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26lli. This evening as Mr. To- 

 helin, of Chelsea, was returning 

 from town by water, accompanied 

 by his wife and child (about two 

 years old), the boat struck against 

 a country barge, off Milbank, with 

 suet violence, that Mrs. T. and 

 child were thrown overboard : the 

 lady was saved, but the infant pe- 

 rished. 



28th. Four young men at Wis- 

 beach took a sailing boat to go 

 down the river ; alter having pro- 

 ceeded some way, it came athwart a 

 rope lying across the stream, by 

 which means two of them were 

 drowned; the others saved them- 

 selves by laying hold of the rope. 

 The names of the sufferers were 

 Tongue and Hurry. 



29th. In the western parts of 

 Northumberland, there was a tre- 

 mendous storm of thunderand light- 

 ning, accompanied with heavy 

 showers of hail and rain, for nearly 

 three hours. Two mowers work- 

 ing near Beltingham, in the parish 

 of Haltwhistle, ran to a house for 

 sUelter, where one of them was 

 struck dead. A young man, ser- 

 vant to Mr. Thomas Maughan of 

 Lowtown, was killed in a field, as he 

 was jjutting right some sheep. 



30th. This morning a heavy storm 

 of rain fell at and near Birmijigham, 

 accompanioiJ with lightning, and 

 loud peals of thunder. In Dcri- 

 tenil, the lightning struck a timber- 

 shed in which some sawyers were at 

 work, on the premises of Mr. Lam- 

 bley ; it lirst cut away the letter N 

 from under the weather-cock at the 

 top of the building, split the rafters, 

 went through a casement that ^vas 

 open, of Avhich it melted the lead, 

 and afterwards shot into the ground 

 in the sawpit where some men were 

 at work. One of them was struek 

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upon the foot, and forced out of the 

 pit, where he lay insensible for 

 so:ne time. When he recovered, 

 his foot was discoloured and a good 

 deal hurt. 



On the same morning the farm- 

 house of Mr. Taylor, near Bourn 

 Brook, was nearly destroyed by the 

 lightning. The chamber and lower 

 windows andframes were driven out, 

 and the chamber Hoor knocked down. 

 Five women and some children 

 were in the house at the time. The 

 women were all thrown from their 

 feet ; but we are happy to find that 

 none of them received any ii>jury, 

 except from fright. An ash tree on 

 the grounds of Mr. S. Wheeley, ia 

 the same neighbourhood, was nearly 

 shivered to pieces, and some of the 

 bark carried upwards of 40 yards 

 from the spot. 



At School Green, Staffordshire, 

 five heifers were killed by the light- 

 ning. — A curious phenomenon oc- 

 curred at the mills of Messrs. Ben* 

 yon, Bony on, and Page, Leeds. — * 

 Two bodies of fire from the S. E. 

 and another from the N. W. united 

 and spread themselves into a large 

 extended sheet over the roof of the 

 mill. The top of the building seem- 

 ed covered with fire ; but though 

 many persons were at work in ths 

 mill, none was hurt. — The storm 

 was tremendous, accompanied with 

 heavy rain, at Long Preston, in 

 Craven. A boy, nine years old, 

 was struck dead by the lightning, in 

 the cotton-manufactory of Mr. 

 Serjeantson. Some cotton, in a 

 room above, was set fire to, but, by 

 the exertions of the overlooker, was 

 extinguished. 



The lightning struck a ncvr ship 

 on Mr. Tindall's stocks at Scarbo- 

 rough, killed a man and a boy, forc- 

 ing tlic bay before the wiudlass ; it 



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