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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

nor was this the greatest damage for not only whole covering of Barns but a great number of Reicks of Hay Corn Pease c. were taken up and scattered in the Air so that the ground was covered very deep with the Spoil of the Country one Man's Corn or Hay being frequently carried unto another Man's Ground at a great distan●e as in other places were Sheets of Lead Timber and Roofs of Houses the Thatch of Thatched Houses flying in the Air like little Clouds insomuch that together with the Snow it darkened the Light that faintly appeared from the Moon a great many Houses were qui●● blown down in several places and about two hundred stocks of Chimneys fell in and about London not only destroying before them but wounding or killing many People and although this was every where lamentable at Land yet it proved more dreadful at Sea and in the Harbours where the Shipping lay for in the Downs no less than Fifty Ships in great precipitation were obliged to cut their Cables and stand off to Sea in great Confusion and Disorder some of them f●lling foul of the Shoal and Sands others forced to throw their Lading over Board to save their Lives whilst the Masts Rigging and Galleries were rent and broken with the fury of the Wind and we are credibly informed that several Ships are cast away and a great many Men drowned Wrecks of Ships Goods and dead Men being cast ashore in many of our Ports And we had News of the Loss of an East-Indian Ship to the value of 20000 l. but it is since contradicted though she received considerable damage in the Storm and very hardly weathered it Our Men of VVar escaped the best yet not without some damage in their Masts and Rigging We have it strongly reported That several French Privateers that were crusing Abroad for Prizes were cast away and that the Western and Eastern parts of France have suffered considerable damage and not only Paris has felt its Fury but that King 's stately Pallace at Versailles one of the finest in Europe is dismally rent and dismantled and will require a great sum to repair it and a number of his Ships are missing that were driven out of his Ports of Brest and Versailles We do not hear from Scotland that this Storm reached so much Northward as that Kingdom but have daily fresh Accounts from many places of the almost inexpressible Damage it has done in the most Southern parts of England being a very melancholly Relation and the sum of Loss sustained very Excessive so that those that reckon the least make it extraordinary requiring much Time and Money to repair it Many Boats upon the River of Thames breaking loose have been since found as far as Graves-end whither they had been driven with incredible swiftness and several Lighters were staved in driving against the Piles of the Bridge and other places The Ships that lay at Anchor in the River were beat against each other and the Sea-men's Labour proved ineffectual in keeping them from considerable damage in their Hulls and it may not without good ground be suspected that Countries which lay low to the Sea have suffered by Over-flowings or innundations for agitated by this furious VVind the Ocean appeared so exceeding Mountanous as if it had threatened to swallow the Land above which it raised its VVaves This Storm which began about Twelve at Night lasted till about Five in the Morning in its full force to the great Terrour and Amazement of the People some of them concluding it to be the end of the VVorld which made them betake them to their Prayers which they had not perhaps thought on some time before but according to the Prophet When God's Judgments are Abroad the Nations will learn Righteousness then what remains but that we look upon this Storm as an Admonition from Heaven to give us timely warning to repent us of our Sins and turn away from the Evil of our doing cleaving to that which is Good and forsaking that which is Evil that it may be well with us and a worser thing may not befall us for the Almighty for the most part shakes like a compassionate Father the Rod of Correction before he strikes and if we will return to our Obedience he will keep back the Execution of his Indignation and not suffer his Fury to be poured out A timely Repentance disarms him of his Thunder or stays it in the mid Volsey stops his hand who at Pleasure can Arm the Elements to punish our Disobedience After this Storm was over the Sky that had been troubled with tumultuous Clouds cleared up and grew Serene it Freezing very hard as it did all the next day the Wind-being come about to VVest by Nore And thus Reader you have a Relation of what has occurred in relation to this unusual Storm the greatest that has been in the Memory of Man and not to be parallel'd by that which so amused this Kingdom in the Year One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty about the time of the Death of Oliver the Protector FINIS