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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Lightning struck Mr. Thomas Legare's house in Bedon's Alley last Wednesday morning, severely damaging the structure and contents but sparing the family; an enslaved woman owned by Mr. Cato Ash was killed while sheltering nearby, and the blast knocked people off their seats in adjacent homes.
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My curiosity has prompted me to visit many buildings, &c. struck by lightning, but I have never seen any, where the violence of the destructive meteor was so amazingly great, as at Mr. Legare's house. The gable of the east end is so shattered as to render it necessary to be taken down; the doors and windows, with their cases, are torn to pieces and wainscotting, beaufets, furniture, other materials, saved the whole house and furniture from such astonishing destruction.—Happily none of Mr. Legare's family received any hurt, they all being in the other end of the house; but a Negro wench the property of Mr. Cato Ash, having taken shelter under a balcony, was killed on the spot.
The explosion was so great as to occasion several persons in other adjacent houses to be thrown from their seats, and it is said, that Mr. Legare and two of his sons were tumbled by it, but recovered very soon after.
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Bedon's Alley
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Last Wednesday Morning Between 8 And 9 O'clock
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negro wench the property of mr. cato ash killed on the spot; house gable shattered and to be taken down, doors and windows with cases torn to pieces, wainscotting, beaufets, furniture, other materials damaged but saved the whole house and furniture from such astonishing destruction; none of mr. legare's family received any hurt; several persons in adjacent houses thrown from their seats; mr. legare and two of his sons tumbled but recovered very soon after.
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The house of Mr. Thomas Legare in Bedon's-alley was struck and astonishingly shattered by lightning. The ingenious Mr. Johnston provided particulars and remarks. The gable of the east end is so shattered as to render it necessary to be taken down; the doors and windows, with their cases, are torn to pieces and wainscotting, beaufets, furniture, other materials, saved the whole house and furniture from such astonishing destruction. The Negro wench the property of Mr. Cato Ash, having taken shelter under a balcony, was killed on the spot. The explosion was so great as to occasion several persons in other adjacent houses to be thrown from their seats, and Mr. Legare and two of his sons were tumbled by it, but recovered very soon after.