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the Clouds and Storm, which began in the "Wefl, 
wheel’d about by the North and Ealt to the Soutii: 
When the Night drew on, the Lightning muft of necef- 
lity appear more dreadful The Intermiflion betwixt 
the Flaflies was very fmall ; the Claps of Thunder were 
fo very loud, and the Lightning fometimes fo continu- 
ed, that Perfons were generally apprehenfive of fome 
damage, tho’ the more furprizing effed of the Storm was 
by the Rain, as will appear by the Sequel. But firli: as 
to the Lightning; It burnt down a Barn near Scar- 
brough: but I fhall confine my felf tothofe Parts where 
I was, which I have attefted under the Minifter’s Hand 
Mr. Thomas Furms of Eewerly near Pately-Bridge^ about 
fix Miles from Ripley ^ who writes, thd.t Thomas Horner ^ 
with others, flying from the violence of the Rain, which 
feem d rather to fall in Spouts than Drops, took fhelrcr 
in a neighbouring Barn ; whence, after i'everal frightful 
Thunder-claps, they wereexpelfd by the Bolt^ as they 
term’d it, but really the Lightning, which Tinged the 
Hair of the faid Thomas Horner^ blew another Man back- 
ward wdio was climbing up the Hay-Mow, left a Sul- 
phurous ftench behind it, and in the conclufion, burnt 
the Barn and Hay. As to the Inundation it was furpri- 
zing ; it tore up much of the Road and Street from the 
Church to the Bridge, and made Pits, in Tome places 
feveral Yards deep, threw down part of a Barn and a 
Stable, both of them lately built, it pu fil’d into mofi: of 
the Houfes in the Town ; the Water, in fome, was as 
high as the Soles of the Windows, and block’d up the 
Door of one Ploufe with Gravel aimoft to tlie very top; 
and if it had continued with that violence half an Hour 
longer, moftof the Town had been in the utmofl: dan- 
ger : Several Perfons were in great danger, but only 
one Woman drown’d ; file was hurry’d away with the 
violence of the Stream, and not found till the 4th day 
after ; It removed the Bole of a large Oak (now fold for 
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