Citation - Independent Chronicle: 1780.12.14

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Index Entry Bells, in Barbados, St Michael's, peal of eight, destroyed in storm 
Location Barbados 
Citation
IC.780.040
14 Dec 1780:21,22 (13/642)
From the Antigua Gazette Extraordinary, November 7, 1780. 
Bridge-town (Barbados) October 28. . .  To give a full
description of the late terrible storm . . . [7/8 column
description, including ruins of Saint Michael's Church]
which had often contained more than 3000 souls at one time,
in which was an organ in complete order, worthy of a place
in the largest church in the world, a steeple (which
contained an excellent clock and a peal of eight bells . . .
to behold all this tumbled in a heap . . .


Generic Title Independent Chronicle 
Date 1780.12.14 
Publisher Willis, Nathaniel 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1780 
Bibliography B0017820
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