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Monthly Chronicle.
persons were extricated from their dreadful situation with their lives , though they are much bruised . Mr . and Mrs . Ellis were buried in the rwins for several hours , before they could be got out . The roads and by-lanes are strewed with , timber trees which have been blown up by the roots . Great damage has been , done to the buildings and walls of the Dowager Lady Spencer , by the fall of the trees that have been blown up ; a great number of trees were also torn up by the roots in and about Lord Grimston ' s park . - - At Spithead , two transports bound to the West Indies were drove on shore ,
and both sunk at Monckton fort . Considerable , damage was dene in the neighbourhood of Wooburn , Bedford * ehire . A .. cite of new buildings , erected by the Duke of Bedford , in his Park , near the entrance from Wooburn , consisting of every building necessary for farming , two mils , and workshops for every branch of building , 'all contiguous to each other , were nearly razed to the ground . Upwards of loo large trees in the Park were blown down , and more than 300 fir-trees , in Apsly Wood and Long Sladewere levelledbesides other considerabledamage in the
neigh-, , , bourhood in general . 1 lie Rev . Dr . Waller , Archdeacon of Essex , lost his life at his house at Broom * field , in that county , by a stack of chimnies falling through the cieling of his bed-chamber , and covering the greater part of the bed in which he slept with the : ruins . The bruises which the Doctor received brought on his death , which happened on the Tuesday following . Mrs . Waller had providentially just before the horrid crash jumped out of bed and left the room , to alarm the family . The coachman of T . Sumner , Esq . of South-church , in riding into the pond
to wash his horses legs , was blown off , and unfortunately drowned . The houses of the Rev . Mr . Gretton of Springfield , and Mr . Speakman of Writtle , are nearly down . \ At Woodford considerable damage was done among the chimneys . Mr . Eggars , at that place , had 150 feet of wall laid level ' . Mr . To . tten ' s wall , apart of which had stood for a century , is entirely down . Mr . Samuel Bailey's wall , of considerable length , totally demolished ; five trees in the avenue of Mr . Jer .-voise Clarke torn up by the roots , and damaged the wall where they fell , and
few houses in the village but suffered more or less . Mr . Harman's seat at Higham Hill house had a great number of ; plate glass windows broke . The brig John and Elizabeth , of Sunderland , John Henderson , master , laden with coal , was forced from her anchorage off Newhaven harbour ,, and driven on shore opposite the town of Seaford . The vessel was dashed to . pieces , but the crew was saved . Considerable damage was done at th . Seat of Paul Benfield , Esq . at Wood-Hall Parkin Hertfordshire . Between two and three hundred trees were blown
, down in the Park ; the roofs ofthe green and hot-houses were blown off , and considerable damage done to the dwelling-house ; upwards of 200 squares of glass were broken . The greatest . devastation that the tempest made amongst timber , is in Lord Essex ' s park of Cashioberry , in Herts , where no less than zsoof the finest yenerable Oaks have been either torn up , or shivered to pieces ! Upwards of 100 vessels have been lost by the late storms , and ten times that number damaged .
Oct . 11 . Erick Hanson Falck , for forgery , and John Lewis , for a riot a ( Charing ' -cioss , were executed before the debtors' door of Newgate . When Lewis was just upon the brink of being turned off , he saw his father amongst an immense concourse of people who had assembled upon the occasion , and with au , undaunted voice called to him to withdraw from his sight . A man being apprehended on acharge of forgery , in Hanway-yard , the officers went with him to his lodgings in the neighbourhood , when he opened a closet , and while his back was towards them , took a razor out of the closet , nitli which he cut his throat , and died almost instantaneously . VOL . V . Z i
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Monthly Chronicle.
persons were extricated from their dreadful situation with their lives , though they are much bruised . Mr . and Mrs . Ellis were buried in the rwins for several hours , before they could be got out . The roads and by-lanes are strewed with , timber trees which have been blown up by the roots . Great damage has been , done to the buildings and walls of the Dowager Lady Spencer , by the fall of the trees that have been blown up ; a great number of trees were also torn up by the roots in and about Lord Grimston ' s park . - - At Spithead , two transports bound to the West Indies were drove on shore ,
and both sunk at Monckton fort . Considerable , damage was dene in the neighbourhood of Wooburn , Bedford * ehire . A .. cite of new buildings , erected by the Duke of Bedford , in his Park , near the entrance from Wooburn , consisting of every building necessary for farming , two mils , and workshops for every branch of building , 'all contiguous to each other , were nearly razed to the ground . Upwards of loo large trees in the Park were blown down , and more than 300 fir-trees , in Apsly Wood and Long Sladewere levelledbesides other considerabledamage in the
neigh-, , , bourhood in general . 1 lie Rev . Dr . Waller , Archdeacon of Essex , lost his life at his house at Broom * field , in that county , by a stack of chimnies falling through the cieling of his bed-chamber , and covering the greater part of the bed in which he slept with the : ruins . The bruises which the Doctor received brought on his death , which happened on the Tuesday following . Mrs . Waller had providentially just before the horrid crash jumped out of bed and left the room , to alarm the family . The coachman of T . Sumner , Esq . of South-church , in riding into the pond
to wash his horses legs , was blown off , and unfortunately drowned . The houses of the Rev . Mr . Gretton of Springfield , and Mr . Speakman of Writtle , are nearly down . \ At Woodford considerable damage was done among the chimneys . Mr . Eggars , at that place , had 150 feet of wall laid level ' . Mr . To . tten ' s wall , apart of which had stood for a century , is entirely down . Mr . Samuel Bailey's wall , of considerable length , totally demolished ; five trees in the avenue of Mr . Jer .-voise Clarke torn up by the roots , and damaged the wall where they fell , and
few houses in the village but suffered more or less . Mr . Harman's seat at Higham Hill house had a great number of ; plate glass windows broke . The brig John and Elizabeth , of Sunderland , John Henderson , master , laden with coal , was forced from her anchorage off Newhaven harbour ,, and driven on shore opposite the town of Seaford . The vessel was dashed to . pieces , but the crew was saved . Considerable damage was done at th . Seat of Paul Benfield , Esq . at Wood-Hall Parkin Hertfordshire . Between two and three hundred trees were blown
, down in the Park ; the roofs ofthe green and hot-houses were blown off , and considerable damage done to the dwelling-house ; upwards of 200 squares of glass were broken . The greatest . devastation that the tempest made amongst timber , is in Lord Essex ' s park of Cashioberry , in Herts , where no less than zsoof the finest yenerable Oaks have been either torn up , or shivered to pieces ! Upwards of 100 vessels have been lost by the late storms , and ten times that number damaged .
Oct . 11 . Erick Hanson Falck , for forgery , and John Lewis , for a riot a ( Charing ' -cioss , were executed before the debtors' door of Newgate . When Lewis was just upon the brink of being turned off , he saw his father amongst an immense concourse of people who had assembled upon the occasion , and with au , undaunted voice called to him to withdraw from his sight . A man being apprehended on acharge of forgery , in Hanway-yard , the officers went with him to his lodgings in the neighbourhood , when he opened a closet , and while his back was towards them , took a razor out of the closet , nitli which he cut his throat , and died almost instantaneously . VOL . V . Z i