst the Inhabitants..
The dial on the Exchange pillar, and one of the
dial-plates of
,the, clock at St._Ann's Church, were
blown down. The majestic, but well-built spire
of St. Mary's steeple, waved in such a threatening
manner, as greatly to alarm,the surrounding Inha-
bitants. From the vast forte of the wind, every
high building was viewed with-fear, and the ciiork-
people- were terrified, we understand, put of several
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faaories. , It was indeed a most awful day, ,and
such as calm,' be forgotten by those who witnessed
its' terrific effeds. The Theatre was not opened in
the.evening, in consequence of the storm.

It was impossible, at the usual time, for tlx
Lamp-lighters to tritii.the lamps nearly one-fourth
of theth were stripped of their :covers by. the vie_
lence of the wind, and-a great number both of lamps
and burner's were broken. ,

Mny houses and works., jn the neighbourhood
of this town, •have bufi.red very.considerably ; and
in the gardens and hot-house windows, there is
great injury done. . . .

LANCASTER: J. 23.

. About ten ,o'clock. on 'Wednesday night last, a
.very: heavy storm came on, from the Westward, and
continued .with great violence till near the same hair
the next evening, when it' entirely abated. ,Nltrh
damage was done to the roofs of most of the hours
in this neighbourhocrd and many windows were
broken; The tide, on Thursday, was increased to a
very great height (no tide having been so high since
the 2+th of March, 1796, when it exceeded this 1.)),
z; inches) by the violence-of the wind; two consl-
derable breaches were matte in the 73C w-,pni1.).,1-11:ment
near Scale-hall ; and,most of the timber in vld near
Mr. Smith's ship-yard was carried away, and some
of it scattered over the field near the foot.ofthe Old
Bridge. The cgach from hence to LTlverston, which
set off' early in the morning, was obliged to return,
it having been blown over soon after .it got upon the
Sands : Fortunately, the passengers (three insides)
escaped unhurt. .

About five o'clock on Thursday morning, the
windmill at Cockerham, nezir this town, was disco.
vered to be on fire, and the whole of the inside was
soon consumed. We are sorry to add, that large
pieces of burning timber, and flakes of fire, were
carried, by the fury of the wind, to some thatched
buildings, which stood at the distance of above one
hundred yards from 'the mill ; these, consisting •of
two cottages and a barn, were alsO soon burnt to the
ground. There were about sixty -loads of meal, &c.
in the inill, and about one hundred thiaves of oats
and a few loads of wheat in'tbe barn, the whole of
which was destroyed. The above was occasioned by
the violence of the wind causing so great an increase
of friCtion on the wheels as to see them on fire.

. .
It
.ilds now been proved that the wool of sheep
does ndt.fall off or degenerate by letting it acquire
more than one year's. growth. Sorne two years
fleeces have produced
.precisely double, in respea of
weight, to that of one year ; and the longest wool
of the double quantity was equally fine in quality.