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rled out of their offices on men's 

 backs. I have not heard that any 

 lives were lost. 



During the night the weather 

 was moderate, the wind N, W. 

 with a clear sky; but about five 

 this morning the wind again came 

 round to the S. W, and it now 

 blows a gale again with heavy rain. 

 It has every appearance of being 

 as bad as yesterday, and much fear 

 may be entertained for the ships at 

 anchor. A Liverpool trader was 

 obliged to cut from Holy Loch 

 during the night, and run for this 

 liarbour : she pitched her bow- 

 sprit under before cutting. There 

 is a sloop on shore below the La- 

 zaretto. 



Leeds, — Friday, during a violent 

 storm of wind with rain, the 

 steam-engine chimney, attached 

 to the manufactory of Whitehead 

 and Pearson, on Bradford-moor, 

 was blown down, and falling upon 

 the building, the roof was forced 

 in with a terrible crash, and a 

 number of the work-people very 

 seriously injured. At the house of 

 John Blayds, Esq. Park-lane, a 

 stack of chimneys at the left wing 

 of the building was blown down, 

 andtherubbish precipitated through 

 the roof into an apartment that had 

 just been quitted by one of the fa- 

 mily. The hurricane has also done 

 considerable damage to the new 

 mansion of Mr. Goodman, and se- 

 veral other unfinished buildings. 



Stafford. — The oldest person 

 living cannot remember more tem- 

 pestuous and longer continued 

 gales than we experienced on Fri- 

 day. Tiie damage sustained by 

 many persons in this town and 

 neighbourhood at present cannot 

 be estimated. Lmumerable chim- 

 neys have been blown down, roofs 



of houses and ricks of hay remov- 

 ed : and on the north road trees 

 have been forced down, which 

 have interrupted the progress of 

 coaches, &c. 



In the dreadful storm of next 

 day, a vessel called the Concep- 

 tion, bound from Dublin to Wex- 

 ford, was driven ashore, and 

 wrecked at Bally nefear, near Wex- 

 ford Harbour : the crew took to 

 their boat, and, with the exception 

 of one man drowned, reached the 

 shore ; but they left behind them 

 fastened in the weather shrowds, 

 a mother and a daughter, over 

 whom the sea beat furiously, and 

 every moment threatened to tear 

 them from this their last refuge. 

 A poor fisherman, named William 

 Hanson, saw from the shore their 

 dreadful situation ; he collected 

 some of the boldest of his fellows, 

 who, with infinite difficulty, rowed 

 him towards the wreck, now ly- 

 ing on her side, and consequently 

 the mast along on the surface of 

 the sea. On the utmost point of 

 the mast he fastened himself, and 

 from thence clambered to the body 

 of the vessel. Here a new diffi- 

 culty arose — the contest between 

 the mother and daughter, which 

 should first attempt to land ; nor 

 was it ended till their gallant deli- 

 verer assured them that he would 

 return for her who should remain. 

 He first brought to the shore the 

 mother, and, scarcely waiting to 

 take breath, returned forthedaugh- 

 ter, whom he afterwards, through 

 the tremendous surge, landed in 

 safety. 



CoT-A;.— Thursday night a tre- 

 mendous hurricane, which com- 

 menced at 12 o'clock, continued 

 without intermission until late yes- 

 terday morning. Many houses are 



