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
I have inform'd my self of the following Matters; here was blown
down a Stack of Chimneys of Mrs. _Copper_, Widow, which fell on the
Bed, on which she lay; but she being just got up, and gone down, she
received no harm on her Body: Likewise, here was a Stack of Chimnies
of one Mr. _Robert Banford_'s blown down, which fell on a Bed, on
which his Son and Daughter lay, he was about 14 years and the
Daughter 16; but they likewise were just got down Stairs, and
received no harm: A Stack of Chimnies at the _Bull-Inn_ was blown
down, and broke way down into the Kitchen, but hurt no Body: Here
was a new Brick Malt-House of one Mr. _Francis Best_ blown down, had
not been built above two Years, blown off at the second Floor:
besides many Barns, and out Houses; and very few Houses in the Town
but lost Tiling, some more, some less, and Multitudes of Trees, in
particular. 11 Elms of one Mr. _John Bowles_, Shooe-maker: About 30
Apple-trees of one _Mr. Peirce_'s: And of one _John Andrew_, a
Gardiner, 100 Apple-trees blown to the Ground: One _Walter Kent_,
Esq; had about 20 Rod of new Brick-wall of his Garden blown down:
One Mr. _Tiringam_, Gentleman, likewise about 10 Rod of new
Brick-wall blown down: Mr. _George Cole_, Merchant, had also some
Rods of new Brickwall blown down: Also Mr. _Blitha_, Merchant, had
all his Walling blown down, and other extraordinary Losses. These
are the most considerable Damages done here,
_Your humble Servant_,
C. Castleman.
_From_ Teuxbury _in_ Gloucestershire, _and from_ Hatfield _in_
Hertfordshire, _the following Letters are sent us from the Ministers of
the respective Places._
_SIR_,
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