Document 19, p 3
| between the Time the Bridge was certified for and | ||||
| beat away ⁁ |
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| happened | ||||
| About a Month before this | ||||
| Accident happened there had been | ||||
| a flood – I examined the Bridge | ||||
| after that flood and found so far | ||||
| from its having sustained any | ||||
| Injury that I thought it rather | ||||
| benefited by it because the Stones | ||||
| that had been laid to defend the | ||||
| Piers and which were uneven were | ||||
| rendered more compact by [??] | ||||
| Gravel & Sand being washed | ||||
| between them | ||||
| Mr Smeaton Esq examnd | ||||
| What was the Cause of the Accident | ||||
| of the falling down of the Bridge? | ||||
| I apprehend the Cause of the | ||||
| Accident was owing to a very | ||||
| 3 Extry |
Note: Minutes of Committee to consider Mr Errington's Petition, 27 February 1783, p 3
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