The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-06 00:00:00

THE LATE HURRICANE.

LONDON.—SO boisterous was the wind during the whole of
Tuesday, that several portions of the stone balustrades of
Blackfriars Bridge, to the length of six or nine yards, together
with a great part of the wooden palings on both sides of it, were
forced from their fastenings, and blown down. The wind had
also the effect of unroofing the church opposite the Bank, at the
corner of St. Barthelomew-lane, the lead on the top of it being
completely rolled up. Part of the stone work connected with
the statue of King Henry the Eighth, on the Royal Exchange,
and some of the balustrades round the 'Change, were blown
down. The skylight at Lloyd's received much damage. Part
of a stack of chimneys was blown down in Great Russell-street,
Bloomsbury. This gale, for the time it lasted, may be said to
he one of the most violent that London has experienced for
several years. At three in the morning it began to blow
violently from the SW., continuing with increasing violenre
until between one and two in the afternoon: about four in the
afternoon it ceased altogether. Wo have received a variety of
accounts of the disastrous effects of this gale. At Mr. Bate-
man's, Sun-street, Bishopegate, timber merchant, a ganger the
sawyers had just returned from dinner, and were about to le-
suine their work, when three heavy beams of timber placed on
a stark of planks, weighing about! cwt. each, were blown down,
and fell on a sawyer named Thomas Franklin, crushing him to
death on the instant. The unfortunate man has left a widow
and several children. Twelve large panes of glass in the City
of London Tavern were blown in with a loud crash • the entire
roof of the house of Messrs. Lake and Co., of Bishopsgate-
street-within, seedsmen and florists, was torn off by the whirl-
wind, and several of the rafters carried away with it. The
river was much agitated, and seemed literally boiling.
The ball and cross of St. Paul's Cathedral were observed to
vibrate in a fearful manner during the hurricane ; for some time
it was a matter of some difficulty to either stand or walk near
the Cathedral. An old gentleman named Lander, aged 82, be-
longing to the Charterhouse, who was walking in Charterhouse-
square, was blown down, by which his thigh was broken, and
he is much injured; several other gentlemen belonging to the
Charterhouse had narrow escapes from the falling of the trees.
In Cross-street, near the City Saw-mills, a stack of chimneys
fell upon the house of Mr. Coates, an engraver; Mrs. Gould-
ing, the wife of a mechanic lodging in the upper story, was en-
gaged at the moment cooking her husband's dinner, but being
driven from the fire-place by a sudden issue of smoke and flame,
she snatched up her infant and retreated to the back of the
apartment, in a moment afterwards the chimneys had fallen,
and the whole of the front was lying in ruins. In the New-cut,
and Lambeth marsh the wind did very great damage. In
Regent-place West, by Judd-street, New-road, a stack of chim-
neys of No. 2, the middle house of three, was driven down by
a sudden gust upon the roof of Mr. Macgregor, No. 3, and
carried in the whole of the roof; unfortunately one lady named
Crookshank, and her female attendant, were in the front attic;
the lady was buried up to her neck amongst the fallen bricks
and rubbish, and was severely bruised; her life was only saved
by the gallantry of nn officer in the army (Capt. Tayntou); who
on hearing the crash instantly ran up from the drawing-room,
and aticceeded ie extricating and bearing her down stairs; the
servant maid has been still more seriously injured. The roof
of No. 4, Newton-street, Holborn, fell in with a shocking crash,
burying the inmates of the garrets, consisting of two adults and
one child, a little girl, named Elizabeth Belcher, two years and
a-half old, in ,the ruins; the two females were taken out alive,
but severely mutilated; they were removed to Middlesex Hos-
pital ; the poor child was taken out a corpse, being crushed in
a dreadful manner. In various other parts of the west end of
the metropolis chinmeys, sky-lights, and tiles, were blown about
the streets, and a nifinber of persons received more or less in-
juries by these. In St. Margaret's church-yard a corpse was
being carried across the church-yard for interment, when a vio-
lent gust rendered it impossible for the supporters to proceed
with their burden, and the coffin fell on the stones, the pall fly-
ing off to a considerable distance. In the neighbourhood of
Keusington, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Walworth, Camberwell, as
welt •as Islington, Peutonville, Somer's Town, Clerkenwell,
and other parts of the town the effects of the gale were not less
severely felt. The effects of the high wind at the west-end of
the town were truly tremendous; a stack of chimneys was blown
down from the residence of Prince Esterhazy, Chandos-street,
Cavendish-square, and, falling on the roof of the adjoining house,
completely boat it in. Nearly the whole of the coping was swept
from the house of Lady Walsh, Upper Harley-street, and fell with
a tremendous crash. Nearly 500 cwt. of lead was torn away from
the Jerusalem Chambers, a part of Westminster Abbey, and
large masses of stone fell from the Abbey itself, and also from
St. Margaret's Church. Along the Great Western Road, tiles,
bricks, and chimney-pots wore strewed in every direction. and
persons walking along the more exposed parts of the road had
the greatest difficulty in keeping their feet. At Twickenham,
Hounslow, Teddington, Hampton, &c., great damage was also
stone. In Kensington-gardens and Hyde-park, nearly thirty
large trees were uprooted; among them was a venerable oak,
near the Halfway-house, which, though it bad stood the blast of
ages, was on Tuesday shivered, to pieces. From the country,
the accounts are equally bad. At Brighton, the greatest part
of the shops in the town were closed, and business completely
suspended. That beautiful structure, the chain pier, has ma-
terially suffered. There has been a heavy fall of snow at Bath
and in that neighbourhood, At Worthiug, Shoreham. Exeter,
Southampton, Rochester, Stroud, Ramsgate, Poole, Woolwich,
and Hastings, its effects have been seriously felt. At Birming-
ham, live or six houses, and a shoeing-smith's shop, occupying
a frontage td the street of about 100 yards, were swept down
level with the ground by an inunense body of water which had
escaped by the bursting of the old Birmingham Canal Wharf.
Near Miami's, we regret to state, a fatal accident occurred to
Mr. Fisher, the postman of the village, who, while engaged in
delivering his letters, was unfortunately killed by the fall of a
tree, Mr, George Trunks, guard of the Bath mail, gives par-
tictilars of a dreadful accident of which he heard at hlarle-
borough : three miles on the London side of Marlborough, near
Frucklield, a gentleman, with two ladies, was driving in a
phaeton, when, a tree falling, the back of the horse was broken,
and the gentleman and the elder of the two ladies killed on the
spot ; the other was seriously injured ; this happened in what
is called Maidenhead Forest. The Custom-house at Ports-
mouth, by the uptearing of numerous iron stanchions in its
fruntage, lies sustained serious damage.
The number of persons brought into the different hospitals in
the metropolis, who sustained injury during the late gale, is as
follows:—St. Bartholomew's, 12; London, 3; Guy's, 1; West-
minster, 3; North London, I ; Middlesex, 3; total, 33. Of
these two have terminated fatally, and three remain in a pre-
canoes state; but •the remainder arc in, a fair way of perfect
recovery.—Metropolitan Conservative Journal.
Pouts.—The hurricane of Tuesday morning was severely
felt here. Tiles were blown from houses in every part of the
town, many chimneys and garden walls were blown down; at
Heckford Perm 1.1 trees were levelled to the ground, as were
also the extensive sheds belonging to the rope and cable manu-
factory of Messrs. Major, Seeger, and Co.—Dorset County
Chronicle

DORCHESTER,--On Tuesday morning this part of the county
was visited by one of the most violent gales of wind ever ex-
perienced. l'or an hour it amounted to almost a hurricane.
Accounts have reached us from all quarters of darriage sustained ;
chimneys blown down; windows smashed; and trees levelled
every where; but happily we have no intelligence of serious
peigsnal injury having been inflcted.—lbid.
TAUNTON.—This morning (Tuesday) the town was visited
by one of the most tremendous hurricanes that has happened
for some years. • About 10 o'clock the wind suddenly increased
to a hurricane, and in an hour fifty or sixty houses wero in a
great measure.stripped of the tiles. and immense damage done
to many others. It blew in this manner fur about an hour, and
then gradually abated.—le,sl
FALMOUTH.—On Monday evening last it blew n heavy gale
from S.S.W., which continued all night. On Tuesday morn-
ing about a quarter-past eight, the wind suddenly shifted to
N.W. by W, and this neighbourhood was visited by a hurricane
or rather whirlwind, such as was never perhaps before expe-
rienced in this part of the world. In exposed situations the
most substantial houses were violently shaken, and from nearly
every house slates were blown away. In the main street a great
many panes of glass were broken on the easten side, by the
slates blown from the western. Two chimneys were blown
down, one at the residence of Captain Britton, in Stratton-
place, and the:ether at that of Capt. Truscott, R.N., on Bowl-
ing-green Hillaand in both cases the falling masses went through
the roof-, end individuals very narrowly escaped personal in-
jury. The violence of the gust stopped the town-clock at 20
minutes past eight, thus determining the exact time of its visit.
Its effects in the harbour wo have the satisfaction to add were far
less disastrous than might have been expected. Those who
witnessed its passage across the water describe the appearance
of the sea as truly horrific, the water having been caught up as
it were in one inmaense beds, of foam which hid the shipping
and the opposite shore front the view. Even Flushing could not
be seen across from Green Bank. A small smack about 30
tons, called. the Emma belonging to Mr. Willoughby, of Mew-
den parted her cables,
and was driven on shore near St. Mamas.
The Maine., packet, drew
her anchors, but sustained no damage.
The schbouer Alert, ang
Yeoman's Glory, which hadihnerPbeonwrysinnirticvaerrr,idedroave fowavualno the
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bows stove in.; both came in contact with the Solace. of Ply-
mouth, and carried away her yards. The schooner Violet, of
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requisite to cut away the Violet's mast, rigging, sails, &c. These
are all the casualties we have any account of, and we believe
all the rest of the shipping sustained no injurv.—Cornabion.
HeesTost, Nov. 29.—This morning our town was visited with
a tremendous hurricane, which has done considerable damage.
It commenced between seven and eight o'clock and raged with
great fury for about two hours. Several of the old houses,
having thatched roofs, are very seriously damaged. The slat-
ing from the houses in every street was blown about
like feathers, bet coming with greater violence against the
windaeis Of" othet houses caused great destruction, sesei.are
dashed nearly to pieces.—/hid.
Peatzsece. Nov. 3R—On Sunday night it blew a heavy gale
from S.S.E. to S.W. Several vessels parted their fast-ropes
in Penzance pier, but were made fast again without much
damage. Ott Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock, the wind
suddenly shifted from S.S.W. to N. W., and blew a hurricane
fur a short time ; the roofs of seine houses suffered much; tiles
were flying in all directions, so that it was dangerous to pass
the street. Two chimneys were blown down inClarence-street ,
the one of a new uninhabited house belonging to Mr. Robert
Stevens, the other, of a house belonging to Mr. Alexander
Berryman. In the latter case, the chimney fell through the
roof on the bed of Mr. B.'s daughters, who were just going to
rise, and it was with some difficulty they were extricated un-
hurt. I fear we shall hear of much damage both by sea and
land. The wind is now got back to S.W. and has every
appearance of a gale again to-night.—Thid.
DiseresssiNu SHIPWRECK.—On Wednesday night last,
about ten o'clock, the schooner Samuel, of Bristol, was totally
wrecked under St. Alban's Head, and the captain, John
Harvey, his son, John Harvey, and John Green, one of the
crew, were drowned. The vessel had left Waterford on Mon-
day morning laden with barley and oats, for Chichester and
Portsmouth, and rounded the Land's End with a fine wind
:from the N.W. on Tuesday morning. On nearing the Star
Point, on Wednesday morning, the wind began to blow very
hard, and, before night, increased to a gale, with a thick fog.
Time schooner passed Portland, the light being W.N.W., about
seven o'clock, and drifted ou towards the rock at St. Alban's.
On the vessel striking, the captain jumped overboard with a
line, but was dashed had foremost on time rocks. The boy got
jammed between the hawser and companion, and was soon
drowned, the waves beating right over time vessel. Green was
also drowned in attempting to reach the shore, and three only
of the crew were saved. The vessel immediately broke
Inquests have been held by J. S. Cope, Esq., coroner of the
Isle of Purbeck, and verdicts of " found suffocated and drown-
ed in the waters of the sea" returned.—Aid.
PLymourti, TuEsnAv.—lL has blown very heavy for the last
two days, and this ntorning, from eight to ten, it blew a perfect
hurricane from W.S.W., chitin which the barque City of
Edinburgh, bound to Van Dieman's Land, and the -brig
Aurora, for Marseilles, broke their anchors in the Sound, and
drove very near the rocks; the termer cut away her masts,
but they both ultimately brought up without striking. The
Prussian brig Juno got foul of the barque Jane in Catwater,
and esrried away her bowsprit; the weather, after ten, mo-
ders:emi, but new (fair rem.) it appears to tie earning on again,
lon,ss s very dirty night. In the !won. a II 11 ti! rnf
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