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XXIX. Account of the EffeSis of L : ,ght- 
rting at Steeple Afhton and Holt, in the 
County of Wilts, on the 20th of June, 
1772, contained in fever al Letters , com - 
municated by Edward King, Efqy F.R- 8 . 
To Edward King, Efcp w » 
SIR, 
Read March 18, TT Have fent you, agreeably to' your * 
*773-' requed, fome account of a dornl - 
of thunder and .lightning that happened at Steeple 
A Alton, in Wiltfhire, on the 20 th -of -June dad. 
I was from home when it happened ; but the truth » 
of it is atteded by the Reverend Mr. Wainhoufe of 
Steeple Afhton, and the Reverend Mr. Pitcairn of 1 
Trowbridge, who were in my. houfe during the 
temped, and were in danger of lofing their lives 
by it. I have added a defcription of the effedts of r 
the fame dorm upon a houfe at Holt, in this ■ 
county. Both tend to prove in a remarkable man- 
ner the danger of placing any confiderable quan- 
tity of iron in the upper part of ehimnies, with- 
out a conductor to guard againd the drokes of 
lightning. You are at -liberty today thefe papers - 
before 
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