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'. VII. An Account of the Death of a P erf on 

 defrayed by Lightning in the Chapel in 

 Tottenham- Court-Road, and its Effecls 

 on the Building ; as obferved by Mr. 

 William Henly, Mr. Edward Nairne* 

 ■and Mr. William Jones. The Account 

 written by Mr. Henly. 



March 24, 1772. 



Read April 9, /^ £j Sunday laft, exa&ly at 4 o'clock^ 

 \J P.M. part of a building erected 

 by the late Rev. Mr. Whitfield, in Tottenham-court- 

 road, commonly called the Chapel or Tabernacle,, 

 was ftruck by a Ham of lightning. This part was an 

 addition afterwards made to the original ftmcture, 

 but was greatly inferior to it in height. On its fummit 

 flood an ornament reprefenting a pine-apple carved 

 in wood, which confided of two pieces 5 the upper- 

 mofl: being connected with the lower by means of 

 feveral iron fpikes. It was fupported by a flrong 

 plinth of wood covered with lead lapped over the 

 edges and corners of its top, and there fecured by 

 large iron nails. This lead work was connected with 

 that which covered the hips, and made a regular com- 

 munication of metal, to the bottom of the Hating, 

 where it united with a leaden gutter which extended 



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