, 1869-01-16
4 HURRICANE I'm ENGLAND,


IOt4 QH LIE AE q Af9AE Nk3KEUEA00 OF
FFupkrAy.
From our 1Ies OF English papers. received
Yesterday, NC hsye full accounts Of the dis.
at,spus gales which swept over England on
the 18th nit.
IL London tho wind blew with the strength
nf . hurricane. At noon, Chimney pots iu all
directions 1eW OF houses, elsu5oards were
blown down, and csnagr was done In various
ways to house property. At about half.p4st
s the force Of the wind was 10 great that the
he streets was rendered rery
onrds, nc, md other chI1aueSs, ETC., 1ail-
ing round them. II is estimated that at least
about 100 persons were injured In the streets,
and 9: nc Of The cases werc of such serious
nature that death Elll probably result. In
all pafta Of the metropolis the dama2c doae
evidence Of the fearful ioree Q. The wind. In
the suburbs, where the wind had greater
p1ty, outhouBes, conseryAtories Pud other
buildlugs, which could hardly b. expected to
resist tho forca Of such wluu. were dc.
<troyed ot greatly damaged, and in one case
killed By the falling of ma. srials.
In The Regents Park and Hyde PARK,
which aru more expose thau the others, sew
ernl 1css wero MuTn duwp, nnd other dau-
sse done. This, however, bore no compsn-
sun with what was witnessed IN Rte lmond
Park, Hampton Court, and other royal
property. Il L. sta1ed that At the IL ter
pisces such = destructive atortn has not been
sxperienccd for many ye-rs. the grouod De-
lns nteTxlly covered with b, ,krn rr1uches
Ttrsed By the rail .ays, cottages were uu-
cooled, haJatxcks md bArna blown down,
and great damage done.
Al Battessax about one hundred houses
were eerisuslJ damaged. at Huntington
great damage was done to hause pronsrtv.
1pH n In RI
aud eastern disIicta of the metro polls great
damage va also done, and m1 = Persons
were ueated It the hospital for Injuries oc:
ca5ioned By tac wind.
At a coffee house in The stsand, EhiIe sew
eral personA were seated At oltpe7, heavy
1himneJ-pot fell ihruuzh I class sky-ltRht
and allghted on the head Of one OF tao per
sons. whs, although wounded, HAl rot &c.
TeFely injured The sky-lght .a.. hlweysr,
dest.oJsd, the debris cnvsrir2 the table be-
ucalh.
Tbs extensive bin postlnr station at the
corner ot Wchoer to~, Biacktri- II Road,
vas blown completely dowl by sudden aud
Tiolent gust Of wind, the timber supports
being shisessd In pieces like la.hs; the
boarding fell acroes the pavement, and several
passenger passing At the m,'ms4t wcrc
knocked down BY the falling timber, and
more or less tujured By cats aud 0 uises.
In Liverpool tcvcsat foot Passengers had
very narrow escapes from falling cnlmnes.
3ioe.lr, Seaforth, Waterloo, Crosby, Sc.-
the damago done wAs very extensive,
:s~v,eral houses In. course Of erection
Lad portions Of thur WALL mud
and hothousea snd 'eonssr7l,o'ies nad .hcif
f.as. roofs and door smashed IL. Tac Gu.
rard mail steamer China, while on her out
Fard voyage TO New Tori ran doEn the
pilot boat 40. 2, Captain r1i.cna{d. OF the
northwest lightshlp. The weather was very
n nA Z,
~as though. that about eight OF ten pilot.
were drowned. Although the boat WAS
cut down alnolt to the wate.'s edge, she
kept shoat. and wat brought back to the
Gsrssy; Twelve Of the pilots Climbed on
board the Coina. ana were carried ~ Qupeus,
town: Two OF The pilots, George brook.
and Ihomas Lee. in enteavor,ng 70 get on
drowned.
Many parts of Eottiueh.mshsre. Leicester
thtfe and Deroyshtre arc completely flooded
In some places the water Il eeveral fect deep
A. Sheffield tue gale was attended By con
Iiae1abie distraction Of pronrty aad s,m:
!oes Of LIE. Two nen employed IL execut-
1nF repairs 1t Mes41t. Camnell's works, a.
Gslmesthorpe, wcre killed bT rnc fall Of tnt
wrought tron roof Of a large she'd Thel.
bodies wefr horribly mutilated. a numbe,
OF other Mm who mad been employed with
@thfn tad fortunately Just lcit OF work vher
The Hce4dept happened. Al New Grtmes
y
EARLY IN the morning two bedrooms In .ht
house Of hf. Brown, = teler, which were bpi1i
over m archwAy, fell into the yard below
with fearful crash. There wcrc seven chill
d1en and young parsons sleeptaE iu shs
rooms, aad although thty sustained SON.
brultes not oee o1 them was hurt Ut all seri
onsly. The hed.teadA WERE Sun ashcd K
plectG, and the foomt are mass of ruins
Other houses In tho same ncighbor
hood wtru destroyed or damaged.
dslc. The wind blew II lehr1ui Gusts In tht
streets. In new etreet OF Sp1ilend road I
row. Of houses had Just been comsiettd
audtHo Of them were 70 constructed u +
ansWer tho purpose Of Sunday school
Ar. Bea*icf. oI Manchester. was The eon
and Mr.. Waits, schoo1naEter, were The own
e1, And had opened the school under th
sanction OF tho Wc-lcyan body, to a*ce1tAh
ifapew school IN that part Of the tom
would answer. Il not, The building wEs se
eonatsucic ted that anI time It cpuld be AsteEei
into two houses. IN SUNDAY The place va
opened for serrlee for the nfs; time. aud IL
atteruoos Mr. John Alhworth, authos ol tnt
Strange Talet,' preached = scEmou. Their
Terc present zbont 400 persons. The sersie'
@ Msan Al htlfPa.t TIVE, and shoEn!
out b. Gus. Of wind. Little police was takes
oin, and the ncrtlce proceeded until fte nln
u1e. 4: four, when another violent bias
heaFed up the roof. tbs gahle cod tetl in, ans
Ils Two slde walls fell inNuds, after whicl
aac roofczzshed In upon thr Who'll E. A dis
sreesfnG eceuc Of confusion and horror en-
sued Bono huudrtda OF the unfortuont,
persons managgcd to creep out from unde
the decTts. but large number were bur{et
beneath. and thelr {. Ie. for hclr wcrc pltc
ous 70 heaT. Those that had escaped aux
lne ns19noofs hesolcallJ pulled a~aY thl
fallen Timber ana ur'cka, sud gradually re
leascd the unfortunate person-. 10 Iar a
could be e.crsta.ned Al The :lrno. no pcrto
was killed, bat scores were se.Iously il
jured.