THE FLOOD OF 1 843. II 



terminated about five o'clock, P. M. — the wind, during the 

 rain, nearly N. W. There was a heavy blow of wind, but 

 not violent. The quantity of rain which fell, was between 

 II and 13 inches. At Newtown Square, in forty minutes 

 immediately before five o'clock, it was ascertained that five 

 and a half inches of rain fell. 



As observed by Mr. George Palmer, residing in the north- 

 ern part of Radnor township, the heavy rain commenced 

 about 4 o'clock, P. M. and terminated at about 6 o'clock. 

 At the commencement of the heavy rain the wind blew from 

 the S. or S. W. but changed to the S. E. about four and a 

 half or five o'clock, from which direction came the heaviest 

 rain. The wind did not blow with violence. 



As observed by a member of the committee, at his resi- 

 dence in Crozerville, the storm appeared to have concentrated 

 at that place, and spent itself with awful force. The morn- 

 ing had been lowering with occasional showers of rain — the 

 air rather cool for the season. After noon the sky was thickly 

 overcast, and clouds floated slowly in various directions; the 

 wind, as noted by a weather vane, N. E. After two o'clock, 

 thunder was heard at a distance, which soon became louder 

 and more frequent. About 3 o'clock under an unusually 

 dark sky, rain commenced falling in torrents, accompanied 

 with vivid lightning, and almost continuous peals of thunder. 

 The lightning was more vivid than ever before witnessed by 

 him in the day time, nor had he ever before heard so much 

 loud thunder at one time. The heavy rain terminated a 

 few minutes before 6 o'clock. Crozerville lies in a basin sur- 

 rounded by steep acclivities. In every direction from these 

 hills, sheets of water poured down, and mingling with the 

 swollen current below, presented, together with the rapid suc- 

 cession of forked lightning, a scene of awful sublimity. 



As observed at the residence of Enos Painter, in Middle- 

 town, the greatest violence of the rain storm lasted from 3 till 

 5 o'clock, P. M. — the wind blowing from every quarter 

 during the storm. It did not blow with very great violence, 



