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trees, being Satterday morning, and much harm to the 

 ships at sea ( Winchcomb Parish Register). 



Twelve war ships sunk with their crews. The Bishop 

 of Bath and Wells killed in his bed by stack of chimneys 

 falling on him. Eddystone lighthouse with Winstanley, 

 its builder, swept away ( ). 



1,500 seamen perished (Boyle). 



November 18. A great wind, yt day and night being 

 Thursday ( Winchcomb Parish Register). 



One continued storm from Wednesday, November 

 24, till Wednesday following, about one o'clock in the 

 afternoon. It had blown hard for about fourteen days 

 past, and that so hard that we thought it terrible weather. 

 Friday, 26. It did not blow so hard till twelve o'clock 

 at night but that most families went to bed. But about 

 one or, at least, by two o'clock, few people that were 

 capable of any sense of danger were so hardy as to lie 

 in bed. From two o'clock the storm increased till five, 

 and from five to half-past six it blew with the greatest 

 violence. About eight it ceased so much that people 

 began to peep out of doors. About three in the after- 

 noon it increased again, and at four was as violent as at 

 any time of the night. It kept blowing all Sunday and 

 Monday, and Tuesday afternoon it increased again, and 

 all Tuesday night it blew with such fury that many families 

 were afraid to go to bed (Defoe). 



December 8. Dreadful S.W. gale. 27 th and 28th. 

 Violent gales (Thoresby). 



Rainfall at Upminster 24-0 in. during the year (Der- 

 hani). 



In the gale from Nov. 26 to Dec. i London sustained 

 a damage of ^2,000,000 ; 8,000 persons lost their lives 

 by the floods of the Severn, Thames, and on the coast 

 of Holland. In one place 15,000 sheep were drowned. 

 In Kent 1,107 houses and barns were destroyed (Lowe). 



The price of wheat rose by Lady-Day, 1704, to nearly 



