The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-07 00:00:00

The hurricane of Thursday night, in its ruthless progress
occasioned no slight alarm from the dreaded fall of chimney
stacks, and did considerable injury in the deracination of
toes, and the unroofing of houses. Antonin numerous ios
stances of its violence we glean the following : —The
Falmouth Mail, when within four miles of this city, w t
upset. the violence of the wind having produced suck ;
terror in the horse., that they refused to proceed, ant I
actually turned to go back, notwithstanding the efforts of
the coachman to restrain them. There were several pass
censers, but we hear that none of them received injury_
Mr. Clench, of the New London Inn, on hearing of the
accident, Inst no time in dispatching chaises to bring them
00. About 5D boats were drifted out to sea from Exmouth
and the river Eze. A magnificent else tree, opwarilts of
100 years old, the property of the Rev. U. P. Coaserat at
Brampford Speke, was torn up by the roots, and MI with
an astounding crash ; it happened :fortunately for rho
family, that it fell off front the lwase, near which it had so
long maintained its position, its height being considerably
greater than the tower of the chinch ; the branches were
of incredible bulk, and: the girth of the trunk 18 feet.—
Many of our readers will recollect the beauty of this ma-
jestic tree, and regret its downfall. Most of the market.
folks, on their way hither, yesterday morning, found the
roads obstructed by prostrate trees and overflown waters.
The roofs of some new houses in St. Sid well's, were blown
off ; and in other parts of the city considerable violence of
a similar, though minor nature has been occmoiened. Tim
waters of the Ese are much swollen, and a considerable
number of cattle have been drowned.— (Exeter Gazette )
The storm of Thursday night and Frio's)! morning- las-.
was felt here with awful violence, and the mischief it occ -
sionaid has been prodigioas. Between two and three.
o'clock on Friday morning, the wind, • which had been
I.:creasing in fury from eight Wie.:.clt the price ling night.
had attained its climax of violence, and was then accom-
panied by rain and a heavy fall of snow, which settled to
a depth of more than five feet in the cistern ports of. th:s
county, and completely covered the surface in every other
direction. The roaring of the elements, anti the incessant
fall of materials from the tops of houses kept mamy persons
in very painful suspense as to their per-oval security.
Several chimneys were partially thrown do en, and a
whole stack in the house occupied by the proiirietor of
tlis paper, fell with a frightful crash, carryieg before it
the roof, begot, and rafters of a I orge beiliromn, whip:fa
was instantly filled .tvith several tons weight of bricks anti
rubbish. Providentially, no out wls injured. Early in
the morning, the scene around this neigloloo was
extrein• ly distressing. The river 'Pane, which assumed
the rapidity of a torrent, had overflowed its banks an
the adjacent meadoies for several miles were inundated.
Several sheep awl a number of poultry were seed horn*
along by the current. The destruction cemasioned to the
trees is quite unprecedented. Very few orchards n
many miles rounu this town hove escaped the mischievous
visitation of the storm. Trees are prostrated is every direc-
tion, and many a farmer has to larce.:t a loss in this particatar,
which t will be unusually reminded of is Lie correvondinc
rilininutidn of his cider produce. Severe, however, so this in-
jury really ii, ills by no means so much to hr rezrelted as this
lereparalsle loss sustained by the possessors of family eit .tee.
whose grounds have been most lamentably denuded of eery
large portions of valushle ornamental timber. Thousattos of
trees, especially of elouS. have been torn up by the fury of iip.
gale, and many appear to be saappc I asunder in Vie middle of
their trunks. Lar.te Drenches are every where lying scitterc.l
at distances over the fields in which they grew. At Calsweit.
Sandhill, and lleathertoo parks the number of ni•ijes,ic trees
down is deplorably great. On the estate of E. J. Bsdaile.
Esq..considerahte damage lifts been done, and at Mr. Crosa's
at Mil eerton, nearly WO trees were blown down. A. Crosse.
Esq. of Bromfield, has also very extensively participated la.
this calamitous occurrence. Tom brick fields at Bridgewater,
ann those near this town, have lost several thousand newly-
formed briekt,end slooi instances of devastation numerously
present themselves to notiee.--(Tartntea Courier.)
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