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How  far  thefe  circumfiances  may  have  contributed  to 
render  the  concuffion  lefs  fenfibly  perceived  there,  I do 
not  pretend  to  determine. 
All  the  neighbouring  towns  were  affeCted  in  a fimilar 
manner;  but  very  conliderable  differences  were  obferved 
in  different  parts  of  the  fame  towns.  At  Blackley,  a 
fmall  village  about  three  miles  from  this  place,  the  fhock 
was  violent  in  the  epifcopal  church,  though  very  mo- 
derate in  the  diffenting  chapel,  fituated  not  above  three 
hundred  yards  from  the  other.  The  latter  is  a very  low 
HruCture,  flands  at  the  foot  of  a hill,  and  has  no  leaden 
fpouts  to  convey  the  water  from  the  roof.  At  a houfe, 
about  one  hundred  yards  beyond  this,  placed  on  an  emi- 
nence, a fervant,  Hooping  at  fome  little  difiance  from  a 
chefi  of  drawers  which  ftood  up  to  the  wall,  received  fo 
fevere  a blow  from  it  as  to  ftrike  her  to  the  ground. 
The  water  in  many  places  was  agitated.  The  paflen- 
gers  in  the  duke  of  Bridgewater’s  boat,  who  were  on  the 
canal,  did  not  perceive  any  change;  but  the  fteerfman 
recollects,  that  the  veffel  was  fuddenly  Hopped  at  that 
time,  which  he  could  not  then  account  for. 
The  noife  was  particularly  loud  in  thofe  houfes  which 
were  furnifhed  with  conductors;  and,  as  far  as  I have 
been  able  to  collect,  it  was  loudeH  in  thofe  parts  of  the 
houfes  where  the  conductors  were  fixed. 
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