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kirby’s wonderful museum.
woman, her tenant, with the fright, and some hurt received
by the fall of the house, was taken dangerously ill.
About three furlongs from Great Saunders, in a gill, it
passed through more woodlands of the said Mr. Bishop’s,
which was very full of fine timber, where it raged with great
violence, sparing scarcely any thing in its way ; and about a
furlong down the gill, at Horsford, belonging to Henry
Bishop, Esq. demolished one barn and lodge, and took off
the corner of another barn, from thence ascending through
woodlands of the said Mr. Henry Bishop, where it not only
tore the trees up by the roots, but took the earth that was
rent up in prodigious flitches, with such violence, that it
covered the bodies, boughs, and leaves of the trees. And in
the next field, it blew up a barn, and scattered the timber to
the north and west, at three or fourscore roods distance.
The next building in its way belonged to Thomas Holman,
who had the roofs of his house and barn taken off, and the
chimney down to the middle. A man in bed slept out the
storm, and knew not the conveniency he had for star-gazing,
till awakened by the rest of the family.
From thence it passed through some woodlands belonging
to Sir Thomas Webster; but there being but little timber in
its way, the damage was not very considerable.
About a mile from Staple Cross, in the road to Northyham,
Mr. John Collier had a barn blown down, and the ridging of the
house unheeled. The next house towards Staple Cross, be-
longing to William Reed, was pretty much damaged in the
tiling. At Collier’s Green, a house belonging to Mr.
Richard Boys, had the chimney taken off in the middle, all
the windows broke, and some of the rafters, and the house
uncovered. Near the house, a barn was blown down, in
which stood a waggon, that was turned bottom upwards;
and two dung-carts were carried away in the storm, of which
they could find only some broken pieces about the fields.
His tenant, just as the windows were drove in by a violent
impulse, was pushed against his wife, and beat her down in
kirby’s wonderful museum.
woman, her tenant, with the fright, and some hurt received
by the fall of the house, was taken dangerously ill.
About three furlongs from Great Saunders, in a gill, it
passed through more woodlands of the said Mr. Bishop’s,
which was very full of fine timber, where it raged with great
violence, sparing scarcely any thing in its way ; and about a
furlong down the gill, at Horsford, belonging to Henry
Bishop, Esq. demolished one barn and lodge, and took off
the corner of another barn, from thence ascending through
woodlands of the said Mr. Henry Bishop, where it not only
tore the trees up by the roots, but took the earth that was
rent up in prodigious flitches, with such violence, that it
covered the bodies, boughs, and leaves of the trees. And in
the next field, it blew up a barn, and scattered the timber to
the north and west, at three or fourscore roods distance.
The next building in its way belonged to Thomas Holman,
who had the roofs of his house and barn taken off, and the
chimney down to the middle. A man in bed slept out the
storm, and knew not the conveniency he had for star-gazing,
till awakened by the rest of the family.
From thence it passed through some woodlands belonging
to Sir Thomas Webster; but there being but little timber in
its way, the damage was not very considerable.
About a mile from Staple Cross, in the road to Northyham,
Mr. John Collier had a barn blown down, and the ridging of the
house unheeled. The next house towards Staple Cross, be-
longing to William Reed, was pretty much damaged in the
tiling. At Collier’s Green, a house belonging to Mr.
Richard Boys, had the chimney taken off in the middle, all
the windows broke, and some of the rafters, and the house
uncovered. Near the house, a barn was blown down, in
which stood a waggon, that was turned bottom upwards;
and two dung-carts were carried away in the storm, of which
they could find only some broken pieces about the fields.
His tenant, just as the windows were drove in by a violent
impulse, was pushed against his wife, and beat her down in