Abundance of Lighters and Barges drove quite thro' the _Bridge_, and took their fate below, whereof many were lost, so that we Reckon by a modest account above 100 Lighters and Barges lost and spoil'd in the whole, not reckoning such as with small damage were recovered. In all this confusion it could not be, but that many Lives were lost, but as the _Thames_ often times Buries those it drowns, there has been no account taken. Two Watermen at _Black Fryars_ were drowned, endeavouring to save their Boat; and a Boat was said to be Overset near _Fulham_, and five People drown'd: According to the best account I have seen, about 22 People were drown'd in the River upon this sad occasion, which considering all circumstances is not a great many, and the damage to Shipping computed with the vast number of Ships then in the River, the Violence of the Storm, and the heighth of the Tide, confirms me in the Truth of that Opinion, which I have heard many skilful Men own, _viz._ that the River of _Thames_ is the best Harbour of _Europe_. The heighth of the Tide, as I have already observ'd, did no great damage in the River of _Thames_, and I find none of the Levels or Marshes, which lye on both sides the River overflowed with it, it fill'd the Cellars indeed at _Gravesend_, and on both sides in _London_, and the Alehouse-keepers suffered some loss as to their Beer, but this damage is not worth mentioning with what our Accounts give us from the _Severn_; which, besides the particular Letters we have already quoted, the Reader may observe in the following, what our general intelligence furnishes us with. The Damages in the City of _Gloucester_ they compute at 12000 _l._ above 15000 Sheep drown'd in the Levels on the side of the _Severne_, and the Sea Walls will cost, as these Accounts tell us, 5000 _l._ to repair, all the Country lyes under Water for 20 or 30 Miles together on both sides, and the Tide rose three Foot higher than the tops of the Banks. At _Bristol_ they tell us, The Tide fill'd their Cellars, spoil'd 1000 Hogsheads of Sugar, 1500 Hogsheds of Tobacco, and the Damage they reckon at 100000 _l._ Above 80 People drown'd in the Marshes and River, Several whole Families perishing together. The Harbour at _Plimouth_, the Castle at _Pendennis_, the Cathederal at _Gloucester_, the great Church at _Berkely_, the Church of St. _Stephen's_ at _Bristol_; the Churches at _Blandford_, at _Bridgewater_, at _Cambridge_, and generally the Churches all over _England_ have had a great share of the Damage. In _King Road_ at _Bristol_, the Damage by Sea is also very great; the _Canterbury_ store Ship was driven on Shoar, and twenty-five of her Men drown'd, as by our account of the Navy will more particularly appear, the _Richard and John_, the _George_, and the _Grace_ sunk, and the number of People lost is variously reported.