Great and wonderful news from Silverdale, : in the parish of Warton, in Lancashire, giving a very sad and terrible relation of a fearful storm of thunder, lightning, and mighty hail, that happened there on the 12th of June, 1693. to the great terror and amazement of the inhabitants. The hail-stones being of a vast bigness, and in sundry strange forms and figures very surprizing; the like never before having been seen. Also an account of the terrible darkness, and the dreadful circumstances at the ending this prodigious storm; with the hurt and damage sustained by it, by people, cattle, fowls, &c. attested by divers of the inhabitants, whose names are herein set down.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Randal, bookseller.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Storms--England--Lancashire--Early works to 1800.

Storms.

Thunderstorms--England--Lancashire--Early works to 1800.

Thunderstorms.

Lancashire (England)--History--Early works to 1800.

Lancashire (England).

England--Lancashire.

Genre:

Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages))

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Harris, and to be sold by Randal Taylor, near Stationers Hall, 1693.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Imprint from colophon.

Initial.

Imperfect: print show-through with some loss of text.

Reproduction of original in: Worcester College (University of Oxford). Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 3035:4) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition, 1994), G1660C

ESTC R233806

OCLC:

857313538

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.