30 MARCH 1895, Page 1

leaden roof of the Banqueting Hall at Whitehall was rolled

up like a piece of paper, and tarpaulin had to be spread at once over the rafters to protect the Rubens ceiling. In Kensington Gardens a good deal of damage was done to the trees; and from all parts of England come stories of avenues uprooted and giant oaks and elms laid low. Fortunately, comparatively few casualties are reported from the coasts. At the Edgbaston Observatory, Birmingham, the velocity of the wind was calculated to have been eighty-six miles an hour. The wind exerted a pressure of 37 lb. to the square foot.