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Mr , Locke , was shivered to pieces ; the mill at Godstone caught fireV and was burnt down ; a chimney of Mr . Chatfield ' s house , of Crawley , was much damaged ; and a house at Hanfield , occupied by Mr . Bowel , was partly destroyed . AtCuckfleld , a fire-ball fell in the middle of the street , but providentially dii no mischief . At Woolwich , a house was set on fire by one of the flashes ; and the flames having communicated to an adjoining dwellingthey were both consumed to the
, ground , together with the whole of the furniture . The wife of a gentleman , who has an iron foundry at Deptford , was struck by the lightning , and fell down dead immediately . The body is said to have been much disfigured by the operation of such a vast body of tbe elemental fluid as appears to have surrounded her at the instant ofthe accident . At Dover the storm was violent ; , and rain poured in torrents down the hills . As a cart and four horses , belonging to Mr . Coleman , of tbe Priory , were carryload of violent of
ing a dung , a clap thunder , attended with lightning , killed the four horses and tbe driver , Andrew Greaves . A seafaring man was killed by it near Lulworth . At Reading , the storm began about o o ' clock , and lasted till after one in - the morning . . The lightning was unusually vivid , and several of the claps of thunder awfully tremendous . Two horses , out of four , the property of farmer Appleton , that were grazing in a field at Burgfield , were struck dead by the li and fine oak
ghtning ; a large , in the park of John Blagrave , Esq . ofCalcot , was split , end entirely stripped of its bark . At Boulter's Mill , near Bedford , a horse in a pasture was so terrified that he broke his leg in attempting to leap over a fence . Two horses belonging to the Shrewsbury mail-coach were struck down on the road , while going in full speed , and lay stupid for a quarter of an hour , when they recovered ; but were so that they broke the linterbarand the
perverse sp -, mail could not proceed . A tremendous tempest passed over Sheffield and its neighbourhood ; and , though the storm was of short duration , considerable mischief was done . A person labouring in a field near Birley common was struck dead by the lightning , and his two children were thrown upon the ground , but neither of them were hurt .
At Beignton , Derbyshire , Mr . John Needham , a respectable farmer , was killed by lightning as he was twitching in his land there . Three other persons were also with him , and wore struck down , but received no injury ; they were not able to see each ' other , for some minutes after , from smoke and sulphur . The lightning tore and shattered the deceased ' s cloaths all to pieces , melted several buttons , and tore his shoes from his feet , drove out every nail in the shoes , and one of his shoe-buckles was found broken a considerable distance from him . At Felthorpea horse belonging to MrSpringall struck dead by the
, . was light--ning . A cow , and some sheep and geese , were killed on Wvmondham common . A large timber-tree , belonging to the Rev . Mr . Drake of Wymondham , was also shivered . A cottage was burnt down at Wood Dalling , and a barn at Wroxliam . At Lynn , and in its neighbourhood , the tempest continued nine hours incessantly , and did considerable damage . Many houses were unroofed , and stock perished . The rain descended in cataracts , and the bursts of thunder were awful beyond description , particularly that of 6 o ' clock , the most tremendous ever remembered to have been heard there
. Considerable damage has been sustained in different parts of Suffolk , amongst which the following has come to our knowledge : Two cottages were burnt down at Gre . 'it-Waldingfieid , and an ag-ed woman was with great difficulty preserved from the flame . A windmill at Whepstead was much damaged . The chimney of a cottage was thrown down , and a window broken to pieces , at Cavendish . A horse belonging to Mr . Ely , grocer , of Bury , was so much frightened that ne ran his head against a wall in the paddock , and was killed on the spot . A granary and stable of Mr . Vipon at Southery , near Newmarket , were set on fire by the li ghtning , and all attempts to save them were ineffectual .
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Mr , Locke , was shivered to pieces ; the mill at Godstone caught fireV and was burnt down ; a chimney of Mr . Chatfield ' s house , of Crawley , was much damaged ; and a house at Hanfield , occupied by Mr . Bowel , was partly destroyed . AtCuckfleld , a fire-ball fell in the middle of the street , but providentially dii no mischief . At Woolwich , a house was set on fire by one of the flashes ; and the flames having communicated to an adjoining dwellingthey were both consumed to the
, ground , together with the whole of the furniture . The wife of a gentleman , who has an iron foundry at Deptford , was struck by the lightning , and fell down dead immediately . The body is said to have been much disfigured by the operation of such a vast body of tbe elemental fluid as appears to have surrounded her at the instant ofthe accident . At Dover the storm was violent ; , and rain poured in torrents down the hills . As a cart and four horses , belonging to Mr . Coleman , of tbe Priory , were carryload of violent of
ing a dung , a clap thunder , attended with lightning , killed the four horses and tbe driver , Andrew Greaves . A seafaring man was killed by it near Lulworth . At Reading , the storm began about o o ' clock , and lasted till after one in - the morning . . The lightning was unusually vivid , and several of the claps of thunder awfully tremendous . Two horses , out of four , the property of farmer Appleton , that were grazing in a field at Burgfield , were struck dead by the li and fine oak
ghtning ; a large , in the park of John Blagrave , Esq . ofCalcot , was split , end entirely stripped of its bark . At Boulter's Mill , near Bedford , a horse in a pasture was so terrified that he broke his leg in attempting to leap over a fence . Two horses belonging to the Shrewsbury mail-coach were struck down on the road , while going in full speed , and lay stupid for a quarter of an hour , when they recovered ; but were so that they broke the linterbarand the
perverse sp -, mail could not proceed . A tremendous tempest passed over Sheffield and its neighbourhood ; and , though the storm was of short duration , considerable mischief was done . A person labouring in a field near Birley common was struck dead by the lightning , and his two children were thrown upon the ground , but neither of them were hurt .
At Beignton , Derbyshire , Mr . John Needham , a respectable farmer , was killed by lightning as he was twitching in his land there . Three other persons were also with him , and wore struck down , but received no injury ; they were not able to see each ' other , for some minutes after , from smoke and sulphur . The lightning tore and shattered the deceased ' s cloaths all to pieces , melted several buttons , and tore his shoes from his feet , drove out every nail in the shoes , and one of his shoe-buckles was found broken a considerable distance from him . At Felthorpea horse belonging to MrSpringall struck dead by the
, . was light--ning . A cow , and some sheep and geese , were killed on Wvmondham common . A large timber-tree , belonging to the Rev . Mr . Drake of Wymondham , was also shivered . A cottage was burnt down at Wood Dalling , and a barn at Wroxliam . At Lynn , and in its neighbourhood , the tempest continued nine hours incessantly , and did considerable damage . Many houses were unroofed , and stock perished . The rain descended in cataracts , and the bursts of thunder were awful beyond description , particularly that of 6 o ' clock , the most tremendous ever remembered to have been heard there
. Considerable damage has been sustained in different parts of Suffolk , amongst which the following has come to our knowledge : Two cottages were burnt down at Gre . 'it-Waldingfieid , and an ag-ed woman was with great difficulty preserved from the flame . A windmill at Whepstead was much damaged . The chimney of a cottage was thrown down , and a window broken to pieces , at Cavendish . A horse belonging to Mr . Ely , grocer , of Bury , was so much frightened that ne ran his head against a wall in the paddock , and was killed on the spot . A granary and stable of Mr . Vipon at Southery , near Newmarket , were set on fire by the li ghtning , and all attempts to save them were ineffectual .