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rable was the fight to me, and feveral of our neigh- 
bours! who by that time were come in. To give you 
feme faint idea of it, tho’ beyond my defeription, it 
had burft into one fide of the room, where there had 
formerly been a window, now blocked up, but the 
iron-bars left {landing, which were all forced down, 
and a very large hole made through the bricks, and the 
timber lplit, a fplinter being carried crofs the room, 
and fluck into the lead of a fmall window, that gave 
light to a pafifage ; the bed driven at lead two foot 
from its place j the rail the vallance were nailed to 
fplit in funder ; all the vallance were unnailed, and 
the rings torn off from the curtains, and. feme of the 
teller torn ; the locks of a bureau and corner-cup- 
board forced open, with the bolts handing upright;, 
fome pictures were broken, and a little India cabinet 
broken to pieces, and almofl every thing that was in 
the drawers of it: there was a fmall hand, with a wafli- 
hands bafin on it, and a decanter of water clofe to it* 
the bafin was broken to pieces, and the decanter not 
hurt : the window was Shattered to pieces, and the 
hangings of one fide the room torn. My daughter was 
in the room at this time, and not hurt, any more 
than forced againh the bed-poh, fuffocated with ful- 
phur, and almoh deaf as I was : it was thought her 
comb-tray preferved her arm, by keeping it hollow 
from her waih, as that was fplit, as if knocked in on 
one fide with a hammer; and the door, very fortu- 
nately being open, gave fome air, which otherwife could 
not be had, as there was no chimney in her room, 
and, as fhe faid, affifted her in making her cfcape 
the fooner ; for fhe only felt out the door ; fo that, had 
it been faflened, as it was two or three minutes before 
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