112 ANNUAL REGISTER, I8I4 



and neighbourhood. Several houses 

 have been totally destroyed, otiiers 

 unroofed and otherwise much da- 

 maged (the occupiers in some in- 

 stances narrowly escaping with 

 their lives). A large portion of the 

 parapet wall which surrounds the 

 roof of All Saints fell w ith a dread- 

 ful crash into Silver-street, and a 

 window of the same church was 

 totally blown out. 3Iuch damage 

 has also been done to the windows 

 of St. Nicholas church, and a win- 

 dow of Hanover-square chapel is 

 also totally destroyed. A great 

 part of Jarrow church is unroofed ; 

 several trees have been torn up by 

 the roots, stacks blown down, keels 

 and boats sunk on the river, &c. 

 In short, the destruction has been 

 so wide spread, that the conse- 

 quences will be long and severely 

 felt by man}'. A garden wall on 

 the back of Villiers-street, Bishop- 

 wearmouth, was blown dov.n by 

 the gale, and Mr. Cameron, master 

 mason, passsing at that moment, 

 was killed on the spot. At Dur- 

 ham and in the vicinity, much da- 

 mage was done. A stack of chim- 

 neys in Lord Barrington's house in 

 the College were blown down, 

 which forced in the roof, and did 

 a deal of injury in several of the 

 rooms; another stack ofchimnyes 

 fell from the house of Dr. Grey 

 into the college : and in Gilesgate, 

 several houses had the greater part 

 of the tiles and slates blown off. 

 Many corn and hay-stacks in the 

 vicinity were overturned. The hur- 

 ricane was also severely felt at 

 North Shields, where few houses 

 have escaped damage from its ra- 

 vages. A house in Church-street 

 was completely unroofed, as was a 

 new one in Bedford-street, and 

 another at the head of the town. 

 Numerous chimneys were blown 



down ; one near the Bull-rii>g 

 fell with such force as to pas3 

 through the roof and floors of an 

 adjoining house. Towards evening 

 the scene became truly awful; 

 most of the shops were shut, bricks 

 and tiles fell in every direction, and 

 the narrowness of the streets great- 

 ly added to the danger of passen- 

 gers ; but we do not hear that any 

 person was seriously hurt. The 

 river exhibited a scene still more 

 terrific, and the ships and keels 

 were in the most imminent danger ; 

 several of the letter were driven 

 ashore, and some sunk, as was a 

 wherry laden with merchandize 

 near Whitehill Point; and many of 

 the keels which reached Shields 

 had their coals to throw overboard 

 to keep them from sinking. Two 

 boats drifted out to sea, and num- 

 bers sunk and were damaged. 



Two lads, about thirteen years 

 of age, twin sons of Mr. Lloj'd, a 

 barge owner of Stourport, were 

 drowned in the river Avon, at 

 Evesham. They had solicited their 

 father's permission to go on the 

 water in his own boat, which he 

 peremptorily refused, but they 

 rashly got into another, and were 

 carried by the rapidity of the 

 stream towards the bridge, where 

 the river being too high to admit 

 their going through the arch with 

 the mast standing, the boat was 

 upset, and they both perished with- 

 in sight of their parent. A third 

 boy (apprentice to their father) 

 who was with them, was fortu- 

 nately saved. 



Berlin. — The evening before 

 last, a tumultuous scene took place 

 at our theatre. The Luther of Wer- 

 ner (who turned Catholic at Rome 

 last j'ear) was performed. Some 

 people, who chose to think this an 

 odd contrast, gave out that the 



