THE NARRATIVE OF The most terrible and dreadful TEMPEST, HURRICANE, or EARTHQUAKE in HOLLAND; On Wednesday the 22 of July last, With the particulars of the Damages, how it overthrew and be●● down Vast ●umbers of Ste●ple●, Mills and Houses destroyed many Men and Children, cast away abundance of Ships ●n several places, almost utterly ruined the City of Vtrecht, Where the Churches following are Demolished; The famous Dome, or Cathedral of that pla●●▪ The Spire of St. Jamses. Burr Kirk. St. Peter's Church, and St. Nicholas Church▪ And other Wonderful Devastations; So that 'tis judged by Sobe● Men, the Dutch have hereby sustained no less Damage, tha● London, by the Dreadful F●r● in Sixty Six.  
P●inted First at Amsterdam, by Order of the States, and Transl●●● and published in English, for General Satisfaction, from the Dutch Co 〈…〉  
To which is Added, a Letter from Kent, Whereby it appears that t●● Remains of this strange Storm p●oce●d●ng into England, did Ex●●aordin●●● hurt the same Night in Rumney Marsh, and there ab●u●s.  
Cambridge, Printed by S. G. for John Ratcliff of Bost●● 1674   

THE NARRATIVE of the Late DREADFUL STORM in HOLLAND.  
ON Wednesday the twenty second of Ju● last (old stile) being a day set apart by Order of our Superiors to be observed as a Fast fo● Imploring a bl●ssing from Heaven, on the Forces o● this State, under the Conduct of his Highness' th● Prince of Orange, the weather was all day very ho● and sultry, and continued fair and clear till about seven of the Clock in the Evening: when there appeared at this City of Amsterdam, to Windward, from ●●d very black thick Cloud. Which being furiously 〈◊〉 ought on by the Wind, suddenly filled the whole hemisphere with a terrible Darkness, which was in●ntly supplied by more dreadful Flashes of Lighting, that continued for some time without Intermis●n, and made the whole Heavens seem as if they ●d been in a Flame: in the mean time it thundered ●st horribly, and hailed excessively, several of the ●nes that fell, being (as it is credibly reported, and ●th been here attested before the Magistrates) 〈◊〉 that extraordinary, and almost incredible bigness ●at they weighed above a quarter (some say almost ●f) a pound a piece. but that which was yet more ●righting and prejudicial was the extreme fury of ●e wind, which blew with such excess of violence, ●at the like was never before seen or heard of in ●ese parts. The noise of the Thunder, continual ●●sh●●●s of Lightning without the least respite, the 〈◊〉 ●s Hail, and roaring of the wind, most horrible to hear, coming thus all at once, made the am● people conclude the Day of Doom, or final di●●●● of the World was come wpon them: All that in the Streets were presently forced to take shel● some Houses, partly to avoid the Hail, and p● for that otherwise they were blown into the 〈◊〉 halls: wherein many, especially Children and 〈◊〉 persons by that means perished, or dashed against Walls, and their breath struck out of their B● or if they were strong enough, or in places secur avoid those mischiefs, they were knocked on the 〈◊〉 by the falls of Houses, Steeples, and Chimneys 〈◊〉 were woefully shattered down in all parts, such 〈◊〉 the violence of the storm, that the ground i● 〈◊〉 seemed to move and tremble as if it had be 〈◊〉 Earthquake (which some do still believ it in p● have been) and this City being generally bu● piles, such shake threw down great ●●umb● Houses, and blew away others quite ostrom 〈◊〉 ●ions; whereby multitudes of people, both Men and Women, and ●n were miserably destroyed, or sadly named and hurt; and those other ●hat happened to escape standing, were generally uncovered, ●heir Tiles 〈…〉 off, and their Walls o● sides broke down, whereby G●●ds to an ●●●a●●e value were spoiled and damaged. Most part of the Trees ●●me Leagues from hence were pluck d up by the Roots, and some ●e very biggest of them) carried above half a Mile from the place they 〈◊〉 in, above Thirty Miles are quite blown down, and most of the other 〈◊〉 City shattered beyond repair; nor was the mischief less by water then 〈◊〉 all the Vessels that lay before the Pales being broke lose, and a do●●em over-set, thirty Ships turned up side down in a strange manner, ●●ats and small Vessels that were out in the Weiling were cast away ●t part of their men, of whom, some are affirmed by their surviving ●ons, to have been fi●st killed by the violence of the Hailstones, which ●reat, and withal so sharp, that several persons going to help their ●●r Friend out, when blown into the Ditches and ready to be drown●●eir heads and hands almost battered to pieces, so that they were for●●t that charitable office to provide for their own safety. This pr●di●m continued not in its fury here abov● half an hour, and yet the da●d losses sustained are fierce to be computed, Water●eugh, I nir●●●s, 〈◊〉 and other Villages have been in the same Condition, in some scarce 〈◊〉 st nding.  
stretch we have received an account that as this Tempest continued ●e, so it was more dreadfu & prejudicial, insomuch that it hath almost ●●ed that City, which had not yet well recovered itself from these ●ately sustained whilst in the hand of an Enemy, the great D●om or ●the●ral of that place, a structure renowned throughout Christen● the body of the Church was beat down and buried in its own rub●●he Pillars near the Ministers Pue, and the seven Crown Candlesticks ●es Pu●, and the stately Clockwork are all beaten to pieces but the ●elf remains whole; the ancient and stately Spire of St. James' ●as likew●●●●hrown down, but providence ordered it so that it fell ●●e b●●●●n the houses, which must otherwise hav● beaten down ●m, a● 〈◊〉 many of the Inhabitants. The Burr Kirk is beaten in on both sides and half the Roof of it. T●e Spire of St. Nicholas 〈◊〉 blown away, and the Tower that stood by Agnus Cloister also b●●●● Magdalen Church and the Duke house, are demolished, so like 〈◊〉 Towers of St. Peter's Church, and the body of the Church ruined.  
A Schute lying full of Turf in the Gralt was beaten all to pieces, 〈◊〉 the Toll-steek port, another Turf Ship destroyed in the same manner 〈◊〉 nine Corn-mills on the Will, there is but three left standing, the Mill 〈◊〉 Griest-Streigh blown up from the ground, so are the Mills without t●● strike port; several Passengers were blown some into the Water, and s● to the Air as they were travelling thither, and several Wagons that ca● Passengers from Arnhenime were by violence of the Wind overturn most of the people very much hurt, and five killed. The St. Martin's 〈◊〉 is destroyed, and some poor people Killed in it, and in short, ●●at City 〈◊〉 so eminently that there s sca●ce a House but has received and retains considerable m●●k● of this Tempest's violence. It is reported to arise 〈◊〉 B●●ssels, wherein did much hurt, and thence passed into North-Hollan● Causing grea● Devastations in all its Progress.  
We every mo●ent receive fresh tiding of further damages from a and t●ough it be certain that very many persons have perished herein, y● perfect account of them as yet brought in to assertain the number; Nor 〈◊〉 to●●l of the damages sustained be computed, for as it's Horror whilst ●tinued was in expressible, so the mischief done thereby is conceived t● valuable.   

POSTSCRIPT.  
〈◊〉 the Translation of this Dutch Account, we have received Certain formation that on the very same Wednesday n●ght, there happened a ●●y unusual Tempest, or Storm, in Rumney Marsh, in the County ●t, and parts adjacent; It began there about ten of the c●o●k, ●●h such fury that affrighted the People, f ari●g all their Houses 〈◊〉 have fallen on their hea●s; and indeed it ●i● very considerable ●es there, both to Houses and Cattle; and continued for above ●●r, with that violence, that the Eldest M●n liv●●g thereabouts, heard the like: And some prejudice we are told of a● Se● ●n our Coasts ●●me time, which is concluded to be part of the r●●a●●s of the be●●entioned Hurricane: But the same having s●ent it● greatest ●ury, here somewhat more gentle than it had been in Holland.  
FINIS.