The extensive premises of Nutting and Co., pianoforte-makers, in Harford
Street, Islington, were burned down on Saturday. The extensive premises of Nutting and Co., pianoforte-makers, in Harford Street, Islington, were burned down on Saturday. In the gale which blew upon the Metropolis on Saturday last, much damage was done by the unroofing of houses, breaking of windows, blowing down of trees, and capsizing of boats. Panes of glass worth 1001. were broken in the large linendraper's shop of Hitchcock and Rogers in St. Paul's Churchyard. Many persons received bruises ; but no loss of life occurred, except in the case of a young man who was blown off a harp in Chelsea Reach, and drowned. In the Parks, some fine trees were uprooted.
Mr. Stansbury, a baker in John Street, Edgeware Road, lost his wife about the 1st of May, and has not yet ascertained where she is, or whether she is dead or alive. The last time she was seen was with a servant, who only said that she left her in the Haymarket ; and this girl has since hanged herself.
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