I found this in a description of a hurricane that hit Liverpool in 1839 James TOMLINSON, wife and four children, a joiner by trade, lost all his property, but saved all his family, were furnished with clothes and funds for their temporary wants. Resided in Bristol, but remains in Liverpool, to endeavour to procure work. It makes good reading if you're interested - and the whole site is really good http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/hurricane1839.html