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Destructive tempest impacts Surrey and Thames towns
A sharp hurricane named Hurri cane caused widespread damage across Surrey and nearby areas. Barns and a windmill at Walton collapsed, trees and fences felled in Bushy Park, and the River Thames rose high forcing residents to seek upper floors. Reports describe floods from Tunbridge Wells to Ashford and Windsor, with ships docked for service repairs and officials reshuffling duties as battles and alliances loom in Europe.
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Atoulfey
Surrey
Walton
Shanon
D.maze
Ashley
Bushy Park
Himptons Cout
Himpton Town
Holden Bride
Wurbridge Town
Frankfore
Alsace
Mentz
Eugene
Rhine
Italy
Hanover
Duke of Richmond
Earl of Scaboe
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Godolphin
Ashford
Kent
Sir John Norris
Portsmouth
Chatham
Great Britain
Duke of Leeds
Earl of Salisbury
House of Peers
Nottingham
Newark
Thorn
Castellan de
Czersk
Stanislaus
Thames
Windsor
Baton
Ley
Bow
Stratford
Ribyrn Abbey
Yorkhir
Man
Maryland
Viceans Harcourt
Earl of Essex
Anne
Warsaw
Stasislaus
Jaroslaw
Palatine of Kiev
Poniatowski and
Bielinski
Augustus
Bar of Crawford
Scotland
Lady Villiers
Lord Grandison
Naples
Duke de Montemar
Berwick
Castropignano
Sicily
Parma
France
Normandy
Ty Salmore
Bilbos