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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A violent storm of hail, lightning, and thunder hit Aschaffenburg on June 9, causing severe flooding that submerged the area under five feet of water, destroyed buildings, and drowned five millers. Near Amorbach, lightning killed a young man sheltering under a tree with his family (one account says a woman).
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On the 9th Instant there fell here a violent Storm of Hail, Lightning, and Thunder. The Cloud broke at the Distance of a Quarter of a League from this Place, and we were laid more than Five Feet under Water by the Violence of the Torrent, which has carried away several Buildings. Five Millers were drowned; and a young Man, who had taken Shelter under a Tree with his Mother and Sister, near Amorbach, was killed by the Lightning. (Another Account says, it was the Woman that was killed.)
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Primary Location
Aschaffenburg
Event Date
9th Instant
Outcome
five millers drowned; one person killed by lightning (young man or woman)
Event Details
Violent storm of hail, lightning, and thunder occurred, with cloud breaking a quarter league away, causing torrent that flooded area over five feet deep, carried away buildings; lightning strike near Amorbach killed sheltering individual.