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BNL.740.023
3-10 Jul 1740:11 ((1894)
London, April 26. 1740. On Wednesday last, soon after seven
o'clock in the evening, the Upper Church at Guildlo[__] in
Surrey fell down. It was an antient building, and not long
ago 750 L. was expended in repairs; there was preaching in
it on Sunday last, and workmen were employ'd in taking down
the bells, who providentially had quitted the spot about a
quarter of an hour before the accident happen'd, so that not
one person received any hurt, tho' great numbers where
spectators: Three bells had been taken down, and the other
three fell with the steeple, which broke the body of the
church to pieces, tho' the steeple has received little
damage by the fall.
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