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they ran out, fearing the Churches would fall on 
their Heads; and fome were fo terrified, they fwooned 
away. 
At Stonton , fome of the Piaiftcring of the Church 
was fhaken down ; which moll terribly frightened 
the People that were in it, and obliged them to 
run out. I have not heard of any Damage 
being done by it more than fome Chimnics thrown 
down, but nobody hurt by them. 
C P. S. <r Deene Hands clofe to the Road which 
leads from Northampton to Stamford j it is 
about 2y Miles from the former, and 10 from 
the latter. 
LIII. 
ExtraSl of a Letter from Mr . Henry Green 
to Mr. James Ayfchough, Optician , in 
Ludgate-Street, relatmg to the Earthquake 
felt Sept. 30. 1750. 
Read 0 £t. 25. 
175°. 
A' 
Rolleficn in Lticefierjhire, OS}. 22. 1750. 
S I have R com enough,! may as well 
give you fome little Account of 
the Earthquake which happen’d in this and the 
neighbouring Counties, on Sunday the goth of laft 
Month, about half an Hour paft 12 at Noon. 
The firft Shock appear’d to us, at our Houfe, as if 
a large Stack of Chimnies had fallen through the 
Roof upon the Chamber floor over our Heads 
(which at firft we took to be the Cafe, but in ’a 
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