The Storm: or, a Collection of the most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters which Happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and LandDefoe, Daniel
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The Storm: or, a Collection of the most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters which Happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land
Defoe, Daniel
Storms -- Early works to 1800
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| _Townely._ _Upminster._ |
+-------+-------+-------------+-------+------+-------------+
| Day | Hour | Height of ☿ | Day | Hour | Height of ☿ |
+-------+-------+-------------+-------+------+-------------+
| Novr. | 7 | 28 98 | Novr. | 8 | 29 50 |
| 25 | 3 | 64 | 25 | 12 | 39 |
| | 9½ | 61 | | 9 | 14 |
+-------+-------+-------------+-------+------+-------------+
| 26 | 7 | 80 | | 8 | 33 |
| | 3 | 70 | 26 | 12 | 28 |
| | | | | 9 | 10 |
| | 9⅛ | 47 | | 12½ | 28 72 |
+-------+-------+-------------+-------+------+-------------+
| 27 | 7 | 50 | | 7½ | 82 |
| | 3 | 81 | 27 | 12 | 29 31 |
| | 9½ | 95 | | 9 | 42 |
+-------+-------+-------------+-------+------+-------------+
| 28 | 7 | 29 34 | | 8 | 65 |
| | 3 | 62 | 28 | 12 | 83 |
| | 9 | 84 | | 9 | 30 07 |
+-------+-------+-------------+-------+------+-------------+
| 29 | 7 | 88 | 29 | 8 | 25 |
+-------+-------+-------------+-------+------+-------------+
As to _November_ 17_th_ (whereon Mr. _Towneley_ mentions a violent
Storm in _Oxfordshire_) it was a Stormy Afternoon here at
_Upminster_, accompanied with Rain, but not violent, nor ☿ very
low. _November 11th_ and _12th_ had both higher Winds and more Rain;
and the ☿ was those Days lower than even in the last Storm of
_November_ 26_th_.
Thus, Sir, I have given you the truest Account I can, of what I
thought most to deserve Observation, both before, and in the late
Storm. I could have added some other particulars, but that I fear I
have already made my Letter long, and am tedious. I shall therefore
only add, that I have Accounts of the Violence of the Storm at
_Norwich_, _Beccles_, _Sudbury_, _Colchester_, _Rochford_, and
several other intermediate places; but I need not tell Particulars,
because I question not but you have better Informations.
_Thus far Mr._ Derham_'s Letter_.
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