Document 19, p 9
| 26 | ||||
| originate from that Downfall of | ||||
| Snow as described by Mr Donkin | ||||
| Rain | ||||
| together with the heavy ⁁ falling upon | ||||
| it | ||||
| The nature of Snow is like that | ||||
| of a Sponge it drinks in all | ||||
| the falling water till it is perfectly | ||||
| saturated without letting any of it | ||||
| go-and after it is perfectly | ||||
| saturated it breaks forth all together | ||||
| like a Reservoir – both Rain & | ||||
| Snow at once – This likewise aided | ||||
| by the Rain continuing to fall | ||||
| produced so great & sudden a | ||||
| Torrent that according to the | ||||
| Marks upon the Bridge to which | ||||
| the water rose according to Mr | ||||
| Donkin's Evidence there would be | ||||
| a fall of no less than five feet | ||||
| perpendicular between the Upper | ||||
| Side | ||||
| 9 | ||||
Note: Minutes of Committee to consider Mr Errington's Petition, p 9
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