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it : the crofs was broken, the fccket-ftone dalhed in 
pieces, the hones belonging to the fpire all thrown 
down, and one large one of the pedeftal moved from 
its bed feveral inches; the heavier hones, thrown to 
the fouth-eah about five yards, crufhed the wehern 
fide of the church-porch, the fmaller fragments dif- 
perfed in the church-yard, made a breach in the 
church-roof; the roofing of the tower fhaken and 
hiattered ; the wheel of the little bell broke. Part 
of the fame flafh fell lower, and, on the ground ad- 
joining to the north-weh angle of the tower, made 
two furrows, like that of a plough-fhare, (the di- 
rection north-weft) whence turning round towards 
the weft, and forcing in a plank, which filled the 
arch over the weftern door, about fixteen feet, againft 
a partition, it entered the lower belfry. The folding- 
doors leading into the church are of maftive oak, and 
were fliut ; but there was a triangular hole near the 
top, about the fpace of an inch diameter, through 
which the lightning entered the church, leaving its 
track on the plaifter, about a foot and half long, as if 
it had been rafped by a rough rounded file : hence it 
proceeded up the nave of the church to the pulpit, 
which it unjointed, fplitting the upper parts, tearing 
up the fteps, rending the minifter’s pew, and leaving 
its fulphurous fmoky tracks in the crannies, as it came 
through ; all the edge-mouldings of the canopy were 
tore to pieces, and fcattered round the church ; the 
church prayer-book, which lay on the minifter’s 
defk, was blown backwards, and thrown upon the 
floor, and the pew covered with dull: and plaifter 
fragments; hence it proceeded up to the altar, fplin- 
tered the north table of commandments, and brought 
it 
