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XVII. An . Account of the Death of a Perfon 
def rayed hy Lightning in the Chapel in 
Tottenham-Court-Road, and its EffeSls 
on the Building ; as obferved by Mr, 
William Henly, Mr. Edward Nairne 5 
and Mr. William Jones. Lhe Account 
written by Mr. Henly. 
March 24, 1772. 
Read April g, 
1772. 
O N Sunday lad, exa&ly at 4 o’clock, 
P. M. part of a building ereeded 
by the late Rev. Mr. Whitfield, in Tottenham-court- 
road, commonly called the Chapel or Tabernacle, 
was druck by a flafh of lightning. This part was an 
addition afterwards made to the original drudture, 
but was greatly inferior to it in height. On its fummit 
ftood an ornament reprefenting a pine-apple carved 
in wood, which confided of two pieces j the upper- 
mod being connected with the lower by means of 
leveral iron fpikes. It was fupported by a drong 
plinth of wood covered with lead lapped over the 
edges and corners of its top, and there fecured by 
large iron nails. This lead work was connected with 
-that which covered the hips, and made a regular com- 
munication of metal, to the bottom of the dating, 
where it united with a leaden gutter which extended 
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