The Late Storm.
The Times, 1824-10-19T00:00:00

The heavy rains which fell for some days previous to M onday lIst, and whIch continued during that day, caused the river Wear to swell toa tremondous height. Tn the immediate neighbourhood of this place(iDurhiam), in parti- xn lar, there was a great expanse of water, as the grounds adjoining the river, fromn their general flatness, present no obstacle to the smreading of the liquid element when once it overfl6ws its boun(darie. Every house in the lower part of the north sile of New Elvet. in this trtv and the comrnills, gardens, stables, &o., adjoining the river, were flodedel to the depth of several feet; but with one exception we are not avware that any material injury was done-the founidry of Mr. Chisman, near E1lvet-bridge, was filled with water, wvhich we understand did great damaec; ' and some large stoncs were washed rut of mne of the piers of tie bridge by the violence of the currert. In the neighbourhooi, howevcr, mnuch damuave was caused by the vashing away of mill-d.ams, wooden bridges, &c. and( Mr. Smith, ol the I,atrgle, paper-mills, is represented to have suStained a rather er-ious loss. Several farmers who had corn-stacks stand- ing within reacl of' the water. have also been suh'rers,_not that any. so far as we have heard, haye been washed away, but Lhat I:ey have been muchi injured by being so long in the water. The road at Sunderland_bridge was entirely covered with wa- ter so moch so as to prevent the Exmouth and HighRlyer coaches from arriving in this cits- until the following mornine, about twelve hours behind their usual time. The Express and Telegraph, how. ever, came in at the regular hour, although the water ran in at the bottom of the former coach as it was passing through. Neither was the mail retaided, as the flood had subsided considerably at the time sie passed Sunderland.bridge, at half-past three on Tuesday morning. The ExDedition coach was also detained by the overflov- itng of the river at t8hinclifle-bridgc Ott the Stockton road, andI did not reach this town until next morning. -We are happy to hear, great as have been the ravages ofthis flood, it has not been attended with any loss of human life in this vicinity, althlough a bov, who w.as amusing himself by catchinig water -wreck, 'rons a yard near Elvet-bridge. had a narrow escape from being drowned on Monday arternroon. He fell from a wall on whichl he was standing into the river, which was running with great velocity. He was unable to swim, but by severe struggling lhe kept himself above weater until another lad, who was in the yard. ran towards him, and succeeded in getting hold of iim by tire collar, and dragging him out, just as hC ws on the poia4t ot being swept awav. The wind dluring the (lay blev: aperfect hurricane fron the N.E. The loss of sirppirrng on the cost is truly lamentable, there being, as we are informed, ito less than seventy-two shipc on shore between the Humber and Holy Island..-Dtir1urhu Chlroriclr. YORK, Oct. 14.-In coinseqrtence of the very heavv rains that have fallcn within the last few days, our river (the Oure) has been swollen to an tinusual height, which has put many individuals to I great incoilvenience: indeed, such a flood has not beent experienced here for several years. Tire river over2flowed to suchi an extent, tirat 1North.street, Skeldergate, and other streets adjoining the river, were completely flooded, and thc inhabitants under the necessity of re- moving their furniture, &c., to tire upper stories of the houses. Se- veral of the gas-lamps adjoining the rtver were obliged to be lighted by means of a boat. Wec are inforut'ed that on Tuesday the wvater was fulil 21 feet above the ordinary level of the river. REDCAR, Oct. 13.-Redcar durinz the early part of this week wmas visited by one of tie most tremcndous storms ever known there. On Sunday the winri blew very hard, and continued all Mlonday. IF thie evering, aF express was sent from l ord Dundar, for the life. boat, as a vessel ofF AJarsk gave siznals of distress. The following nmorning about 20 ships came on sihore; tie life-boat was dragged to the Tees Mlouth, and inmmediately launched to the ship, calles tlre Friends, of London (but it is feared all on board perished), 's the crew were seen clinging to the rigging, which broke away from the ship. The men whio had the command of tire life-boat made a desperate effort to reach tire Neptrerre, comnmanded by Captain Jame- son, which hbd struck on the most dangerous part of the coast, called the South Knowle- The crew, 14 in number, were saved, and im.. mediately after the ship dtifted down the Tees, a complete wreck 'a fine boy, of the name of Chanmbers, only 14 years eld, was saved frinn a watery grave, by the gallantry of one of his brother sailors. A stnaller vessel was seen to go down with all iiands on board. Be- tween 20 and 30 vessels were on shore ofF Sexton, Hartlepool, and Redear, most seriously injured. The raies at the commcncementofthe pastweel, were exceedingly heavy in this neighbourhood, and we believe throughout this county; the rnads in many places were rendered impassable by the floods, and the low lands generally were inundated. Considerable damage was sustained ; the most material we have lieard of was the loss of 40 sheep by J. J. Farquharson, Esq., of Langton, in consequeuce of the rapid rise of the river Stour. The best grazing lands in So- mersetshire have suffered considerable injury, as an unusual quan- tity of the grass is at this time on the land, which is entirely spoiled for stock; the graziers will consequently be obligedI to have an early recourse to scrving their cattle with hay.-Sherborne Aferczery. Captain DaIzell, of the Eclipse steam-packet, brings accounts of a dreadful storm at Belfast, which began on Sunday aftemoon, and continued without intermission till Tuesday forenoon. AMuch damage wasdone t- the shipping, and tite Sally and Dwvarf catters were both wrecked, crews saved. A number of houses and trees were rlown down, and otherwise daniaged. The oldest pilots in Belfast declare that the violence of the storm exceeded any tliey ever before witness-d._.Gugow Chronick. TITE LATE STORI. I.