The New York herald., 1869-01-12

| becn very general. At rs greatest iorce, between
9s and ave oS9c os M
| foot ~ registered 0y the anenometerss rne wind
came chlely. from the southwest Towards might
| fail t shifted to the northwest with every lndica-
| ton II Q coutnuance OF stor ~ weather.. The ba-
rometer registered 2o0o0 The mercury stlll falling
repoTs tast gale has pre- Z aiel for the past sxty
| hours. with general rain Much damage W SHIP
ping may % 70 - 1e result s e ts
! British and Magnetic Telegraph Company llimtoD
| issued memoraldums 70 the eject that they were
Ca nber veil and peckham roads several houses were
partly unroofcd; and at Dulwich. Sydenham and
ross rosdwSys were strewn with broken branches.
| At about half-past three o'clock tremendous
storm Of rain, accompanied oy Lightning. SWEET ct
gusts OF wind terrific Except tho breaking of
few squares OF glass and the awnings OF Womb
wells Mensgerie bong blovn oH no damage 90
Tne brig Queen Of Britons, from Demerara, was
chans snd % BY che
steam tug having been ashore on the dirdor sands.
Captain Thompson OF the Thames, screw steamship.
from GrangemOuth, arrived In the river gives the
following report:-Left Grangemo lrh on Thursday,
at eleven r. H. In coming up the Shipway on Satur-
e sa' rnnns
quarter to len saw boat and hearing cries proceed.
ing from her; ssopped engines and backed; hailed
them line and with great difiiculsy got them out
Of the boat They proved g be the crew. nve In
Sunderland for London, which vessel had been lost
an hour before On Gunneet Sand. In pr00eed-
naea us sssns the vessel ahead Of er was sns
Ing, and had no boat steamed up slowly alongside
OF her, and they said they. were sinking. lmme-
out Of her. but after they got to her they would not
leave her but wanted ~ be t0wed up. steamed to
sT ana aeg WS vs e
boat como back another boat came alongside with
the captain and crew nine 10 number, ol sae brig
been lost on the Gunheet Sand about the same time.
Proceeded on our voyage, and arrived at Carron
Wharf sunday, 1880 A. NJ, and seat them ell to The
Well Street sailors Home. From
WDOLwTCH.
That on Sunday and yesterday strong gale has
been blowing at this por. At eleven 0 clock last
night the gale became hurricane, breaking vessels
from their moorings, sinking barges, nproot ng
common and other places, where the hurricane ha
an uninterrupted sweep children and fe males were
and ID failed W to make ieadsay aralast H. Horses
attached to vehicles also refused to face the wind
renort saws that the great Bermuda Dock moored at
Sharneet creek. Staagate creek, during tns gale on
sunday afternoon. again dragged ner ancaoIs and
drifted further up the ast creek a,1 report nom
Riyes an account OF another terrific gale with the
wind varying from south 20 south southwest taence
to west then back 10 south again. and nnaliy, By
sudden change, TO northeast, was blowing here al
day yesterday, with the accompaninlents Of some
the morning. Tue WIND blew with fearful force at
diierent times but with extraordinary vlo.encc iro
two TIL four AZ p,vxouru
A heavy west southwest gaze has been raying hero
during tue night and this morning. aud appears 20
be increasing The Green0ck bark Cabot, Captain
Rtchie from the Baltic with deais for Bristo, was
lying IN the sound witn both anchors down. Sne
ing; and while drting TO ecwafd fouled and carried
with her the brig Flying Cloud, Captain Evan, OF
Veases Went oa the Baea res and are ax
pected to prove total wrecks. Assistance was
pro mptly rendered, and every endeavor was made
running too hign. The wife and clld OF the captain
Of tns Cabot were brought ashore oJ Inc g,s o. the
both vessels were also rescued.
An account nom
dated Saturday night, saws that the only causaly Mt
present known there was tllat which has occurred
to the steamship Borussia, which mas Droksu her
matn shaft. she was bound nom New York to
Hamburg Is OF 2,4Oo tons and commanded by "a >
| tain Flasers. When about 7u0 miles westward 0f
Portland the accident occurred, In consequence of
| which she set sail and made up the Channel. ON
friday ieli IN with the steamer Great Yar-
mouth, bound for Havre VIII ch took her IN low; but
account Of the heavy sea which was then running,
tha towlnc broke and the Great Yarmouth was c0nl.
PEELED to leave her Before parting company, how-
i ever, the Great Yarmouth took OF the Borus-
sa's passengers and laniel the "A at Portland Gao
tain Navers asked these TO send somo tugs 10 MS
| assistance, and the Commodore, from Weymouth.
| immediately proceeded TO ner rescue. In the mean
time the borussia lad been orougnt up about three
miles south Of the Shanb.es llgntshIp. The WIND
|
the Commodore sne was safely anchored IN Portland
Roads. II the weather moderates the Commo i0l o
will tow the Borussia TO southampton, whero ner
SHAFT VIII be repaired A.
the hoods are higher ct the present time than for
cent 70 the Is,s and Cnerw eli are complse, cosersi
| Tor miles. CHRIST Church Meadow Is quite SUBJ
merged, the water encroachins upon the gravel path
Of that tavOrtto promenade In tue water walks OF
Mngdalen College the flood i9 also vSry nigh,
lans In the vicinity o. the New rarx are quite mum
meath the water and for some distance bc.ow Oxferd
the country iopxs ike one vast lake. Az the heavy
rams still continue II Is feared the water will
considerably higher IN the course OF the next few
days Al
building had been erected which S was intended to
| use as Q sunday school The place opened for
service for the fiBt time Aud IN the afternoon AIR.
John . Asnwor.a worth prsacned . sermon; There wers
hafpast two, and shortly Afterwards oae OF the
| dows was blown out by gust Of wind. But it ie
proceeded until dve minutes u four, when another
vlocnt blast lifted or the roof. he gae cad aud
crashci in upon the whole. a large nanser OF Der
| sons were buried beneath the deOrs, aud the work
OF extracting them occupied about IN hour and Y
half No person was killed, but number VI persons
were seriously injured. AZ
| BOLTON.
On Sunday, q good deal OF damage was done to
the property in the borough but sne ods In.
| jury tnat occurred was ut new Baptist chapel 10
course Of erection on 50. George road About noon
on sunday violent blast OF wind caught the build
| Ing, and entirely demolished Line wall on the veal
and most exposed side. The damage has pcen
| roughly estimated at fl,v0l
Reports IRON
| MANCHESTER AND SALPORD
state that the storm very severe thoss places
and THAT considerable damage 10 property resulted.
In the Macciesned district several cnlmlcy stacks
| were blown down ana portion Of tine wall OF tna
| Ardwick Cemetery was destroyed From
4 NOrriSoHAM
we learn that the storm was aso great there, and
tine fail Of mad Deen hcavy thai there COZ
siderable apprehension tnas there would DO al inua
dation.
/ LIVERPOOL
Was visited BY terrific storm from west TO north
west from an early hour on sunday up 10 d2ytiglt
yesterday n0rninS, aud the damage done 10 mousse
| property IL at present incacuiable. Between one
aud four O'Clock sunday the wIiI ew whole gale
| from northwest, accompanied by binding showers
Of rain and hai. Fortunately the RIVER was 40.
crowded with shipping. otherwise some d.sassro1s
accident might nave occurred As it ~, however.
/ one vessel had very narrow escape. The bark
| vioietta, whie being toved up to the Sloyne, was