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fcene prefented, as is horrible to think of, much 
more to fee. The church-yard was almoft full of 
ruins i the fpire, which was about forty- eight feet 
high from the battlements of the tower, was carried 
off half way down, and the remaining part cracked 
' in four places very irregularly down to the bottom. 
The north fide of the tower from the battlements to 
the arch of the bell chamber window was quite out, 
except the corner fiones, which remained firm and 
unremoved ; the lead on the top of the tower was 
greatly damaged, melted in feveral places, and as it 
were rolled together. The arch of the belfry door, 
which was very flrongly built with a remarkable hard 
iron fione, laid in lead, was alfo greatly damaged ; 
fome of the fiones were cracked crofs-ways, and jufl 
removed out of their places, others were quite hove 
out, and the lead between the joints not only melted, 
but loofened fo as that you might pick it out witlv 
your fingers. The traces of the lightning were here 
difcovered along the furface of the earth j the fiones 
were thrown from the fpire on the tops of many 
houfes in the Church Town, but did no great hurt; 
in a gentleman’s houfe, one flone weighing fourteen 
pounds fell through the roof into the chamber, but 
did no further hurt than to make a hole in thereof 
and plaiflering. It is to be obferved, that the fiones 
from the fpire were fcattered in all diredions, as well 
againfl the wind as with it, fome of which, but 
not very large, were found but a little fhort of a 
quarter of a mile. The fpire from the top fix feet 
downwards was folid, through which paffed an iron 
fpill to fix the weather-cock on. Did not the light- 
ning firfl flrike on this fpill, and was conducted 
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