Awful Thunder Storm - Thursday morning, about 11 o'clock, a sudden and tremendous peal of thunder, accompanied by a vivid flash of lightning, burst immediately over Bath, when a most awful but providential circumstance occurred at the house of Mr. WINDSOR, in James-street. The following are particulars, as detailed by the servants, &c. who witnessed the phenomenon: - A ball of fire, they assert, entered the nursery, situated on the attic floor, where were the nurse and two young children, neither of whom received the least injury, as the fluid was attracted by a bell wire, and conducted to the next floor; whence it appeared to leave the wire and direct its course down the stairs, passing close to a servant girl. The door of the parlour, in which four charming children were at play, was burst open: they saw the fluid, and were greatly alarmed; but most providentially were not hurt; as the igneous matter, apparently, re-attracted by the bell-wire in the passage, went through the ceiling form the kitchen, where, after leaving many marks of its devastating power, it expended itself with an alarming explosion. Mr. and Mrs. WINDSOR were from home at the time, engaged in the duties of their profession; but the feelings of these affectionate parents, on their return soon after the moment of peril may be more easily conceived than described. A flock of sheep, 180 in number, the property of Mr. ROSKELLY, of Ringworthy Farm on the borders of Dartmoor, were left in a field all well on Monday evening, the 8th inst. and early on the following morning, 62 of them were found dead, killed by lightning; their eyes were forced from their sockets, and their bodies appeared as in a state of putrefaction. The flocks of many other farmers in the neighbourhood suffered severely; and it is supposed that not less than 400 sheep have been destroyed. Such was the violence of the storm, that a great number of large trees were rooted up, and the branches of others were shivered to pieces. The lightning excited considerable alarm on some parts of the southern coast also, where great damage has been done, particularly in the gardens and orchards, and is described by many people to have been the most terrific and awful visitation they ever remember to have witnessed. In the York Herald, we read that nine sheep, belonging to Mr. J. LOVELL, of Yeddingham, standing close together under a hedge, were on the 4th isn't. killed by lightning; and a valuable horse, belonging to Mr. B. ATKINSON, was struck dead in a stable at Hillhouse Bank. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia

My, such storms we have never seen...Ellen -----Original Message----- From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lyn Nunn Sent: October 18, 2007 4:02 AM To: GLAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com; powys@rootsweb.com Subject: [POWYS] The Cambrian 27 July 1816 Storms Awful Thunder Storm - Thursday morning, about 11 o'clock, a sudden and tremendous peal of thunder, accompanied by a vivid flash of lightning, burst immediately over Bath, when a most awful but providential circumstance occurred at the house of Mr. WINDSOR, in James-street. The following are particulars, as detailed by the servants, &c. who witnessed the phenomenon: - A ball of fire, they assert, entered the nursery, situated on the attic floor, where were the nurse and two young children, neither of whom received the least injury, as the fluid was attracted by a bell wire, and conducted to the next floor; whence it appeared to leave the wire and direct its course down the stairs, passing close to a servant girl. The door of the parlour, in which four charming children were at play, was burst open: they saw the fluid, and were greatly alarmed; but most providentially were not hurt; as the igneous matter, apparently, re-attracted by the bell-wire in the passage, went through the ceiling form the kitchen, where, after leaving many marks of its devastating power, it expended itself with an alarming explosion. Mr. and Mrs. WINDSOR were from home at the time, engaged in the duties of their profession; but the feelings of these affectionate parents, on their return soon after the moment of peril may be more easily conceived than described. A flock of sheep, 180 in number, the property of Mr. ROSKELLY, of Ringworthy Farm on the borders of Dartmoor, were left in a field all well on Monday evening, the 8th inst. and early on the following morning, 62 of them were found dead, killed by lightning; their eyes were forced from their sockets, and their bodies appeared as in a state of putrefaction. The flocks of many other farmers in the neighbourhood suffered severely; and it is supposed that not less than 400 sheep have been destroyed. Such was the violence of the storm, that a great number of large trees were rooted up, and the branches of others were shivered to pieces. The lightning excited considerable alarm on some parts of the southern coast also, where great damage has been done, particularly in the gardens and orchards, and is described by many people to have been the most terrific and awful visitation they ever remember to have witnessed. In the York Herald, we read that nine sheep, belonging to Mr. J. LOVELL, of Yeddingham, standing close together under a hedge, were on the 4th isn't. killed by lightning; and a valuable horse, belonging to Mr. B. ATKINSON, was struck dead in a stable at Hillhouse Bank. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message