Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-07
Storms in Great Britain.


Charles Reade's graphic description
of a food in his latest novel has been
pronounced exaggerated. But the
accounts we have of storms prevail
ing in England in the early part of
July, show that the novelist did not
exceed bounds. We hear of valleys
being inundated, of bridges washed
away, and of immense destruction OF
property as well as loss of life. Let
the following suffice as an Instance.
1t is taken from the London Standard
of July 18th:
A terrible thunder storm, followed
I by heavy floods in the rivers, swept
over Lancashire yesterday afternoon,
and caused extensive damage to
property and the loss of several lives.
The storm travelled southwark, and in
the northern district of the county the
ravages it caused were confined to the
immediate beds of the rivers and the
flooding of low-lying lands. The
food broke upon the valley above
TOdmorden, however, with IS much
~suddenness and impetuOsity as if a
water spout had burst upon the hill
tops. A party~of cricketers engaged
ina match on the river bank were COM
PEELED to flee for their lives, so sudden
was their ground inundated. Almost
i~ncalcuIable damage has been done to
the mills built on the banks of the
stream and supplied from it. In one
OF two cases dwelling houses were
partly washed away. In one an aged
widow, observing the sudden rise of
the water, sent for assistance, but be-
fore il could reach her she was
drowned in the rising tide, or killed
in the crash of the falling house. A
man named Thomas ButterwOrth
was eBdeavOring to escape with two
of George GOOdaIl's children at Ratten
ClOugh, when about to climb over a
wall into the turnpike road and
thence into the shelter of the wood,
the wall was washed down upon him.
He was carried across a field about
three hundred yards, where he was
found insensible, and the two children
were not with him. The devastation
at Ratten ClOugh is great, the road
being completely blocked up with
stones and debris. The bodies of both
the children have been discovered,
and also that of the widow, Mary
Greenwood, which latter was found
about five hundred yards from her
home, entaDglrd with a lamp post,
and terribly mutilated. Two coal
pits are blocked up in Delesgate. At
Bacup there was also a flood, a large
amount of property being submerged
to an average depth of seven feet.
The amount Of damage done at Bacup
is estimated at between ESQ, 600 and
eIO0, 900. Special trains to-day ron
10000 fknrrunwa1 Of 1noOfE4nRa fn tho
scenes of the disasters at Tod
mOrden and Bacup. The town of
Rhymney was also visited by a ter
rife thunder storm yesterday, and a
reservoir, which is situated about two
miles from the town and supplied the
district with water, overlooked. The
embankments gave way and the whole
body Of water rushed down the val
ley, sweeping everything before it; a
farm house washed away, and all the
farm buildings and stock. a man
and two children were drowned. The
houses two miles distant from the
reservoir were flooded and damaged.
The amount of property destroyed is
very considerable.
Italy issto keep order in Rome after
the withdrawal thence of the French
troops. Infallibility, in this event,
will hardly keep the Holy Father in
Rome to assist in the reception of
Garibaldi and Mazzini.
To obtain a good nights sleep,
sponge the entire length of the spine
in hot water tor ten or fifteen minutes.
This will reduce the circulation, quiet
the erVo system and induce sleep
better than any drug.
The Newark Courier says that
80 Joseph Jefferson, the celebrated
comedian, is experimenting on what
he knows about farming at HohOkus.
AS a farmer he is thought to be about
the equal Of Rip Van Wrinkle"
Red river correspondence indicates
that Fort Garry is the dullest neigh
borhOOd imaginable at present. The
sudden peace that accompanied the
acceptance of the Manitoba act has
left Riel and his eoadjutors nothing TO
do but await patiently the arrival of
the Canadian expedition.
: The Emperor Napoleon wears but
one ring, containing a valuable anne
thyst, which General de Beauharnois,
after being imprisoned during the
Reign Of Terror, sent to nus VIE jose
Dhine. Queen HOrtense wore this
ring after the death of Josephine, and
I,o1is Napoleon has had it on his hand
ever since his mothers deatn. so
"a The mean temperature at Lookout
Mountain Institute, for July, was so,
maximum temperature, 930, minimUm
temperature 69'.l Mean hight of ba-
rometer, for July, 2s.31 in; maximum
do. $3.50 in. ; minimum do 28.18 in.
We are indebted for these figures to
MI. G. G. Carpenter, Superintendent
Of the Institute. - W nont99
JFhsnA- Ed To ttuAssA Ai
% 5Il