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IMMENSE LOSS OF PROPERTY ON THE
THAMES.
[From tlio ' Liuidau Wookly Uospnldi,' Oot. 2l,]
On Sunday night the wind blew a perfect hur
ricane, which continued to rago long after day
break. ' The nmount of damage done on the
Thames and its banks by tho tempest cannot bo
precisely calculated, uut It must ue enormous.
Still the greatest extent of tho mischief was not
realized until Monday afternoon, wlien tho build
ings on each side of the river were visited with
one of tho most destructive inundations within
tlio memory of the oldest of their occupiers or
owners. Tho extraordinary spring tide- of March
1828, which did so much damngo to tho conti
guous wharfs and forced down cmbnnkmenrB nnd
walls was 'nt lenst 18 inches lower than that of
Monday, and was much less disastrous in its
elVccta. It was not exceeded, even Uy the inunda
tion of tho year 1821, when a most frigtbful loss
occurred. In tho morning, nt about half-pnst 1 1
o'clock, tho time of low water, the river had. ebbed
so low that at parts It was nearly fordablo, and
some of the smdlcr stcamcre abovo the bridge
wore actually for a time prevented from proceeding
up tho river by getting aground. At about half
past 1 o'clock the tide was observed to rise in the
most rapid manlier, nnd it continued to do so
until an hour before high water, when it became
evident that it must overflow the banks, and in a
few minutes the fenrs of the inhabitants proved to
he too well founded. According to the tide
tables, high water nt London-bridgo was fixed at
one minute pnst 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but
fully an hour before that time tho rapid rise of tho
water gave indication of tho result, nnd, conse
quently, preparations were made nt aevcrnl of the
wharfs nnd warehouses on both sides of tho river
to remove much valuable property from Inevitable
destruction ', but in too many instnnccs ill-advised
delay occasioned n vnat destruction of goods on
tlio wharfs and in tlio warehouses nnd ccllnrs
along the hanks of the river, which ultimately
presented n scone of confusion arid nlarm. At 3
o'clock tho river had flowed above Its common
?level, nnd the water began to rush into the cellar
and underground apartments. Many people, oc
casionally subject to these visitations, used no
cflbrts to stem tho torrent, but soon afterwards,
when the water began to tlow over the adjacent
wharfs and jetties, the greatest consternation pre
vailed. At 4 o'clock, the whole of the Iligli
strect, Wnpping, from Wapping Old Stairs, op
posite tho Rectory- house, to New-lnne,' Shntlwcll,
presented the appearance of a canal, nnd the water
llowing along tho numerous courts and alleys
with which this street is Intersected drove from
the lower part of their tenements the inhabitants,
who removed with such portions of their fur
niture as they could save to the upper rooms.
Several boats commenced plying for hire in the
main street, and the watermen conveyed a number
of passengers to nnd from vnrious houses.
All tho approaches to the Thames Police-office
Court were cut olf, ami Mr Hroderip, the Magis
trate, directed wherries to be put in requisition to
convoy suitors and witnesses to and from the
Court, nnd several boat-loads were brought from
different places nnd taken back again in the sninc
wny after their cases were disposed 6f. The whole
of tho cellars, parlours, nnd shops In Wnpping
strcut, Great Ilermitnge-streol, Gravel-lnnc, nnd
about one hundred other streets and alleys leading
out of the main streets, were under water soon
after four o'clock, and merchandise of .the most
valuable description, ship's stores, furniture, and
other property, lloatlng about involved in ono
common disnster. The tide rushing over tho
wharfs cnrrlud away everything before It, nndgnngs
of labourers were employed, up to their knees in
water, rolling away casks and removing bales to
higher grounds. At llnrrison's wharf, St. Ca
therine's, the inundation has made sad havoc, and
washed away much of the new work, nnd injured
the buildings lately erected on this fine property.
The I.tuth and Glasgow wharf was, for the flrst
time for forty-one years, inundated, and property
to a large damaged and washed away, At
Harrison's wharf, many casks and bales of sugar
were deposited, and the water has laid waste a
great deal of the property. In the cellars of the
public-houses, the torrent, raising the empty casks
and puncheons, forced up the Huors of the bars,
tnp-rooms, and parlours, and washed away ale,
beer, and spirits. The houses which liavesullcrcii
mo3t at Wnpping are, the Town of Itamsgnte
Tavern, at Wapping Old Stairs j the Watermen's
Arms, Wnpping New Stairs ; tho lilack Hoy, kept
by Mr. Brown, opposite, whose gas-meter wns
destroyed j the Ship, Execution-dock, where Mr,
Johnson, the landlord, and his family, were ob
liged to retreat to the lend- roof over the parlour;
the White Swan, opposite, nnd numerous others.
The ship biscuit. bakers nnd granary-kecpers In
this quarter are also great sufferers. Tho water
extended to tho house of Mr. Pelhnm, the solicitor,
in Old Grswel-lane, 400 yards from the river ; and
It appears that nn infant child of Mr. Pcllinm, which
was left In a cradle in one of the parlours, had a
very narrow escape. The mother saved it. Coming
down stairs about half-pnst four o'clock, she found
tho wntcr had entered tho parlour, nnd the cradle
was afloat, with the child in it asleep, and quite
unconscious of its danger. The excitement nmong
the poor people in the neighbourhood was extreme,
and parents were going about in all directions
seeking for their children who were missing, and
who, they were fearful, had been swallowed up by
the Hood.
A young woman, named Caroline Hunter, living
on the ground floor of No. 9, I'lough-nlley, hnd a
narrow escape. She remained so long In the
house that retreat by the door was rendered Im
practicable, and she clung to the upper sash of the
window for upwards of half-nn-huur, screaming
most pitcously, the tide being rapidly gaining on
her. At length a lad named John IJrander, aged
fifteen years, with humanity that does him great
credit, and which ought to be rewarded, stripped
himself in a stable in Great Ilcrmitngc-strect, nnd
Instantly entered the water and succeeded in reach
ing the window, agninst the outside of which a
ladder had been previously placed. lie speedily
broke open the window, nnd the poor girl, Hunter,
got out of her watery prison in a very deplorable
condition, and, by means of the ladder, succcccdeiP
in reaching the second floor of the house in safety.
A large brick wall near tho centre of the alley) on
tbe right from Great llermltnge-strect, was washed
down with a tremendous crash, but fortunntcly
no persons were hurt. In Crown-alley all the
houses on iKe ground-ttoor were also flooded, and
several of the inmates had nanow escapes. At
high water, tho depth at the entrance of tho St.
Katherino's Dock was thirtyonofeet.
The following wharfs were inoro or less flooded :
Aberdeen, Deal's, Hlack Lion, Cnrron, Chamber
lain's, Cotton's, Downo's, Dublin, Pennine's,
Grlftln's, Gud and Shot, Harrison's, Hartshorn
(Excise) May's, Ilore's, Leith nnd Berwick, I.elth
nnd Glasgow, Scovell's, St. Goorgu's, Stanton's
Lower, and Topping's. Owing to tho flood,
Tyrrell, tho general postman, was unable to col
lect letters In Wapping in tho evening.
At four o'clock In tho nfternoon, the trains dis
continued running on tho Dlackwall Hallway, In
consequence of tho railway being overflown at the
Dliickwall terminus, and this circumstance gave
rise to many vnguo and unfounded rumours. The
neighbourhood of Blackwall nnd the adjoining
mnrshes were under water to a great extent, nnd
In mnny places tho tide rolling In washed uway tho
embankments, nnd Inundated tho low lands. The
shlp-bulldlng yards of Messrs. Ditchburn and
Mare, Wlgram and Green, and others, were over
flowed, and everything was soon afloat. The
water (lowed over tho Ulaukwall wharf on to the
railway, and It was Impossible to run the trains with
any degree of surety, Tho trains wore not started
again during tho rcnwlniler of tho day, nnd nu ?
morons and anxious enquirers repaired to tho
stations to ascertain tho extent of tha ilnmnrrn.
uii me wnoio oi too norm stuo or the river below
the bridge, with tho exception of the pier-heads of
tho various docks, tho Thames overflowed tho
banks, The Tower and Custom-houso wharfs
wero under wntcr, nnd they scorned to form port
of tho river. Tho tido flowed to tho Inner walls
of tho Tower, filling tho cellars of tho Gold ehnln
and Stone-kitchen public-houses, nnd tho visitors
wero for some time conveyed In cnbs nnd conches
to nnd from tho armouries, Dnrkhouso-lane, 1111
ngsgnte, nnd Nicholson's whnrf, wore nlso over
flowed i nnd tho laborers nt tho latter plnco, with
Mr. Nicholson, Jun., nt their head, wero kneo
docp In water romovlng tho valunblo mcrchnndlso
away. Tho accounts from Shadwell and Mmo
houso, in tho low situations, nro very distressing.
The rising of tho wnters lms Injured tlio whnrfs to
n sorlnus extent i numbers uf tho poor Inhabitants
nvo rendered hauBeluRB by this delugo i tenements
nnd sheds hnvo been knocked down i nnd vnrious
casualties, Homo attended with injury to persons,
too numerous to pnrtlunlnrlxc, hnvo occurred.
Tho niipcaranco or thp river oil' lllnckwall wan
magnificent, being, within two or three Inches, on
n level with tho pier, nnd stiottihlng to n consider
able dwtanca on tho nnpoMta side, Mmw of tho
ilpa that were Uiidnr repair In tho different docks
iiIoiib tho Hvor wore lot wllaat, cnuslng a ijicwt
cuufusluti.
At Rochester and Strood the coast appeared
like a fair, crowds of people being employed in
bnling wntcr out of their houses by pnilfuls. So
veral fields wero entirely under water. At Graves
?end, one of the streets was knee-deep, boats being
able to be rowed along ; nnd in this stntc were
the different villngcs on tho hanks nil the wny up
tho river. Uroinlcy nnd some of the adjoining
parishes were Hooded,
The extensive rope-grounds . of Enderby, nt
East Greenwich, wero completely under water,
which had forced the embankment. The Grccn
which murslicH.in the occupation of Messrs. J. nnd
T. Wheatley,' the oxtensivo conch peopriotors,
were covered with one' sheet of wnter. The
borough of Greenwich, from the WnteriYinn's Pier
towards the church, a distance of 400 feet and
upwards, presented n stream deep enough to float
a large boat, nnd in tlio space of half nn hour all
the cellars, kitchens, nnd lower premises, were
filled with water. Tlio market-garden grounds
belonging to Mr. I-Inrgrave, a county Mnglstrnte,
were in a like condition, anil many of thu arches
of the Greenwich Railway might be pnssed through
In boats. Dcptford-ercek, Dcptford-brldgc, nnd
the houses on the south-side of Blackhcnth-rond
were Inundated, nnd tho Hood reached the parlour
doors of a vast number of houses. In nbout nn
hour the tide hnd visibly declined, when hundreds
of persons were employed In bailing the water
from the shops, ccllnrs, und kitchens, in Dcptford
nnd Greenwich. Several bakers' shops in Church
strcct, Greenwich, hnvo suffered severely. Much
flour has been damaged or spoiled, and vast
nunntitics of other nroncrtv rendered unsaleable'.
Un Monday, at twelve o'cIock, ns lour men in n
boat were weighing a kedge anchor, tho wind
blowing n severe gnlo, the bont upset, nnd one
man immediately sank to rise no more ; the other
three managed to keep nbovc wnter until the
watermen's boats put off from the Greenwich
pier, nnd rescued them from nn untimely death.
The ship iind arrived from tho Baltic. Several
other boats put off with drags to scniich for tbe
body of the drowned man, but ufter four hours'
exertions were unsuccessful in their endeavours.
On the soutli side of the Thames every house,
warehouse, nnd whnrf, from tho Platform, Lower
rond, Dcptford, up to Nine-Elms, Uattcrsen, was
inundated, nnd In scvernl places the wntcr ex
tended to very little lew than n-quartcr of n mile
in shore from low-water mark. From the Cus
tom-houso to Hlackfrinrs-Bridgo about twenty
bnrges were sunk, nnd ono londed with twenty
eight tons of conls wns actually blown over just
below London-bridge, Shortly nftcr thrc; o'clock
the water at the Platform nnd Parndisc row, llo
thcrite, passed the marks of any previous high
tide. Thu whole line of whnrfs in Tooloy-street
at one time looked marc like wet docks ami basins
of wnter than places for the deposit of dry goods,
which were to be seen floating nbout und coming
in contact with ench other, to the horror of the
wharfingers. The same Bpcctacle presented itself
on the west side of London-bridge, nnd in a short
time tho extensive whnrfs of Aldcrmnn Humphery,
tho grnnnries in Montngue-close, the flour whnrfs,
nnd the premises of Messrs. Hnrclny and Perkins
were approached by tho wntcr, which, in spite of
every precnution, worked its wny into the cellnrs
nnd ground floors ; in the floors of mine the
water readied such n height as to cause tho sneks
of flour nnd pockets of hops to flont nbout. At
one period n considerable portion of tho Borough
mnrkct wns covered with wntcr, while every house
nlong l)nnl-8l(lc nnd the numerous courts, nil of
which nrc inhabited by working men, wero literally
filled with wnter. It reached Holland-street, and
soon filled the lower part of Pcllatt's glnss manu
factory, nnd extended in thnt direction hnlf-wny
down Mollnnd-strcet. It wns nbout three feet
in depth upon the other side of Pcllatt's, which
is Green-Street, and reached ns far as Edward
street, a distance of upwards of two hundred
yards from the usual margin. Gravel Lane,
Union-'strect, presented a singular nppcarnnco,
particularly Kwer-street, one end of which opens
in Grnvcl-lane, and the other in Union-street.
The doors of most of the houses ni-e in general
open, nnd tho consequence wns tho lighter articles
of furniture came floating out of the houses Into
the street. Several of tlio police were, however,
sent by Mr. Yates, the Inspector, from Southwnrk
bridge road, and prevented the goods from chang
ing hands. In Union-street wntor filled tho cellars
and shops of about eight houses situated opposite
the monument public house. In Upper Ground
street a singular sight wn3 to bo seen, that pait
towards Blnckfnira-rond bains covered with water,
ns well ns the cellars of the houses opposite: those
in Prince's court, nbout thirty in number, suf
fered very severely, from the circumstance of tlio
buildings being situated In n hollow. The middle,
or nearly the lower end of tho Commercinl-rond,
csenpod, from its being the highest part of the
Wall nnd Marsh Liberty, and when the wnter wns
nt tho highest, it looked like n smnlL island. The
inhabitants of tho Belvidere-rond, formerly Ped
lar's-ncre, were not so fortunate, for hero the water
ran down with grent impetuosity, nnd was from
three to four feet deep; beingfed from Copeland's
timber wharf, adjoining thnt of Messrs. Peto nnd
Gris.icll. It came through thcgatc3 ns if forced
out by some powerful engine; n vast portion found
its way to Kdwnrd-street, Vine-street, and the
York-road, where, however, it was not moro thnn
from eighteen inches to two feet in depth. Grent
injury was sustained in Prlncc's-plnco, n now
neighbourhood. contninltiK nbout twenty houses.
lliero the bods, bedding, &c, were completely
saturated, nnd of course some of the houses in the
York-road nnd facing Goulding's brewhouse, and
bounded by the Waterloo-road on the north side,
was likewise filled. Tho kitchens of the houses
in the Commcrcinl-rond to Stnmford-Btreot, did
not escape. Beforo proceodigg to describe the
nppenranco of things further above tho bridge, we
may mention that the large warehouses nnd grnn.
aries In Bermondscy and Hoarsley-down were
lntely crnmmed with foreign corn, brought Into
the port of London nt the low duty, nud mnny
thousands of quarters in the lower floors hnvo
been Injured by the rushing hi of the tide. The
streets here were so covered by tho torrent, thnt
the wntermen coming over tho ancient ferry from
Execution-dock, were compelled to row their pns.
scngers across Elephant-stak's pnylng-place, over
Rothcrhlthe-strcct,nnd dowuElcphnnt-lane, before
they could land them. Grent apprehensions were
crented for the wifety of tho Thames Tunnel. Tho
shnft by which visitors descended wns surrounded
with wnter, but precautions wero taken by tho
engineer to prevent an irruption. The stenmcn
ginc wns kept nt full play, nnd no harm was done
to tho works.
On the City side tho water washed the steps of
Fishmonger's hall nt London -bridge. At tho
Steel-yard Wharf near Calvort'tf brewery, for the
first time these twenty yenrs, n bont came up with
pnsscngcra from tlio river to tho Suffolk Ale Stores
during tho afternoon, for tho purpose of tasting
the Alej nnd Mr. Burgess, tho landlord of the
Stcel-ynrd public house, in Thames-street, was
convoyed from his own house to the usual boun
dary of tho river in a wherry, and came back the
sarao wny. Tho whole of the lower part of West
minster was inundated. If Parliament had been
sitting the Members could only hnvo reached the
two Houses In honts, for Pnlncc-ynrd nnd tlio nd
acent streets were under water nnd tho floor of
Weatinlnster-lmll wns nlso overflowod. It is re
corded thnt the Thames rose su high nt Westmin
ster in the yenr 1235, thnt tlio lawyers wero
brought out of law courts hi boats. A similar
occurrence happened 1730. Fortunately the
courts of Inw wero closed on Mondny, or tho
gentleman of the legnl profession would havo been
put to a htmllar Inconvenience.
Tho whnrfa nt Hungerford wero under wnter.
Cannon-row hnd become n brook or rivui. Mil
bank-strcot nud the streets leading to It wero bo
high with wnter that ut last liorxcs, canlnges, and
carts, could scarcely got alrniif. Tor foot passen
gers those places wero for n long time wholly im
passiblo, Tlio lower premises na well aa tho
mrlours of tho houses on tho river sldo of Mll
hunk-strccr, wero flooded, nnd to show the ox.
tent nnd height to which tliu wnter flowed In, It
tnny bu mentioned thnt nu oil shop nt tho corner
of VIno-streot, which It reached by nsccndlng two
steps abova n IiIkIi unvoment, wiw Hooded aomo
two or threo Inches. Along Mllhnnk row, tho
rond nud footnnth wero Impassible ns regard* ne
doHtrnlns) unit not only wero kitchens flooded, but
tho wntor hnd pnsscd Into gardens, nnd formed so
mnny lakes. At tho corner of llolywoll-strnpt n
vory huge public houso sulfured Immenaclyt tho
wnter having filled tho ccllnrn containing eiuka of
beer, nlo, whip, spirits, &c\, tho whole of which nro
how under wn'er. Kvcn the rond lending by tho
l'onltentlnry on to VnuxlmlUbrldno wns for sumo
time Impassible, except for enrrln({us nnd horse
men, the homes bolug In mnny phicua nmro tlinn
(iieo-dfpp. Thin Imuk would luwo been spnrcil
hut thnt tho (ivci'llowlitf! of tlio rivet1 nuvdu IU wny
through tho Iron gnto fronting the eiitrnneo to tho
Mlllmnk PeiiltcnUuryi nnd tho extent of thu llood
ng there tuny tin Illumined,. when It In stated that
tlio wntcr reached, nud slightly punned under tho
tho pilHon g/ttoR, nnd rusdiod down to thu stouo
wluufi iiml iiiiulict gimk'iiu BuiTouiulliig tho l'oul
cntlury,
On tha opposite bank of this part of the river,
namely, nt Lnmbeth nnd up to Vnuxhidl, tho ef
fects wero equally diansterous. The Wansworth
rond from Vauxhnll turnpike wns flooded, nnd
only passable by carringes, &c. And tho like was
the case in front of tho station nonr the London
nnd South-western Rnilwny terminus j nnd just
a9 tho tide wns at its height, nnd consequently
when the surrounding ronds were most (tootled,
was the time for the nrrlvnl of one of tho trains.
It came in nnd brought mnny pnsscugers, nnd It
was rather nn extraordinary sight to see them
wending their wny nftcrwards in tho enrringes nnd
dnmlliussos, Bplnsliing through tho streams formed
in roads. The wntor entered several of the cnbs,
as tho tloors of mnny of them nro lower than the
usual enrringes. The consternation nnd nmtize
mont thnt every where- existed nre Indescribable.
Kcnnlngton-oval and Old Vnuxhnll suffered ex
tenalvely.
At tho gardens of Brunswick-house, formnlly
the residence Of tho Duke of Brunswick, the wall
by the aide of the river was washed away at the
ebbing of the tide. Tho wnter overflowed the
gardens ; and when returning Into its natural
channel, pressed so heavy agninst the wall that it
i?nvo way, nnd tho whole fell into the Thames.
Tho houses In Fore-street, Lambeth, which nre
chiefly occupied by fishermen nnd their families,
wero Hooded from three feet deep, as were nlso
those In Church-street. The churchyard wns nlso
inundated. The contents of the wnrchouscs of
tlieSouthnmptan Railway Coinpnny, nt Nine Elms,
hnvo sustained Injury to n g-ent nmount. The
wnrchouscs wero filled with n vnricty of goods In
grent quantities, and also n grent number of calves
nnd sheep, many of which were drowned before
they could be got out, tho tide flowing with such
rapidity thnt tho grent exertions made were not
sufllcicnt to save them. Tho flood entered the
workshops, putting n stop for the time to nil opc
rntions. Tho Itnilwny Tnvern had several inches
deep of wnter on the ground floor.
At Stungnto, the flood commenced nt Messrs.
Senrlo's, nnd flowed thence to Crosier-street, Pn
Inco New-rond, nnd Bishop's-walkY'nnd thence to
Vauxhall. In Bishop's-walk were to be seen se
veral lionts rowing to nnd from tho steam-bonts
with passengers. At tills part of the water side
the houses lie low, nnd the consequence wns, the
cellars nnd ground-floors were speedily filled, tho
inmates tnkin,; refuge in the upper stories.
Great fenrs were entcrtnincd for n great number
of cnttle grnzing in Bntterscn-fielrls, the wnter
bnving made wny over the bank, which in tills
part Is considerably nbove the level of the lnqd.
The prevention of tbe flooding of the meadows
mny be attributed to n number of people preparing
themselves with shovels and mnking n temporary
embankment nt tho vnrious inlets. They were
occupied in this way till the tido had sufficiently
ebbed so as to prevent further danger. '??
Bnttcrsen-bridgc wns supposed to be in n critical
stntc, ns the wntcr at each end readied to the road :
no emit larger than n small lishmg-boat could pnss
under cither arch nt tiio time of high wnter. The
Red House suffered severely. The well-known
pnthwny by Tuggy's mill, which lends to tho Surrey
side of Bntterscn-bridge, wns under wnter j nnd it
wns nt one time thought the inhabitants of the
lied House must be prisoners till the tide turned.
Just nbove the house, on tho same side, the water
forced itself over the banks into the meadow
below.
At Chelsea the Inhabitants were no less sufferers
thnn their neighbours lower down the river. The
stenm-hont passengers could not land at the Old
Swan Pier ns usunl, nnd were conveyed in skid's
from the vessels, nud landed through the windows
of n mnlt-housc adjoining.
At Ilungerford-mnrket the passage to thesteam
bont pier wns cut off, the end which is nttnclied to
the quay being completoly under wnter, nnd the
pnsssngcrs to and from the stenmers wero obliged
to be conveyed In wherries. The injury done
to the works of the chain-bridge, building at this
place, Is very considerable, und the building must,
in consequence, be very much retarded. The
coffer-dams wero partially washed away, nnd tho
centre filled with wnter.
The Temple Gardens were overflowed, nnd n
bont might ho seen rowed over them. The Duke
of Buccleuch's gardens wero wholly under water.
The enormous cofl'or dam at Westminster- bridge
hns shnred the same fate ns the smnllcr one nt
Hungerford-mnrket : i£ wns full of wnter, nnd nil
lnbour was suspended. The damage done is most
serious. Scnrcely a bargemaster on the river
escaped, more or less loss and damngo. An old
man, employed ns a wntehmnn on board a barge
moored on the west side of Blackfrinrs-bridgc hnd
n very nnrrow escape of being drowned. The
barge hnd been driven by the wind nnd tide, nbout
four o'clock in the morning, against onb of the
buttresses of the bridge, and almost immediately
sank. The mnn called for assistance, nnd n bont
wa3 put off nt n great risk to his rescue, and suc
ceeded in tnklng him just as the barga disap
peared.
A man, named John Davis, wns taken to Guy's
Hospital in a very exhausted state, having beon
picked out of the wnter nenr Pnrk-strcet, South
ward. It nppenred thnt he hnd been drinking with
some friends, and, being pot-valiant, ho offered to
nssiat in removing some nged persons from ono of
the houses in Pnrk-street, which wns completely
inundated by the high tide, when he fell repeatedly
into tho wntcr, nnd wns nenrly suffocated. On
being taken to the Hospital ho was seen by Mr.
Hill and Mr. Pope, who ordered him to be laid
before n large fire, and nftcr a short time recovered
so ns to be nble to leave the Hospital.
A grent deal of damage was done to the shipping
in tho Pool, by being forced from their moorings,
nnd nlso to the coal bnrges moored nt the different
wharfs.
The Messrs. Home, conl mcrchnnts, of Bnnk
elde, nre considerable losers, by thrco bargC3, coal
Inden, having got ndrift, nnd sunk. Messrs. Cnpcl
nnd Co., hnd no less thnn seven heavily. Inden
bnrges ndrift at one time, four of which have been
recovercu.
On the subsiding. of the waters in the evening a
deposit of mud and filth was left in tlio streets and
bouses which was very offensive. People in all
directions were busily employed pum|Hug wnter
out of their cellnrs and warehouses. Many, bow
ever, deferred this operation in the expectation of
another inundation on Tuesduy morning nt high
water. On the Surrey shore myriads of rnts,
driven up the sewers by the flow of tho tide, were
seen running about the streets to snve themselves
from drowning, but these vermin met with nnuthcr
fnte, for they wero hunted by men nnd dogs, nnd
numbers of them killed,
Tho Gnzelle, steamer, ' Cnptnln Hurst, from
Hull, arrived on Snturdny nfternoon, nt hnlf-pnst
two o'clock, nfter n very rough pnssnge, ocensioned
by the gale nnd n heavy sen, which she weathered
in fine stylo with one hundred passengers on
board. During tho voyngo tho Gazelle fell in
with tho wreck of the brig Elizabeth, supposed to
bo conl.liulen, nnd of Sunderlnud, which enme in
contact with nuothcr vessel, name unknown, on
Friiliiy night, in tho Switli, nnd soqn afterwards
wont down, Tho crew wore saved. Captain
Hurst, on seeing tlio wreck, made towards her,
nnd found some fishing bonta, tho crews of which
were cutting nwuy her topmnsts mid upper tigging.
Cnptnln HurBt reports thnt ho met' with sovernl
other vessels In tho Switli topmnsts gone, nnd
considerable other damage, occasioned by the Into
gnlos, which hnve caused great damngo to tho
shipping,
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