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W aters out of theHills, as the late ingenious MxTownley 
of Townley wrote me there was out of Tendle-Hill^ in 
that at Star-bottom mentioned in the Thilof. Tranf. 
N° X45'. but all the Account I can learn of this is, that 
what they call theDalhingof two great ’watery Clouds 
upon the Hills, occafioned the Inundation ; what 
ever was the more immediate Caufe, the Efled:s were 
dilinal, and lb fiidden, that tho' it was upon the Day- 
time, the poor Creatures could not fave their Lives. 
This Calamity happen’d the i8th o^May, ijxx. be- 
twixt the Hours of 3 and 5, when by the modefteft 
Account the Beck was rais’d two Yards at lead in per- 
pendicular Height above what was ever known before ; 
which may be eafily conceived by the Situation of the 
Place implied in the Termination den^ which dgnides 
a deep Valley between pretty deep Hills on each Side.. 
Fontes in convallibus^ is in the SaxonYQ,x£\ow rendered 
jnllar on 5eniim Yy^ciij. x. and (as this 
now) Yy?lxxxiij. b. &ene ceopa. Several Houles, four 
Mills, (Ibme fay fix) nine Stone-Bridges, and ten or 
eleven of Wood, are taken down, and the Wheels, 
Dams, and Sluices, {Eboracentibus Goits, from the 
verbal Noun geocan fundere') of mod of the Mills 
that are left danding, broken and damaged ; and a 
great deal of Cloth gone. Fifteen Perfons were drown’d, , 
of whom Jonas Longbothom and his Servant are not 
yet found. Seven out of eight in one Houle were either 
llaiii by the Fall of it, or drowned. A young Man 
efcaped by help of a piece of Timber, was turned over 
and over again, in pading two or three Dams, but at 
lad taken out alive, tho’ didraeded for the prelent ; but 
it’s hoped he may recover. 
The Rapidncls of the Torrent was lb violent, that 
it took down the North-dde of Rifponde 7 i Chapel, and 
carried off mod of the Seats. A Man of "Deusbury 
told 
