The water overflowed several streets, and rose to a considerable height in Westminster-hall.

London bridge was almost choked with the wrecks of vessels that perished in the river.

The loss sustained by the capital was computed at a million sterling; and the city of Bristol suffered to a prodigious amount; but the chief national damage fell upon the navy.

Thirteen ships of war were lost, together with fifteen hundred seamen, including rear-admiral Beaumont, who had been employed in observing the Dunkirk squadron, and was then at anchor in the Downs, where his ship foundered.

This great loss, however, was repaired with incredible diligence, to the astonishment of all Europe.