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Worcester mail was overturned at Broadway Hill, in consequence of the leaders 

 taking fright at the hail violently blown in their faces. The abbey church at 

 Tewkesbury suffered severely. At Monmouth the force of the hurricane was 

 tremendous. A chimney was blown down in Mr. Pewtris's house in Monnow- 

 street, bearing down with it a huge beam into the parlour just vacated by the 

 inmates. The Portsmouth mail was blown over. A large elm tree near Calne 

 blown down between two coaches at the place of meeting. In the metropolis 

 traces of its fury were left in every street. The sight of the raging sea on the coast 

 is described as "most sublimely terrible." The church steeple of Ash, near 

 Sandwich, set on fire by lightning ; having, however, to burn downwards, its pro- 

 gress was fortunately slow. The Welsh coast from Borth to Harlech was strewed 

 with wrecks, and 140 vessels were wrecked between Calais and Helder. It was 

 said to be the most tremendous storm ever experienced on that coast. It came 

 from the N.W. 



April 2G. The eastern and south midland counties suffered from violent 

 hail and thunder. 



1819. Penzance, Jan. 17, violent W.N.W. gale. 



25, „ S.W. to W.S.W. gale. 

 Feb. 21, „ do. 



October 21-22, Heavy gale from N."W., covering ground with snow to the 

 depth of six inches. 



December 21 to 28, Violent S.E. to S.W. gales. 



1820. March 2, Much damage done to garden walls and buildings by a 

 N.*VV. gale, with heavy snow in north. 



1821. June 20, A tremendous hailstorm in Lancashire. Hailstones 3 to 4 

 inches round. 



November 30, Hurricane at Liverpool and Manchester from westward, 

 York suffered severely. Window, mills, and factory chimnies being levelled. 



December 4, The barometer was exceedingly low from 20th to 29th, On the 

 24th and 25th supposed to be lower than ever recorded, viz,, 27.80 in., net accom- 

 panied however, by any particular storm in Britain ; very tempestuous weather 

 occurring far to the south of these islands. 



December 27, An electric whirlwind in Hampshire, produced wonderful 

 effects in a limited area. 



1822. Sunderland, May 11, A severe gale from the E. 

 London, May 25, Tremendous hailstorms, choking the sewers. 

 London, July 5th, A violent thunderstorm. 

 Wolverhampton, July 31, Six cows killed by lightning. 



October, A very stormy wet month. Gales on the 7th, 13th, and 24th. 



December 5, caused a loss to underwriters at Liverpool of £100,000. 26 

 pheasants were found dead in Croome preserves ; a magnificent elm tree at 

 Raglan Castle, measuring 26 feet in girth, was blown down. Hereford and its 

 neighbourhood was also severely visited. At Gloucester a large proportion of 



