The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-07 00:00:00

THE LATE DISASTROUS HURRICANE.

CailLow.—Since the year 1825, the inhabitants of Carlow
never experienced the effects of so fearful a storm as that of
Tuesday and Wednesday last; one, which continued without
intermission during the whole of Tuesday night, and part of
Wednesday. The houses, in various directions, presented
substantial evidence of the appalling fury of the storm, the
roofs being shattered, chimneys blown down, and the small
cabins in the vicinity of the town which were exposed totally
stripped of their covering. On Friday the storm abated,
but at this period the Burrin became so swollen as to sweep
away every obstacle which impeded its progress, and over-
flowed a ...rent portion of Burrin-street, to the great inconve-
nience of some of the inhabitants. Seine houses in the street

were abandoned—the doors thrown open, and the flood per-
mitted to have free course into the street, part of which
were covered with five feet of water. That portion of the
street between Burrin-bridge and the post-office, was, for a
time, impassable, owing to the strength of the current flow-
ing from the river Burrin, but in the course of the day a
communication was opened with the opposite extremity of
the town, by horsemen and car-drivers. Here a great crowd
collected to witness the novel spectacle of fishing for eels in
the street, and otherwise to amuse themselves, and we regret
to say that, owing to their obstinacy in not making a passage
for the cars, several accidents occurred during the day.—
Carlow Centinel. .

CLONMEL.—We have had very stormy weather here ac-
companied with heavy rains, from the night of Monday to
the morning of Friday. The lands east of the town were
completely inundated, and seemed an ocean in miniature.—
Part of the mail coach road was flooded so as to be almost

impassable to a foot passenger. Down at Kileerya bridge
the road was only fordable on horseback. Some cabins were
levelled about the suburbs ; many houses were stripped of
tiles and slates; windows-were burst by the violence of fitful
and whirling gusts, and several stacks of chimnies were blown
to the ground. As far as we have learned no lives have yet
been lost, or personal injury sustained in the neighbourhood.
Between Tuomavara and Dunkerrin many trees were blown
across the road, but, owing to the prompt exertions of men in
the employment of the Messrs. Bourne, they were removed
timely enough to prevent any of the coaches being upset
or delayed.
CASHEL.—It blew a perfect hurricane in Cashel on Mon-
day night and Wednesday morning, the rain falling in tor-
rents between the momentary pauses of the tempestuous
elements. Some houses were levelled to the ground, and
the roofs of others were completely denuded of slates and
thatch—and many a shivering wretch was forced to bide the
pelting of the pitiless storm. The scaffolding used in re-
building the new fever hospital, was swept from its position
and scattered in every direction with a fearful violence;
while a part of one of the gable ends of the building was
tossed amid the uproar of the angry element, eddying and
storm-borne some minutes. The new chapel that was being
built at Kilfeacle, and ready fur roofing on last Saturday
night, was levelled to the ground. Trees that for years had
withstood wind and weather, were torn from their roots, and
scattered about like the frail leaves of autumn. In the me-
mory of man the late tempest stands unequalled, as far as
this neighbourhood is concerned.—Nenagh Guardian.
KILEENNY.—We have had a prevalence of very strong
S.E. winds since Friday week. It blew almost a hurricane
on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Several houses
in this city suffered more or less from the effects of thestorm,
and a number of trees have been uprooted in the neighbour-
hood. One gentleman in this county had no less than 63
trees and a large portion of a stone wall blown down on
Wednesday morning. The losses at sea will, we fear, be
tremendous. A letter received in town yesterday states that
the St. Patrick steamer (which used to trade between Water-
ford and Liverpool) was lost on Tuesday night near the
Tower of Hock.—Kilkeany Moderator.
NEWRY.—We are convinced that our words will be echoed
by all the inhabitants of this town when we say that never,
• in the memory of man, was it circumstanced as it was on last
Wednesday night. At about eight o'clock the tide rose,
suddenly and impetuously, and poured through the streets
with awful rapidity. In the course of half an hour every
lane and street of what is called "the low ground," presented
the appearance of a river, and not only the underground
kitchens and cellars, but even the news-room, and numbers
of the shops, and parlours, and stables, situated rather higher
than the streets, were flooded. The middle of Hill-street
was in some places two, and in some places three feet and
upwards under water. The area in front of this (the Tele-
' graph) establishment was submerged to the depth of at least
f• our feet ! and in the counting-house and lower offices the
w• ater was upwards of five feet deep. We were just going to
press at the moment, and before Our clerks knew on which
h• and to turn themselves, so quickly did the tide tumble in
upon them, that books and papers of every kind were under
water, and it was with the utmost difficulty we got the news-
papers despatched to the post-office. We have not yet had
accounts of any mishaps to vessels in or about the neigh-
bouring shores. We hope, therefore, none of a serious
nature happened. Ardglass has, however, suffered consi-
derably. The new lighthouse was demolished and the breast-
work and parapet at the quay considerably injured.—Newry
Telegraph.
LimEercK.—The wind having come round to the south-
vest, the spring tide on Thursday was raised by the violence
of the storm to the level of the quays. Clare bridge was
flooded : Cratloe road and the low grounds at either side of
the banks of the Shannon were inundated to a great extent
If glasses indicate the pie)ba'ole character of wind, tide, rain
and storm, the mercury would give alarming note of furious
weather, on Wednesday evening, having fallen rapidly be-
low all the ordinary marks, yet. the night and morn passed
over comparatively harmless, contrary to all anticipation.—
Several sail boats coming up the river on Wednesday and
Thursday with turf, lost great part of their cargoes by the
violent storm, in which some of them had nearly swamped,
while others were driven ashore upon the slob.— Limerick
Chronicle.
BRIGHTON.—On Sunday morning a Dutch galliot came on
shore about half a mile eastward of Brighton, without any
hands on board. It is hoped, from the vessel being quite
empty, that the crew and cargo are safe. The storm was
felt severely in Sussex. At Battle the thunder was deafen-
ing loud, and the lightning extremely vivid ; and the hail-
stones which fell were as large as marbles; 1,588 panes of
glass, in windows and green-houses, were broken by the hail-
stones at Billinghurst. One farm-house alone had 200 panes
broken. At Colchester there was a severe hail-storm—the
same at Eastbourne. The mast erected for signals at the
Holywell was struck by the lightning, and shivered to atoms.
A team belonging to Mr. J. P. Gorringe took fright, and
ran over a precipice into a chalk-pit; a boy was in the wag-
gon, who miraculously escaped unhurt. A tremendous hail-
storm burst over the town of Horsham-68 large squares of
glass were broken at the residence of Mr. Moon. At Little-
hampton the storm was awful: the electric fluid struck the
fantail of Mr. Carter's mill, and, according to Mr. Carter's
description, it resembled the explosion of a large rocket, the
fluid flying from all parts of the fantail in large and beauti-
ful sparks. During the raging of the storm at Petwortb,
three young men at Sliephain-!,ridge went out in a boat to
look after some sheep, the boat was upset, and the only son
of Mr. Hearsay and one other was drowned. Mr. Thomas
Sherdon, of Byworth, had two sheep killed by the lightning.
The storm was also very heavy at Wisborough.green ; the
lightning struck the chimney- of the house occupied by Wm.
Streater, in which his wife and two children were sitting at
dinner. It forced off the top of the chimney, and some large
stones passed down into the room, forced off part of the
clock face, and then forced the door and window-frame into
the garden, causing the greatest alarm to the inmates.—
Brighton Correspondent of the Post. -
DREADFUL Loss OF LIVES AND DESTRUCTION OF PRO-
PERTY.—In common with other parts of the county, at Mon-
mouth, the Varteg, near Pontypool, has suffered from the ef-
fects of the severe and heavy storms of the week. On Wed-
nesday the river which flows by that place was continually
rising, until at last it arrived at a fearful height, and about
two o'clock, at a spot a little below the Varteg, the banks of
the river gave way, and the impetuous torrent, in an instant,
spread in every direction, and rushed on in its destructive
course. There was unfortunately situated close on the out-
break a small cottage, which was occupied by a poor man
named Richard Pugh, his wife, and three children. The only
inmates in the house were the three children, aged respec-
tively seven years, three years, and ten months. During the
• .short absence of the poor woman the devastating element had
entered her habitation, filling it to the roof; and, although
the accident was immediately observed, the little innocents
were drowned. The house is completely gutted, nothing but
• the bare walls remaining. It is our painful duty to record
another accident, also cansed by the heavy floods, at Blanco-
' von, on the same day, and which has been attended with a
greater and more deplorable loss of human life. It appears
from the particulars of this dreadful calamity, furnished to us
- by a correspondent, that on Wednesday, between one and
• two o'clock, a large pond which supplies the works had, in
consequence of the increased flush of water from the hills,
burst its bounds, and through some unaccountable cause, the
• water, instead of emptying itself into the usual channel, di-
' rented its course towards the bridge level, where there were a
great many individuals at work. The water rushed into the
level, and those persons who were employed in the upper
range immediately ran out and escaped; but lamentable to
state, there were 15 persons missing—consisting of 11 men,
and two boys and two girls, who were working in the lower
level, and who had no opportunity of escaping; and it is sup-
posed they all met a watery grave. Up to Thursday evening
none of the bodies had been found, and although great ac-
tivity prevailed in pumping out the water, still it is feared that
a fortnight or three weeks will elapse before the remains of
the unfortunate persons will be recovered.—Hereford Times.

Mr. and Mrs. Matthews (Vestris) are longing to return.
You will see them at London in a few weeks. It is certain
that their American speculation proves a failure. The fact
Is, ladies here will not
_patronise Vestris. Had she played
much longer in New York, it would have been, compara-
tively speaking, to empty benches. The same feeling pre-
vailed in this city. Ladies of high respectability, both for
character and fashion, stayed away from the Chesnut-street
Theatre when she performed. The audiences were decidedly
masculine.—American Correspondent of the Chronicle.
EXTRAORDINARY COACH ACCIDENT.—On Monday night,
as John Griffiths was driving one of Bromley and Newton's
one-horse coaches, with three outside and four inside passen-
gers, towards Manchester, about seven o'clock, he stopped,
as usual, over the Navigation Bridge, in order that the leader-
horse might be taken back: but before continuing the jour-
ney, the coachman proceeded to search for a top-coat, to
accommodate a passenger who was riding on the box seat,
leaving the animal in the care of the postillion. On prepar-
ing to start again, however, and before Griffiths had properly
taken hold of the reins, the horse, which is blind and exceed-
ingly unsteady, took fright, and turning suddenly to the
right, knocked down the railing of the fence between the
turnpike-road and the canal, the consequence of which was
that the horse fell down the declivity, and the outside pas-
sengers, including the coachman, were pitched headlong
into the water, whilst the coach rolled right over, and, with
a plunge, fell into the canal also. The outside passengers
contrived to scramble on shore; and in a few minutes, with
some assistance, those inside were dragged out of the canal.
A female passenger and two other persons were immediately
put to bed at a neighbouring public-house, and in three
hours afterwards, were conveyed to Manchester in a post-
chaise. Fortunately no lives were lost, nor limbs broken;
and nothing serious to the passengers is apprehended. The
. horse was not at all hurt, though the coach was very much
damaged. No blame is attributable to the driver, who is a
remarkably attentive and steady young man..—Stockport Ad-
vertiser.