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<c fomewhat damaged, a fmall crack appearing on 
“ the in fide of the wall. Two of the Handing pin- 
<c nacles are much damaged, and part of the crofs 
“ of the north-weftern one is ftruck oft ; the corners 
“ of the tower are very firm, fo are the huttreffes, 
<c excepting the fouthermoft one of the weft end, 
tc fome ftones of which are moved out of their places. 
“ Thus, Sir, you find, that the beauty of our ad- 
ct mired tower is quite deftroyed, never more, I fear, 
“ to be retrieved, as the top of it, as far down as the 
“ leads, muft be entirely taken off, and the weftern 
“ fide is condemned from top to bottom. 
“ It was very providential, that no fatal accident 
<{ happened to any perfon, in fo populous a place, 
<e during the whole melancholy affair; feveral in- 
“ deed perceived a kind of electrical fliock ; and 
“ one woman was ftruck quite backward, as file flood 
11 juft within her door.” 
So far Mr. Uftick.. 
t t , i 
How deplorable the confequences of fuch blafts of 
lightning, which fwept the whole churches, would 
have been, if they had happened (where there are 
numerous congregations) during the time of divine 
fervice, is obvious, and well worthy our attention. It 
is much lefs worth our notice, and yet not wholly be- 
low obfervation, that thefe two towers of Breag and 
Ludgvan, which have thus remarkably fuffered by 
lightning in about fix months, are the ftrongeft and 
beft built towers in this neighbourhood ; that tradition 
holds them to have been built in the fame age, if not 
by the fame hand ; that they were built in the fame 
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