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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84970	A Full and true account of the sad and dreadful storm that happened on Sunday morning, the 12th of January, 1689. VVith a relation how it happened, and continued, and the damage it has done by land and sea, by blowing down houses, chimneys, trees, killing and wounding divers people, carrying away hay-reeks, corn-reeks, &c. in damaging churches, casting away ships, boats, lighters, &c. with other prodigious and fearfull circumstances attending it; the like not known in any age.		1689-1690 (1690)	Wing F2310B; ESTC R177233	4,243	8

A Full and True ACCOUNT Of the sad and dreadfull STORM That happened on Sunday Morning the 12th of January 1689. VVITH A Relation how it happened and continued and the Damage it has done by Land and Sea by blowing down Houses Chimneys Trees killing and wounding divers People carrying away Hay-Reeks Corn-Reeks c. in damaging Churches casting away Ships Boats Lighters c. with other prodigious and fearfull Circumstances attending it the like not known in any Age. Licensed according to Order LONDON Printed for P. Brooksby J. Deacon J. Blare J. Back A Full and True ACCOUNT Of the Sad and Dreadfull STORM c. THough many of the West-Indian Islands and Plantations are frequently subject to the dismal Effects of prodigious Storms and Hurracains that carry all before them yet England amongst other parts of the World has been mostly exempted from a ruinous Event of that nature and when such thing●●●ppen they may be looked upon as Prodigies But amongst 〈◊〉 ●●at have happened in the Memory of Man or we find recounted in History none has ever proved so destructive as this we are about to describe the dismal Account of which as we have been Eye witnesses and received from several places take as followeth On Saturday Morning being the 11th of January 1689. the Sun rise pale with dark Spots and Clouds crossing it with red duskey Streaks and was often over-cast with red and dark Clouds which the most curious Observers ever denote to fore-run a Storm but within an hour or two the day cleared up for a time but in the Afternoon the Wind began to rise and changed its Quarter twice or thrice in a short time till it came to South-West and South by West and then great flakes of Snow fell and continued so to do mixed with a kind of drizling Rain from four in the Afternoon till between Twelve One in the Morning at what time the Wind increased and on a sudden grew so violent that such as hapened to be abroad were not able to stand before it and the Tiles and Brikes flew every where about the Streets in such abundance that the Watch in most places in and about the City of London were obliged to leave their Stands and seek Shelter the open Streets being every where unsafe and many were beaten down with Tiles and Bricks the Houses every where rocked as with an Earthquake and shafts of Chimneys fell thick many breaking through the Roofs and carrying all before them which obliged the Inhabitants to quit the upper Stairs of their Houses and betake themselves to the low Room or Cellars the strongest Houses rocking and tottering all the while in a most grievous manner so that many doubted their Safety in the most securest places and several fearing the fall of their Houses and betaking them to the Streets and void places were not only carried against their Wills and driven too and fro by the Violence of the Storm but beat down and wounded by Tiles and Bricks that were blown off the Houses and carried into the Air at a prodigious distance nor did the strong Churches escape the Fury th● Lead in several places being ripped off and rent in piece● 〈◊〉 the Stones shaken and uncemented and particularly that ●●●ous and ancient Church in the Temple suffered by this Storm which for its Violence seemed to threaten the Dissolution of all things by its force in shaking the Steeples made the Bells chatter in some Steeples This was but the least part of the Mischief the fury of the Wind occasioned for in places where Houses stood most exposed it took off whole Roofs and scattered them in the Air wounding if not killing divers Persons whilst the Ruins every where spread the Streets and we had an Account that in a place called Gravel-Lane a Boy and a Man were overwhelmed and killed in their Beds by a Stack of Chimneys which broke through the Roof the House upon them and a Carman being early up to remove some Goods had the misfortune to be beaten down in Thames-Street by the fall of several Bricks from the top of a Chimney and his Scull being broke he died of the Wound The River of Thames raged with impetuous Violence being agitated by the Fury of the VVind meeting the Tide and dashed to pieces a great many VVherrys and some Lighters driven from their Anchors which appeared the next Morning by the VVrecks and broken pieces that floated in abundance and divers dead Bodies were taken up and discovered as well below as above Bridge supposed to have been cast away in this impetuous Storm and divers are likewise missing and enquired after and happy it was for many Hundreds that it fell out in the Night-time otherways few that were on the VVater any thing far from Shore must have expected to escape But deplorable and ruinous was the sight in the open Fields and enclosed Grounds where mighty Oaks and Elms out of the Age of Man's Memory lay rooted up having turned up with their Roots upon their falling whole Loads of Earth the Branches of their main Roots as thick as a Man's Thigh being snapped asunder part up and part remaining in the Ground and mighty Arms of Trees bestrewed the Fields and Roads carried in the Air an extraordinary way some of which beat and did considerable damage to the the Neighbouring Houses and Barns and this not only in the Country but near Town for in that famous Park by White-Hall known by the Name of St. James's Park the pleasant VValk of the King and Queen and Court Nobility c. a great many of those stately Trees on the North side the Pall-mall near St. James's were blown up by the Roots others were split in sunder some again were snapped short and others had their great Arms blown off so that those that were blown down were sawn asunder to clear the VValk their largeness not admitting of any other speedy way of removal and this Ruine happened not only in the VValk but other places of the Park the young and pliable Trees suffering very much as well as the large and stubborn nor did White-Hall or St. Jame's escape marks of this Storms Fury and that the City might no more boast of her pleasant VValks in the Moor-Fields by New Bethlehem Ten or Twelve of those Trees planted out of the Memory of Man were blown up by the Roots or rent in sunder beating down and breaking the Rails in their fall As for Pails Palisado's Fences and things of that kind they made but feeble resistance being for a great part broken and carried away at a great distance the Cattle in divers places that were in the Fields were blown forcibly into Ditches Rivers and Ponds where several of them perished for want of timely Help Several Carriers that were upon the Road had their VVaggons overturned by the fury of the VVind and divers Market-VVomen in their going home were blown together with their Panniers and Dorsers off their Horses