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Broadside.- extreme weather.- Account of the dreadful Thunder Storms, which took place last week in the Neighbouring Towns of Manchester, with the awful death of Mr. Robert Armstrong, of the the Black Bull Inn, Brampton, who with his Horse was struck dead by lightning and both burnt in a most shocking manner, printed broadside, cheap printing, some partially obscured letters or words, corrected by hand, small tear to right edge, light soiling, laid on paper, ex-Nottingham libraries with neat ink-stamp verso, broadside c.370 x 165 mm., Manchester, Innes, reprinted by Ordoyno, Nottingham, [c.1821].*** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded.Account of storms affecting Manchester, Blackburn, Warrington, Longworth and Bolton. The storm was so bad that "One person met with his death from a thunderbolt which came down the chimney, and killed him as he sat in his house", and "Upwards of two thousand panes of glass were demolished in the hot-houses, green-house and pine pits of Robt. J. J. Norreys Esq, David Hulmes Hall, by the tremendous hail storm ...".
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