The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-01 00:00:00

LATEST PARTICULARS.

We have to add to the already large list of acci-
dents the following account of the casualties
caused by the violence of the late gale :—Along
both banks of the river the damage has been
immense, there being scarcAy one of the ware-
houses that has not had its roof most exten-
sively damaged. Between Blackfriars and South-
wark bridges, on the Surrey side, a lightning
conductor, attached by strong fastenings to a
lofty shaft, was forced from its position and carried
away, dragging with it a large portion of the brick
work, which with a loud crash fell to the ground.
In the Westminster-road a man was delivering
some goods from a cart, and whilst in the vehicle
the wind suddenly caught him, and he was thrown
out on the roadway and snstained very severe in-
jury. A very alarming occurrence took place at the
Addington-square Baths, Camberwell-road. It

seeing that whilst the gale was at its height the
inhabitants of the. locality were sudded ly alarmed
by hearing a tremendous crash, when it was disco-
vered that the whole frontage of the baths facing
the canal had been blown down, and the debris
hurled into the canal, nearly stopping the naviga-
tion ; several persons had a very narrow escape.
The extensive premises of Mr. Thomas Farmer,
vitriol manufacturer, near Kennington•park, have
been most extensively damaged. One of the build-
ings, of upwards of 150 feet in length, had the cop-
ing ridr carried quite off, together with a porion
of the roof. A man named George Rumsell, aged
60, who lived in Lambeth-walk, was proceeding
down Victoria-street, when a large chimney, blown
from one of the houses, struck the poor fellow a
terrible blow on the head, which hurled him to the
ground. He was taken in an insensible state to
Westminster Hospital. A man named William
Wooton. aged 20, was struck by a piece of
coping-stone blown from a house in the West-
minster-road, and he sustained such severe
injury that he was obliged to be removed to
the hospital. A woman named Mary Yaning,
aged 40, whilst crossing Vauxhall-bridge-road
received a tremendous blow on the head from some
brick woik blown from a house. She was dread-
fully hurt, and was taken to 'Westminster Hospital.
A serious accident happened near Westminster-
bridge to a man named Richard Martin ; one of the
lamps being blown from its position, and falling on
the poor fellow, inflicted such serious injuries that
his removal to the hospital was found to be neces-
sary,

Long before daybreak the storm had seriously
damaged many of the larger-sized vessels lying-in
mid-stream, and along the wharves on the Middle-
sex and Surrey sides of the river, and the naviga-
tion of the Pool at one time was considered im-
practicable and dangerous to human life. Many
heavy crafts broke away from their powerful gear,
and were drifted a considerable distance. In some
instances the property destroyed was very valuable,
and many large ships were unable to enter the
docks at Blackwall or other similar establishments
lower down the Pool. At Bromley Cut, a part well
known to the Eastenders, a little boy, named George
White, was playing upon the deck of a barge, when
a sudden gust of wind whirled him into the water.
An instant alarm was raised, and although drags
were brought into requisition the body was not re-
covered for some minutes. He was conveyed to
the nearest receptacle, but all efforts to restore ani-
mation were unfortunately of no avail. The body
awaits in inquest.

STOCKPORT.—On Tuesday, during the severe
gale of wind, the Wesleyan day-schools, in Great
Portland-street, Brinnington, Stockport, were par-
tially blown down whilst 420 children were pur-
suing their studies inside. About half-past eleven
o'clock the wind, which was blowing from the
north-west, took off a part of the roof, without,
however, doing any serious damage. The school-
master and mistress, Mr. Joseph Farnsworth and
Miss Hall, became alarmed for the safety of the
children, and ordered them to quit the building.
Whilst the children were leaving a terrific gust of
wind came from the same quarter as before, and
lifted the roof from the walls. A debris of stones,
bricks, and wood fell on all sides, and a number of
the children were knocked down whilst taking
flight. A little boy, about four years old, named
John Ashton, whose parents live in Chapel-street,
Brinnington, was killed on the spot, being fright-
fully mangled by the fall of debris; and a number
of others were severely, and in some instances, dan-
gerously wounded. The cause of the accident was
commonly reported to be the way in which the
schools were built. The architect was said to be
Mr.
tal,Vite.or., 11.11-. —a iv ',tr. tlrn
L uonynurst , near tanchester. The build-
ing was erected in 1858, which date appears on the
north wall. The walls were brick, with a facing
of Yorkshire stone. The style was Gothic, the side
walls having buttresses about 12ft. apart. The
ground floor was divided into half a dozen class-
rooms, in which 320 children were being taught
at the time of the accident; the upper story
comprised a single room, with an open timber
roof of considerable steepness. The more advanced
class occupied this room. It is rather a singular
fact that a bell turret on the side where the
wind seemed to have caught the roof was entirely
uninjured. The schools stood in an open space
of ground, surrounded by an iron railing. The
large stones from the walls, as well as heavy pieces
of wood from the roof, not only fell through the floor
of the top room, penetrating to the room below, but
in two parts of the building they also carried away
the floor of the ground-floor rooms into the cellar
beneath. The schools were under the management
of a committee of gentlemen living chiefly in the
neighbourhood, and their original cost was about
£2,000. This is the second accident that has
occurred at the schools, the roof having been blown
off in a similar manner during their erection.
DERBY.—The gale was severely felt at Derby on
Monday. Between three and four o'clock on Mon-
day afternoon, the fine spire of the new parish
church of St. Alkmund, Derby, was seen to wave to
and fro, and directly afterwards a large portion of
it fell with a tremendous crash on to the high-
pitched roof of the church, penetrating through,
smashing the organ case, and doing considerable
damage. Several hundred pounds will be rect uired
to make good the damage. Almost at the same
time one of the pinnacles of St. Marie's Roman
Catholic Church fell into the churchyard, but the
damage was not great. The large chimney at Messrs.
West's colour works, Nun-street, was blown down
on the workshops beneath, but as timely warning
had been given, the men had all got out of the way.
Numbers of trees in every direction were torn up by
the roots, and although we have heard of hair-
breadth escapes of men, women, and children, we
are happy to say that no loss of life has occurred in
the neighbourhood. The storm ceased about twelve
on Monday night.

MAX CHEST ilt.—The following is the only case of
accident or injury of which we have heard, as re-
sulting from the heavy gale which commenced early
on Tuesday morning, and continued till the after-
noon. William Boyce and James Moore, two little
boys, who live in Carter-street, were passing along
Corporation-street, at about noon, when one of the
placard boards used by Messrs. Taylor, Garnett,
Erans, and Co., was blown down, and fell upon the
boys, injuring them about the head. They were
removed to the Royal Infirmary, and after Boyce
had been attended to he was taken home. Moore
remained, but a speedy recovery is anticipated.
NORWicm—Norwich and the neighbourhood was
visited on Tuesday afternoon by a gale of such
severity as. to amount almost to a huriicane. At
Thorpe several large trees were torn from the earth,
in one ease with such violence as to knock down an
adjoining wall. In St. Giles-street the side of a
house was blown out in a strange manner, and one
of the small spirelets of St. Martin's-at-Palace
church was torn down. A chimney shaft in the
manufactory of Mr. Ketton was also partially blown
down ; and the number of tiles and slates torn from
the roofs:—in one or two cases stacks of chimneys
shared the same fate—was immense.
Silt ELDs.—The north-west gale, which blew with
terrific violence over the Northumberland coast on
Monday, subsided about midnight. It was suc-
ceeded by a heavy fall of snow which came on at
daylight. Telegraphic communication, which was
stopped on Monday night between London and
Newcastle and the East of Scotland by the poles
being blown down between York and Newcastle,
was resumed on Tuesday morning.

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LAW INLELLIGENCE.—Feb. 29.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—FEB. 29.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir IL T. Kindersley.)

MORTON V. PUZEY.

This was a suit instituted by the owner of the
well-known place of amusement the Canterbury-
hall against the owners of the adjoining property,
to determine the rights of the parties with re-
ference to an interference with the beneficial en-
joyment of the last-named property by reason
of the building of a projection by the plaintiff over-
hanging the defendant's ground. This projection
formed a portion of a recent enlargement of the
Canterbury-hall. The plaintiff alleged that the
interference with the neighbouring property took
place with the assent of its late owner (a Mr. Grey,
now deceased), and that, in fact, Mr. Grey saw and
approved of the plans for the alteration. The de-
fendants denied this statement, and set up as their
case that no agreement was ever entered into.
Mr. Bazalgette, Mr. Humphrey, and Mr. Morris
appeared for the parties.
The Vice-Chancellor said that no doubt the death
of Grey had involved the case in some obscurity,
and that in his absence direct evidence upon im-
portant points was to a great extent wanting, but
upon the general circumstances of the case his
Honour came to the conclusion that the assent of
Mr. Grey had been given to the plan which in-
volved the erection of the overhanging projection,
and that a decree must be made in the terms prayed
by the bill.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before Sir C. Cresswell.)
BROAD V. HARRISON AND BROAD.
This was a testamentary cause tried before his
lordship and a common jury at the last sittings. A
verdict was given against the will, on. the ground of
incapacity.
Dr. Spinks moved for a rule for a new trial, On
the ground that the verdict was against evidence.
The Court granted a rule nisi.
BROAI)BENT V. HUGHES.
In this case a jury had returned a verdict in
favour of the will of a testator named Hughes, and
probate had been granted by the Court, but time
had been taken to consider the question of costs.
The defendant, who opposed the will on the grounds
of undue execution, incapacity, and undue influ-
ence, was the nephew of the deceased ; the plain-
tiff was the executor, and the husband of a niece
of the deceased, in whose favour the will is made.
Mr. Sergeant Shee, Dr. Wambey, and Mr. Fran-
cis were counsel for the executor; Dr. Phillimore,
Q.C., and Dr. Tristram for the defendant.
Sir C. Cresswell said he had been anxious to ex-
tract from the books some definite rules with re-
gard to the costs of an unsuccessful opposition to a
will, but he had been unable to find any certain
rules laid down on the subject. In some cases the
parties opposing had been relieved from the neces-
sity of paying costs, because the deceased had left
his papers in a state of confusion, which naturally
led to dispute ; in other cases they had been relieved
from that necessity in consequence of the parties in
whose favour the will was made having so con-
ducted themselves as to excite suspicion. After
looking through the correspondence and the evi-
dence, he had come to the conclusion that there
were circumstances in this case calculated to excite
the suspicion of the defendant, and therefore the
Court would not condemn him in costs; but it would
be very mischievous to allow wills lightly to be re-
sisted at the expense of the parties in whose favour
they were made, and therefore the costs of the op-
position would not be allowed out of the estate.