Thunder and Lightning Ravage Carron Mill and Fife Farm
A Wednesday storm of thunder and lightning killed a young lad near Haddington and destroyed a mill on the Water of Carron near Falkirk. Houses with thatch burned, with others at risk, as locals report a fierce electric discharge. A minister in Crawford notes multiple sheep and cattle struck, with one man dead and his brother stunned, while other districts report sheep killed and a bog of smoke from the event. Local Dublin notices record marriages, deaths, and official appointments amid a string of public affairs and ceremonial entries from that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carron
Falkirk
Gladmuir
Haddington
Thomas Brown
Corhohead
Beild
Moffat
Crawfurd
Aberdeen
William Crystall Wright
Shipping arrivals and departures from Glasgow and Cork
The report lists multiple ships arriving or leaving British ports and routes. Vessels named include George, Bowrd, James, and Howard with origins from Virginia St. Kitts Barbados London and other locations. Ports cited include Glasgow Cork Margate Dublin Newcastle Jamaica and Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Fuly
Downs
Wer
Boston Packet
Anson
Bolton
William and Mary
Greytock
Sisal Rotterdam
Swift
Cormett
Gibraltar
George
Bowrd
James
Shannon
Virginia
Glasgow
Johanna
Hunter
Ditto
Dragon
Elizabeth
Sullivan
Barbadoes
Cork
Hawke
Brotherton
St. Kitt’s
Dover
Howard
Harlain
Margate
Loretto
Litherhead
Delight
Judd
Newcastle
Constantine
Connell
St. Kit’s
Dublin
Diamond
Chew
Fell
Brown
The
Unity
Gibson
Kearson
Lancaster
Jamaica
London
European News and London Notices Stream of May Letters
Letters from Astracan Persia report Shah’s destruction of rebels and penalties on plunderers. Fire damage rips Kiev and Nafchna, Moscow reinforced. taxation fears prompt guard at Count de Haugwatz’s house. Paris corn prices fall due to army magazines sale. Royal couple at Kew then Cliefden. church appointments fill livings. Shipping news include East India and Jamaica arrivals, privateers captured, and fleet actions around Madeira and Virginia. Local incidents cover storms, drownings, knife assault, robberies, and several court sessions plus marriages and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loon DO. N
Astracan
Persia
Peterburgh
Kiev
Nafchna
Moscow
Petersburgh
Vienna
Count de Haugwatz
Aix la Chapelle
Thomas Robinson
Great Britain
Paris
Provence
Dauphine
Italy
Shoreham
Herring
Tilson
Richard Hynd
Lillington Levell
Oxford
Henry Pelham
Knight
Clare Hill
Cambridge
St. Martin’s
Dorsetshire
Westminster-Hall
Admiralty
Ireland
East India
Bengal
Eastcourt
Benson
Benjamin
Meard
Winchelsea
Baron
Colchester
Wood
Cefar
Court
Jamaica
Swan
Kennedy
Gold Coast
Nightingale
Townsend
Angola
David
Wright
Bristol
Cork
Madeira
Anson
Nottingham
Duke of Cumberland
Aifleby
Virginia
Cumberland
His Majesty
St. Kitt’s
Antigua, &c
Port-Mahon
London
West Indies
New-York
Bermudas
Boston
Antigua
Martinico
Argyle
Thomas Hudson
Amaica
St. Jago de Cuba
Lisle
Weym
Flower-de-Luce- Court
Fleet-street
Cambden
Courcy
Bridewell
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Newington
Frederick Hamilton
Oxfordshire
Clement Dormer Cottrel
Prince and Princess of Wales
Thomas Bowman
Lisbon
Peggy Scott
Scott
Wapping New Stairs
St. Brides
Thomas Bray
Ilington Turnpike
Mary Thompson
Deptford
James Colthurst
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John Hepburn
Crawford
Relan
Funenzo
Henry Cusack
Moyaughter
Richard Workman
Thomas Ennis
Christopher Abbott
Abraham Maddock
Francis Lowndes
Robert Butagh
Francis Drake
S Court of Exchequer
Cuftstreet
John Martin
Queen Anne
Fufly
William Percival
Miss Ward
Justice Ward
John Ferrall
Abbey-street
Bowen
Thomas Bowen
Oyer
William Darby
St. Michan’s Pargh
Country-News
Pofeaics
Portmore
Shin
Burnet
Samuel Alston
Nayland
Suffolk
High Court of Chancery
Pe Addenbrook
Catherine Hall
Litchold
H Wnes
Ning” S College
Windsor
Siier
King’s College
Raton
Vanley
Chritt
Vre- T Denck Cornwalls
Confs © College
Chapman
Magdalen College
Alston
Wrirty Idall
Physick
Taylor
Chris’s College
Davies
Quein’s College
Trinity
St. John’s
Peterhouse
Queen’s
Pembroke
Bennett
Caius
Clare-Hall
Jesus
Emmanuel
Sidney
Ware
Batchelor
St. Mary’s Church
Kew
Cliefden
Buckinghamshire
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Stalesfield
Sittingbourn
Benjami Daiwney
Symmonds
Dean and Chapter of
Young
Welles
Lynch
Eynsford
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