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Jones, a builder, of Newcastle-street, 
was standing with his two sons, and 
$iX or seven workmen, at the rear of 
his house, a ball of five fell in the 
midst of thém; but it burst upon 
an iron grate, and sunk into the 
vault, Jeaving a sulphureous smell. 
‘The storm cammenced at $ A. M. at 
Stanmore, from the S. W. and 
continued to rage, with unabated 
violence, for two hours. On the 
North-east side of liarrow Weald 
Comnion, a thatched hovel, where 
thirteen persons, of both sexes, had 
taken shelter, was set on fire by the 
lightning, and a woman, having a 
child at the breast, was killed, whilst 
the iniant miraculously escaped. A 
boy was also so much scorched as 
to be without hopes of recovery.— 
At Portsmouth, about half past ten, 
the brig William, captain Denning, 
from London, bound to Jamaica, 
coming into St. Helens,was destroyed 
by the ‘ightning, which struck the 
head, of the maintop-gallant-mast, 
passed through that, down the top- 
mast, main-mast, and pierced the 
decks into the hold, where it set the 
@argo on fire. The captain and 
crew were obliged to abandon her, 
and landed at Portsmouth. At Deal, 
jin the afternoon, there was a tre- 
meadous thunder-storm, with hail 
and rain; the lightning was very 
vivid and quick ; it struck the main- 
top-gallant-mast of his majesty’s 
bom) Prospero, shivered to pieces 
the top-mast, and damaged the main- 
mast; one man was killed, named 
Joseph Perkins, and several other 
of the people were knocked down, 
but. recovered. A corn mill, be- 
Jonging to Mr. John Croft, of 
Caistor, go. Lincoln, was much da- 
_Maged. and a boy in the mill killed, 
by the lightning. Nine sheep, be- 
longing to Mr. Sibsey, of Bassing- 
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ham, “near Carlton le Moorland, 
were also killed. At Gainsborough, 
there was a very uncommon fall of 
rain; accompanied with loud claps 
of thunder, and vivid flashes of 
lightning. ‘Three pigs were struck 
dead at Morton, and two fine horses, 
in a close near Lea, were killed — 
At Peterborough it was extremely 
violent, and the inhabitants were 
much alarmed by a fire ball burst. 
ing in the market-place. in Rut- 
land, at Ashwell, a hay-stack, be- 
longing to Mr. Chamberlain, was 
burnt. At Langham, Mr. Sherrard 
had a sheep killed. and a cow be- 
longing to Mr. Ellicot was also 
killed, by the lightning The hail 
came so violent at Leigh, as to 
break many windows. ‘This morn- 
ing, a boat belonging to the Sheer- 
ness tender, lying in Hull Roads, 
was sent to Sunk ‘sland, with seven 
hands, to bring on board lieutenant 
am! Mrs. Fox. between nine and 
ten they had proceeded but “a short 
distance from the shore, when W. 
Mazarello, the cockswain, aged 
about nineteen, standing erect, was 
struck dead by the hghtning, and 
fell overboard.’ Mr. and Mrs. Fox 
were much stunned, and the rest, 
except one man, were all struck 
down, but soon recovered. The 
body of Mazarello was soon after- 
wards picked up: his clothes were 
burned to rags, and the case of his 
watch was melted. ‘Lhe old block- 
honse-mill, at Hull, was struck by 
the lightning, and one of the main 
timbers split. William Curtis, Ia- 
bourer, of Patrington, was next day 
found dead in a field near that town, 
having, it is supposed, experienced 
the fatal effects of the lightning : the 
hoe with which he was at work is 
supposed to have operated as a con- 
ductor, Near Exeter the etfiects 
were 
