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Hail And Thunder Storms In Cheshire,
storm . Here at Chester , it was clear and calm at the same time . Six days before the hail storm already mentioned , viz . April 23 , about one , or two o ' clock in the afternoon , came on a most terrible thunderstorm in Wind , not far from the place where the hail storm began six days after . A thunderbolt as it is generally called , struck down the top of Bebington spire steeple . It was said that five yards ofthe ire was knocked downthe remainder
sp ; was much shattered—the weather-cock on the top was never found . —These storms puts me in mind of one I very well remember when at my father ' s house at Broadoak , and it was not any where a mile distant from it . You shall have the account of it , from his own manuscript . Jul 816 7 6 came on a most dreadful storm of rainhailwind
y , , , , , with thunder and lightning , between three and four in the afternoon . The hail stones measured some three inches , others four in circumference , whereby much damage was done to the corn in the neighbourhood , particularly our own wheat , rye , pease , & c . intirely ruined . Near four hundred panes of lass were broke and cracked
g m the south _ windows ofthe house ; some ofthe larger hail stones , which beat in at the windows , came with such force , that they rebounded from the floor on a pretty high bed on the farther side ofthe room . Our God is angry , and by this providence chides us for our sins . We should be sensible of the chastisement , and humble' ourselves before him , and amend cur lives , for fear the next
puiiiMtment may still be more severe . Lord turn thou us , and we shatl be turned . —Some of the hailstones remained unmelted for two days together , though iu the month of July . —Thus far Mr . Henry ****** concerning ihe first story . —He afterwards proc f T As t 0 ' t ! iuiulel" at Lawton Church , I take an account of it , irom a Collection of Remarkable Providences , which I have in manuscript drawn bMr hili of ActonThus he
up , y . Bnrg — writes : On the ' 20 th of June 1652 , being the Lord ' s-day , there arose a dreadful storm of thunder and lightning , followed by a learful accident in the Church , as the Minister was preaching . J . here were eleven young men slain with the li ghtning , and manymore much jiurt . The Minister ' s text at their funeral was Luke xin . 45 He adds that a man and horse both slain at Wir
, . were - rel . Some people at a distance from Lawton Church , have affirmed to have seen the li ghtning waver to and fro over the Church like crooked streams of fire . The young men who were killed , were sittmgin the belfrey , at some distance from the congregation , supposing not to be minding the service then going forward as they should have done : they were not struck down but found
, sitting in the same posture they were in at first . —July 28 , 16 90 , there happened _ a thunderstorm at Carringham , between six and seven o ' clock in the evening : after some hours continuance of the wind and rain , a most dreadful clap was heard . Some that were above stairs , on the other side of the house from that on wmch it entered said , they saw a ball of fire fall wit * violence
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Hail And Thunder Storms In Cheshire,
storm . Here at Chester , it was clear and calm at the same time . Six days before the hail storm already mentioned , viz . April 23 , about one , or two o ' clock in the afternoon , came on a most terrible thunderstorm in Wind , not far from the place where the hail storm began six days after . A thunderbolt as it is generally called , struck down the top of Bebington spire steeple . It was said that five yards ofthe ire was knocked downthe remainder
sp ; was much shattered—the weather-cock on the top was never found . —These storms puts me in mind of one I very well remember when at my father ' s house at Broadoak , and it was not any where a mile distant from it . You shall have the account of it , from his own manuscript . Jul 816 7 6 came on a most dreadful storm of rainhailwind
y , , , , , with thunder and lightning , between three and four in the afternoon . The hail stones measured some three inches , others four in circumference , whereby much damage was done to the corn in the neighbourhood , particularly our own wheat , rye , pease , & c . intirely ruined . Near four hundred panes of lass were broke and cracked
g m the south _ windows ofthe house ; some ofthe larger hail stones , which beat in at the windows , came with such force , that they rebounded from the floor on a pretty high bed on the farther side ofthe room . Our God is angry , and by this providence chides us for our sins . We should be sensible of the chastisement , and humble' ourselves before him , and amend cur lives , for fear the next
puiiiMtment may still be more severe . Lord turn thou us , and we shatl be turned . —Some of the hailstones remained unmelted for two days together , though iu the month of July . —Thus far Mr . Henry ****** concerning ihe first story . —He afterwards proc f T As t 0 ' t ! iuiulel" at Lawton Church , I take an account of it , irom a Collection of Remarkable Providences , which I have in manuscript drawn bMr hili of ActonThus he
up , y . Bnrg — writes : On the ' 20 th of June 1652 , being the Lord ' s-day , there arose a dreadful storm of thunder and lightning , followed by a learful accident in the Church , as the Minister was preaching . J . here were eleven young men slain with the li ghtning , and manymore much jiurt . The Minister ' s text at their funeral was Luke xin . 45 He adds that a man and horse both slain at Wir
, . were - rel . Some people at a distance from Lawton Church , have affirmed to have seen the li ghtning waver to and fro over the Church like crooked streams of fire . The young men who were killed , were sittmgin the belfrey , at some distance from the congregation , supposing not to be minding the service then going forward as they should have done : they were not struck down but found
, sitting in the same posture they were in at first . —July 28 , 16 90 , there happened _ a thunderstorm at Carringham , between six and seven o ' clock in the evening : after some hours continuance of the wind and rain , a most dreadful clap was heard . Some that were above stairs , on the other side of the house from that on wmch it entered said , they saw a ball of fire fall wit * violence