翻刻
蔵え雷落る但十弐三間も有之候酒蔵棟真中
ころえ落右棟木雷落候木を大工等押へ候得
とも喜兵衛聞入不申用ひ申候よし恐るへき
事也
光台寺榎并新屋敷等え落候よし下町も太子
堂へ落候よし
八幡宮社内へも
《割書:廿五 日|七十 度》 朝むら雲涼し快晴
廿六日 朝より天気東ノ方ニ黒き雲あり四ツ
《割書:七十六度|地震明方》 過ゟ快晴暑気なり
廿四日雷ハ坂下加藤様へも落湊えも三ケ所
程落候よし大貫弐ケ所ぬかたにて弐人并馬
壱杉村にて魚売候人落雷即死之よし滝坂岩
善の山へも落
廿七日 朝きりふる朝より暑気大暑土用中の
《割書:八十 度|明方地震》 ことし
《割書:八時九十五度》
廿八日 朝きりふる四ツ過よりてり立大暑風
《割書:朝八十弐度|八ツ時九十五度 》なし凌かね候程也夜中も風なし夕方
《割書:朝地震|夜四時地震 》 少々雷声
廿九日 朝きりふる四ツ過よりはれ大暑折々
現代語訳
蔵へ雷落つ。ただし十二、三間もあり候酒蔵棟真中頃へ落つ。右棟木、雷落ち候木を大工等押さえ候えども、喜兵衛聞き入れ申さず用い申し候由、恐るべき事なり。
光台寺榎並びに新屋敷等へ落ち候由。下町も太子堂へ落ち候由。
八幡宮社内へも。
二十五日 朝むら雲、涼し、快晴(七十度)
二十六日 朝より天気、東の方に黒き雲あり。午前十時過ぎより快晴、暑気なり(七十六度、明け方地震)。
二十四日の雷は坂下加藤様へも落ち、湊へも三ヶ所ほど落ち候由。大貫二ヶ所、額田にて二人並びに馬一匹、杉村にて魚売り候人、落雷即死の由。滝坂岩善の山へも落つ。
二十七日 朝霧降る。朝より暑気、大暑、土用中のことなり(八十度、明け方地震、八時九十五度)。
二十八日 朝霧降る。午前十時過ぎより照り立ち大暑、風なし。凌ぎ兼ね候ほどなり。夜中も風なし。夕方少々雷声(朝八十二度、午前八時九十五度、朝地震、夜四時地震)。
二十九日 朝霧降る。午前十時過ぎより晴れ大暑、折々...
英語訳
Lightning struck the warehouse. The sake brewery building, which was about 12-13 ken long, was struck in the middle of its ridge. Although the carpenters tried to restrain [the owner] regarding the ridge beam that had been struck by lightning, Kihei would not listen and used it anyway - truly a frightening thing.
Lightning also struck the enoki tree at Kōtaiji Temple and the new residence area. In the lower town, it also struck Taishidō.
Also struck within the Hachiman Shrine grounds.
25th day: Scattered clouds in the morning, cool, clear weather (70 degrees)
26th day: Good weather from morning, with black clouds in the east. Clear and hot from after 10 AM (76 degrees, earthquake at dawn).
The lightning on the 24th also struck the Katō residence at Sakashita, and about three places in Minato. Two places in Ōnuki, two people and one horse in Nukada, a fish seller in Sugimura - all died instantly from lightning strikes. Also struck Mount Iwayoshi at Takisaka.
27th day: Morning fog. Hot from morning, great heat, as is usual during the dog days of summer (80 degrees, earthquake at dawn, 95 degrees at 8 o'clock).
28th day: Morning fog. Strong sunshine and great heat from after 10 AM, no wind. Almost unbearably hot. No wind even at night. Slight thunder in the evening (morning 82 degrees, 95 degrees at 8 AM, earthquake in morning, earthquake at 4 o'clock at night).
29th day: Morning fog. Clear and very hot from after 10 AM, occasionally...