The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-01-11 00:00:00

DREADFUL EFFECTS OF THE LATE

HURRICANE.

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We haw/ gathered the following further particulars relating
to the detrttuttive results of the late awful gale in this neigh-
heurhood F
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At Waterloo, Bootle, and the neighbouring watering
places, •the storm was most severely felt. The Waterloo
Hotel was unroofed, and in other respects greatly damaged.
The village of Waterloo also felt the hurricane in all its vio-
lence. Amongst the many narrow escapes from the violence
of the Storm we. may mention that of the children of Mr. J.
Holme, who were only removed from bed a few miuntes be-
fore a stack of chimneys fell through the roof of the house,
which would, most certainly, have killed them had they re-
mained.. ' .

At Crosby the farmers have suffered severely. Whole
stacks of hay have been swept away, and not a vestage of
them is likely -to be recovered. All the thatched cottages
and buildings in the neighbourhood are stripped, and pre-
sent an-aspect of desolation difficult to picture.
Mr. Woodville's house, at Seaforth, is partially unroofed.
Miss Hewitt's is in the same condition. The elegant resi-
dence of Mr. Owen Jones, surgeon, has suffered severely;
the roof is partially damaged, and the palisades in front of
the gardens levelled. with the ground. Mr. Haskayne's villa
is much damaged, presenting a ruinous appearance, the
chimneys having been blown down, and other damage sus-
tained. Miss Myers's house, occupied by Mr. C. Lowe, has
apparently, suffered most, the west front of the roof eing
almost totally, stripped, and the lead-work blown entirely off.
Mr. Latbam's house has been injured in broken windows;
but the roof seems to have bid defiance to the storm. A mas-
sive wall, with four buttresses, has been lifted from its site,
and cast prostrate, though of unusual strength. Mrs. Lawe's
house has been considerably damaged; also, Mr. Clement's.
The church is materially injured, and a large piece of iron
was carried, by the violence of the wind, over the road and
the roof of an adjoining house, to a considerable distance.
Property at Woodside and Birkenhead has suffered se-
verely, and we regret to state that one female has been killed.
Almost every house has sustained more or less damage. A
house in Portland-place is left a perfect skeleton, only the
outer walls standing.
The very handsome church now building at Woodside, and
nearly completed, has had its full share of the storm. Nearly
the whole of the north aide has been levelled in the ground.
The daraage done cannot be repaired for perhaps less than
£2OO. The Albion Hotel has been stripped of a great portion
of its roof; and-Mr. Poole's stables have suffered consider-
ably. A stack of chimneys at Woodside, next to the Post-
office, also fell in, ar,d carried with it the roof and flooring of
Mr. Sewell's workshops. The houses in Victoria-place have
all been much shattered. The livery stables of Mr. Watts
were levelled with the ground, all the horses having fallen
with the other building. A gentleman in this vicinity, des-
cribing the storm, said its violence was such, that it resembled
a West India hurricane. The roof of Lieutenant Sarsfield's
house was blown in, and he with his family were carried to
the bottom story of the building, but providentially they all
escaped without injury..
In the village of Bebbington, and in the neighbourhood of
Rock Perry, scarcely a house escaped damage; chimney-pots
swept away in masses, slates and portions of roofs carried off,
and in some cases the sheet lead of the gutters rolled up like
paper, Ind removed to some other more conspicuous position,
where it hung in festoons like ribbons.
Near Bidston numerous families were driven from their
houses from apprehension of danger, and many took refuge
under the hedges.
During the whole of the Tuesday the weather was stormy,
the wind blowing a strong gale from the west, and bring-
ing with it occasional heavy showers of hail. About
two o'clock in the afternoon the river presented a not less
boisterous appearance than it had done on the preceding
day. The clouds still looked wild and lowering. Several of
the ferry steamers were performing their customary trips,
with not more passengers, however, than necessity urged to
cross the river. The north-west Floating-light, whose ab-
sence it was apprehended wouklecause considerable danger
to the incoming craft, still lay at anchor opposite Woodside.
The Cambridge, whose. safety was so much doubted on the
preceding day, and which was subsequently in some peril
near the Seacombe slip, bad found safe anchorage opposite
the baths, and was riding gallantly in the turbulent stream.
Along
,tae margin of the wall still lay the wrecks of a flat,
and of the Eclipse, Runcorn steamer, apparently so much
damaged that they will not be again fit for duty. .A
Preston
brig had alio shared a similar fate. The floating landing
pier flanked the north end of this string of wrecks, the waves
beating ,over the water-logged hull ; she will, however, be
easily restored to her former state of usefulness. The water
in the small landing basin was covered with fragments of
beardi and splinters of wood, several of which were the rem-
natal of the Camera Obscura which recently stood on the
pier. A brig, the Jane, of this port, was seen making her
way up the river, nearly under bare poles. She soon passed
into the basin amid the cheers of hundreds of spectators,
who hailed the weather-beaten mariners back to port. She
and another small vessel, the Sally, put out to sea together
on Sunday last. When she brought up in the basin it was
seen that her larboard bulwarks had been carried away, and
her sails, torn to shreds by the violence of the tempest, were
haaging about her like ribbons, sufficiently indicative of
the weather she had endured.

Throughout the whole of Tuesday the utmost anxiety pre-
veiled to learn the fate of several of the vessels which sailed
ea Sunday, of which no intelligence had been heard. In
the muse of the afternoon the following vessels, which had
weathered the storm, and put back, arrived safely in port :
The Lynx, bound for Lisbon; the Jane, fur Bristol; the
Hope, for Bristol; the Sally, for Whitehaven; the Hard-
ware, for Lisbon; and the Lion, for Glasgow. 'rhe utmost
anxiety prevailed in consequence of a report that four large
vessels were aground, and in great peril, on the banks.
Captain. Forsyth, of the Lynx, stated, that he had passed a
lee large ship, with painted ports, and a full-length figure-
head, Supposed to be the Crusader, for Bombay. He did
not state that she was in any danger.
As the evening advanced more certain intelligence was
obtained respecting the four vessels above mentioned. The
eaptiju of the Hardware reported having seen the St. An-
drew,. New York packet, which sailed on Sunday last, on
the BurbO sands, with both anchors down, the sea beating
heariii,, ,The. Hardware came in through the Formby chan-
nel, 'Where all the buoys were adrift. Near the Rock Light-
house, they passed a steamer with a pilot-boat in tow. Sub-
sequently the steamer, Mountaineer, brought in several of
the "pailengirs and crew of the St. Andrew, and at a still
later our the Victory, steam-tug boat, brought in the cap.
tain4lieriMOining passengers, and more of the crew.
A' reoOrt *as prevalent at an early hour in the evening,
that the Pennsylvania, New York packet-ship, which also
sailed on.Motiday,bad gone to pieces. About eight o'clock,
howitiliOlie masters of No. I, and No. 8, pilot-boats, who
hadltesfeOut with the Victoria steam-tug, brought further in-
tellikinee a'tlie Pennsylvania, which proved the fallacy of
the former report. The Victoria had brought thirty-three
passetgeri fioni.the New York ship Lockwoods, which was
agrcluittr on' the banks, with a heavy sea making over her.
Theffeftliary Paisengers still on board. The Pennsylvania
had-ttlti Obotit half "a mile to the east of the Lockwoods, with
sevgear of the' crew in- the rigging. Another vessel, with
paisift fiorts,'atiparently an American, was seen on the
north bank. The steamer Avon (the Dublin mail due on
Monday). siatieen.going into Beaumaris to repair.
It wit- rumoured on Tuesday night that the roadstead of
the Menai Bridge had been destroyed by the storm, the
chains having been left hanging to the supporters, uninjured.
Pasymer& were crossing the strait in boats.
The:Brighton, of Bombay, was seen in a helpless condition
on Tuesdpy morning, in the New Channel, near the Middle
Patel' Buoy. Mr. Atherton, of New Brighton, sent the
Liverpool, Seacombe steamer, to the wreck fur the crew, who
were-visible in the rigging. She succeeded, in conjunction
with the Magaiine life-boat, in saving the captain and such
of tlie crew as remained on board. The crew, on Monday,
hac(madet a raft. Fourteen of them got on it, and have not
since been heard of.
At a late hour on Tuesday it was reported by Captain Nye,
of the 'lndependence, who had just returned from Leasowe,
that ke law a passenger, Mr. Thompson, of New York, who
had been laved from the Pennsylvania. This gentleman re-
posted that himself and the three other passengers, with the
mate and five of the seamen, left the ship in one of her boats.
When some distance from the shore the boat swamped, and
all except himself (Mr. Thompson) were drowned. He at-
tributes big safety to the fact of his having had a life-preserver
redid his body. He left the captain and the remainder of the
crew in the rigging, and, as assistance had been sent to them,
it lan confidently hoped they would be saved. The ship was
Mild water. She struck on Tuesday afternoon at half-past
twgfUriftek.
060011IIR'S IriQuesTs.—The following inquests were held
enfingeday before P. F. Currie, Esq., coroner:—On Joseph
Lee, plasterer, killed by the fall of a stack of chimneys, at
tbg,isuuse et: Mrs. Darlington, Shannon-street; John and
Thomas Marsh, and Bessy Crane, servant, killed in like man-
ner liy:houte of Mrs. Marsh, Nelson-street; Ellen Bul-
ge' wiroit, killed by the falling of the roof at Mr. Duncan's
hogs., Lord Nelson-street; William (batter, and Ellen Law-
Palied in like manner at their houses, in Sydney-street
Ea4,-and Hardy-street. Likewise on John Jones, master of
the: albopfConway, *mak during the gale; and on the body of
a boy ualinown, picked up on Monday evening in one of the
docks.

(From the Mail of yesterday.)
During the whole of Tuesday and yesterday the interest
excited by the effects of the storm was but little abated, and
the streets and quays in every direction were thronged with
persons of all grades, who hurried, in streams or anxious
groups, from spot to spot, to witness the destruction of roofs,
chimneys, and buildings on shore, and the wreck of vessels
on the sea walls and in the basins. The damage in the town
was so general, that not a street entirely escaped. Many of
the higher streets were strewn from side to side with bricks,
slates, broken cans, and other fragments from the roofs, and
not a few of them by fallen walls of yards, gardens, &c.
Lamentable as was the loss of life, it was impossible to view
the .general havoc, in fallen chimneys and broken roofs,
without a feeling of thankfulness and gratification that the
fatalities were not snore numerous. The " hair-breadth es-
capes" were many, and in some instances most extraordinary.
The insecure construction of many of the houses placed the
lives of the inmates in the utmost danger ; and had the vio-
lence of the gale continued some hours longer, the list of dis-
asters would doubtless have been deplorably augmented;
lastly of the chimneys, ill-built, and in want of pointing, be_
int left in so'tottering a condition that another blast would
have thrown them down. To enumerate all the instances of
destruction were impossible, and, indeed, superfluous; but
it stay not be uninteresting to lay before our readers some of
Oink most prominent, of which we have obtained information
sineivonr last publication.
T El E TOWN.

lihe houses at the north end of Vine-street, and those ad-
joining them and rounding into Brownlow-hill, suffered se-
verely, there being a large space of vacant ground at the
beck that gave free ingress to the gale Three windows in
three of these houses were, with their frames, entirely blown
intte the alarm of the inhabitants; and many panes of glass
were broken. Portions of chimneys were also thrown down,
and.the roof of the southern house of the range was partly
untooted. -The south part of the yard wall behind was also
entirely blown down on the morning of Monday, about ten
o'clock. Tile- snow ohich has since fallen serves, by the
contrast of its whiteness, to show the dark apertures made in
tha roofs of houses throughout the town.
Ashton-street, behind the Infirmary, was severely visited.
The houses, though exteriorly showy, are but of slender con-
struction. Several of the windows were entirely blown in.
Portions of the chimneys (which are here much exposed and
without stays) were thrown down.
The heavy stack of chimneys of the house, N 0.35, London-
road,-corner of Norton-street, occupied by Mr. North, grocer,
was blown down and fell through the roof, carrying away a
groat part of it. Two young ladies were in bed in the attic,
when the storm came on. One of the*, being alarmed by
the noise of the wind rose and left the rdolio,Only a quarter of
an hour before the chimney fell; and itqa.rprnarkable that
touch of the ponderous materials fell oktn*"that side of the
bed where she had been lying, and dicl;not touch the other
Toting woman. The whole mass first broke through a cock.
loft above, and in its fall broke one of the principals of the
roof. The lady who was its bed, and who was naturally
greatly alarmed, was taken out by Mrs. North. We need
scarcely add, that many families who had not retired to rest
before the gate commenced, remained in the lower apartments
of,their houses, in apprehension of some disaster; and that
wherever accidents occurred, the parties were too much
alarmed to return to bed. The police-constables were active
inaiyinipehat assistance they could, wherever it appeared to
ba ,r,equired, The back portion of the roof of Mr. North's
house was entirely blown out, and, like many other buildings,
thf.remainder is so open to the elements, that another gale
before it can be repaired would carry it away. The men in
the ensploy of -Mr. N. were on the spot on the first alarm,
and remained during the night.
The walls of a timber-yard, in Nash-grove (Scotland-road),
were blown down by the gale.
Soon after the commencement of the storm, a young wo.
Mani of sneak intellect, who resided with her sister in Mad-

dox-street, Scotland-road, being much alarmed by the noise
of the wind, and, finally, the falling of the back part of the
roof, found her way to the lower part of the house, followed
by the rest of the family; hut having gone out was nowhere
to be found, to the great alarm of her relatives, and the sym-
pathising regret of the neighbours who knew her. Inquiries
were set on foot in all directions, and she was at length found,
at four in the afternoon of the following day, in Toxtetn-
park, whither she had wandered.
In Woodstock-street, out of Kirkdale-road. the whole

front wall and roof of the further house at the seaward end
of the street on the north side were blown down. The house
is large, and a more complete ruin can scarcely be conceived.
Luckily the family who inhabited it had left it but a few days
before, and it was untenanted. Had it been inhabited, the
inmates would inevitably have been buried in the ruins.
In Addison-street many chimneys were thrown down, but
no fatality occurred.
In Hotham-street, London-road, the roof of a house fell
in and broke through to the second flour below.
The whole extent of the garden wall of Mr. Blount, facing
Ashton-street, was thrown down.
The house of Mr. Brocklehaoks, Seymour-street, corner of
St. Vincent-street, was much damaged, the chimneys and
part of the roof being blown down.
A considerable portion of the beautiful stone front of the
Methodist Chapel erecting in Great Homer-st., was blown in.
The Custom-house—strong as is the building—also suffered.
Panes of glass to the number of some hundreds, particularly
those in the windows of the doom, were blown in, and the
building, consequently, presented a woful appearance after
the storm.
The house of Mr. Bean, of the Albion Office, (top of Great
Mersey-street,) was much injured by the gale. Nearly the
whole of the windows were blown in, great part of the
roof was blown off, and the chimneys thrown down. The
house of Mr. Taylor (bookseller) of Blackfield-terrace,
also suffered severely in common with nearly all those of
that neighbourhood. The stable was wholly unroofed, and
the windows much damaged.
The rag and paper stores of Mr. Brown, Orange-street,
took fire on Monday night, owing, it is supposed, to some
sparks from a neighbouring chimney being carried by the
wind through the windows of the store, and falling upon the
inflammable materials inside. It was some time before the
fire was completely extinguished, but the damage was not
very extensive, amounting to only aboet
The policemen had no sinecure on the eventful night of
Monday. One of them graphically describes himself as wan-
dering about during the night in such a scene as this
Chimneys and roofs of houses were blown down in all di-
rections, slates flew about like hailstones, bricks and sigus
were tumbling, which was most awfully grand; but I have
not heard of any lives having been lost in my section."
At a quarter to five in the morning, Inspector Thompson
was at Islington, when he heard a most tremendous crash in
Wilton-street. On hurrying thither, he found that the terri•
fic noise had already attracted a couple of policemen to the
spot. The chimney-stack of Mr. John Pratchett's house in
Wilton-street, had been blown down, broke through the roof,
and forced its way into a bed room. A fire having been left
in the kitchen grate, the sudden opening of the draft caused
the chimney to take fire, and the flames quickly communi-
cated with the bed-clothes and other articles in the room over
the kitchen. In addition to the terror caused by the falling
of the chimneys, the inmates had now to fear the extension
of the fire, lest that element should complete the destruc-
tion which the other had commenced. Fortunately, how-
ever, there was a plentiful supply of water at hand, and the
fire was extinguished before any very extensive mischief had
been done by it. An almost miraculous instance of preser-
vation of life, in the extremity of danger, (and many others
nearly similar have occurred,) took place in this house. A
beam fell across a bed whereon a young woman was lying,
but it rested on the wall in such a manner that she escaped
unhurt.
Immediately after leaving this house, the inspector and
his men were called to Mr. Blanchard's, 120, Islington,
where also the chimney had been blown down and forced in
the roof, so that three young ladies who were in bed were
completely covered with the rubbish, and would shortly have
been smothered under the ruins, had it not been for the great
exertions of the officers, who rescued them. The policemen
behaved in the most exemplary manner.
The roof of Miss 'l'rueman's house, Falkner-street, fell in
upon two young ladies, named Gilmer, when in bed. They
were released from their perilous situation by two police-
officers, and the young ladies, fortunately, had only sustained
a very slight injury.
At twenty minutes to five the chimney of James Darling-
ton's house, Shannon-street, fell in, and killed a man named
Joseph Lee, a plasterer by trade, who was in bed. He was
got out by the police from the ruins in which he was imbed-
ded in about ten minutes after the occurrence of the accident;
a surgeon was sent for, but life was extinct. Another man,
named Gower Evans, was in bed with Lee at the time; but
he, most wonderfully and fortunately, escaped unhurt.
A large stack of chimneys at the west end of Mr. M`Neile's
lodging-house, in Nelson-street, at the corner of Great
George-square, fell down between four and five o'clock in
the morning, breaking through the roof, and carrying down
all the intervening floors to the cellar. Two gentlemen were
sleeping in the attic, and three ladies on the second floor.
They were all buried beneath the ruins. Mr. Whitty, In-
spector Hemer, and a party of twelve police, were promptly
upon the spot, and began to remove the rubbish. The three
ladies were got out without having received any very severe
injuries. One of the, gentlemen, the younger of the two,
was the first to be released. Immediately on getting into
the open air he began to dance, whether out of joy or from
wantonness we cannot say. " Give him a coat to put on,"
cried out one of the police. The young gentleman answered
that he wanted no coat, and bounded off like a wild pony.
In a moment or two he returned, and informed the officers
of the whereabouts of his companion in misfortune. The
second gentleman, however, could not be immediately found;
but on calling out. " Where are you ?" a voice replied,
" Here, in the attic." " No, you are in the cellar, not in
the attic," responded the officer. " I'll be d—d if I am,"
said the buried man; "I am here in the attic." Having
been asleep when the accident occurred, he wai not aware
that the upper story had fallen into the cellar, and therefore
fancied that he was still in the attic. Neither of the gentle-
men were much injured. We are informed that Mr. Pem-
berton, upholsterer, and his two sons, were mainly instru-
mental in saving two of the parties.
The chimney of a house in Lime-street, occupied by Messrs.
Horner, fell, carrying with it the entire roof, also the third
floor, and completely burying two young men, brothers, who
were in bed on the second floor. They with great difficulty ex-
tricated themselves froth their perilous situation, without any
other injury than a few bruises. This may truly be considered
a miraculous interposition of Providence, as the only protec-
tion between them and death was a piece of the floor falling
in a sloping direction upon their legs and against the wall.
Much mischief was done to the adjoining houses.
The roof of the house of Mrs. Lowndes, in Wavertree-road,
was completely stripped, and the whole of the chimneys blown
down. The house is abandoned.
At Mrs. Macbeth's house, in Rose-place, the roof and chim-
ney fell in.
Upwards of one hundred of the chimney pots of the houses
in Ford's-buildings, Fox-street, were completely demolished.
The western roof of Christ Church has experienced the dire-
ful effects of the storm, several slates having been removed,
and the lead curled up, leaving the interior exposed to the in-
clemency of the weather.
Mr. Hector, surgeon, of Great Newton-street, had a nar-
row escape. A stack of chimneys fell through the roof on the
bed where he was lying, and on his jumping up to leave the
room, several panes of glass in the window frame were blown
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in.

Mr. Jerrold, pawnbroker, Brownlow-hill, chimney blown
down.

A house at the corner of Gill-street also had a stack of chim-
neys blown down, and several others in Brownlow-hill, Brown-
low-street, and the neighbourhood, were injured. The walls
and fences of many gardens in that vicinity were also pros-
trated.
At five o'clock the roof of Mr. Tubman's house, 19, Rodney-
street, fell in and buried a female and child, who were extricated
by the police. Eighteen yards of a wall in Oak-street, belong-
ing to Mr. King, of Pembroke•place, was blown across the
street so as to stop the thoroughfare. A large chimney in
Sparling-street, a wall in Lodge-lane, a wall in King-street,
a wall in Derby-street, and a shed and two walls in Smith-
downe-lane were levelled. A shippon in Lodge-lane was
blown down, and a cow lost therefrom. The brickworks of
an unfinished building in Scotland-road were blown down,
as was also a very large portion of a wall belonging to the
Vulcan Foundry. A building occupied as offices, i❑ Back
Castle-street, was partly blown down soon after one o'clock.
The chimney of Mr. Brough's house, at the corner of
St. Anne-street and Springfield-street, fell in early in the
morning, carrying with it the roof into the top room. Mrs.
Brough had, about five minutes previovs, gut out of bed, and
gone down stairs, thus escaping serious injury, if not des-
truction. A considerable portion of the stone front of the
Methodist Chapel erecting in Great Homer-street was thrown
down. The chimney and roof of the house of Mr. Coventry,
in Phythian-street, were blown in. Two children who were
in bed at the time were much hurt.
In Bedfnrd•street a great deal of lead and slates were
stripped off, and chimney cans and pipes were thrown down ;
and some are yet left in a threatening position front the ef-
fects of the gale.
In Heath-street two new unfinished houses on the east
side were blown down. All the timber is smashed to pieces.
One of the houses—the outer one—was nearly razed to the
foundation. The lower story of the ether remains, but much
damaged.
In Canning-street the panes of glass broken were nu-
merous.
The fine range of buildings in Hope-street have also suf-
fered much, of which the closing of the shutters against the
broken windows give dismal indication. Dr. Vose's house
is partly unroofed, and much glass broken; and at the south
end of the street, the cottage-built range, with projecting
eaves, is in a great measure unroofed.
Slaters, and plumbers and glaziers, are every where in
requisition; but the weather has hitherto prevented any very
extensive permanent repairs. As reported in our paper of
Tuesday, a few of the trees on the north side of St. James's
Church were blown down, and carried with them a part of
the wall of from 25 to 30 yards in length. A few small cof-
fins are visible in the soil from which the wall has fallen.
At the bottom of Lipper Parliament-street, a number of
chimneys have been blown down, and other injury dune to
the houses; but we have heard of no serious accident.
An immense number of the lamps in various parts of the
town and suburbs were broken by the storm, and the lights
extinguished. The wood-stands in Cleveland-square 'market
were blown down and many of them dashed to pieces. In
every quarter, windows, and even window-frames and doors
have been blown in, and other minor damages inflicted. In
fact, the wind, during the night, extinguished the greater
portion of the lamps, which, though often re-lit, were as often
blown out again.

TOXTETH PARK.
The effect of the storm in this direction has been very se-
verely felt. Mr. Stephens's house, corner of Wellington-
road, had the chimneys blown down, also a house on the
opposite side. Mi Dutton, at the Potteries, had a stack of
hay entirely dispersed; likewise Mr. Lamb, miller, sustained
a similar loss. Grove Cottage and buildings, presenting a
range of about 10 yards in length, and with walls upwards of
two feet thick, although its gable end only was exposed to
the west, trembled to its foundation throughout, the beds
rocking in every room. One of its chimneys was blown
down, and the spouts carried away; the extensive yard and
garden were covered with slates, and a large pigstye had its
roof raised en masse, and carried some distance. A ponder-
ous gate, belonging to a coal-yard in Mill-street, was lifted
from its hinges, and carried a distance of 12 yards into the
road.

The premises formerly occupied by Mr. James Aiken, in
Wellington-road, have been seriously damaged by the falling
of a stack of chimneys, which penetrated through the roof at
the west end ; several of the windows were also demolished.
Mrs. Clarke's residence in the same road has also received
great injury, by the chimneys being forced through the roof;
the staircase window was blown in and several others broken.
Mr. Tomlinson, living opposite, had a stack of chimneys
carried away, but foi tunately they fell into the garden with-
out doing further injury to the house; several slates were
removed from his roof. In Park-terrace, the devastation was
awful, not one of the houses escaping. The destruction
amongst the glass was immense, and the roofs suffered in
equal proportion. Several of the railings, surmounting low
partition walls, were borne down, carrying with them the
large stones into which they were inserted, which, together
with the coping-stones of the roofs, and the curling lead,
presented one general wreck.
Mr. K,eyzer's house is nearly stripped, his windows, in
several instances, completely blown out, and roof on the west
side destroyed; one of the lights of his hot-house was raised,
and has travelied too far for him yet to trace it to its hiding-
place.
In Thorton•place the damage is immense, the west roofs of
the houses of Mr. Bradley, Miss Fletcher, and their adjoin-
ing neighbour, are completely destroyed—the coping-stones
and lead removed, and scarce a vestige of glass left in the
windows. Mr. Bradley, we under►tand, was so much hurt