A dreadful phenomenon described and improved. Being a particular account of the sudden stoppage of the River Severn, and of the terrible desolation that happened at the Birches between Coalbrook-Dale and Build-Was Bridge in Shropshire, on Thursday morning May the 27th, 1773. And The Substance of a Sermon Preached the next Day on the Ruins, to a vast Concourse of Spectators. By John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley in Shropshire, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan.

People / Organizations

• John Fletcher (Author)

Imprint

Shrewsbury: printed by J. Eddowes, and sold by J. Buckland, in Pater-Noster-Row, London; T. Mills, in Bath; and S. Aris, in Birmingham, [1773]

Publication year

1773-1773

ESTC No.

T98871

Grub Street ID

318069

Description

[4],104p. ; 12⁰

Note

Half-title: 'Account of the phenomenon at the Birches'.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling.