Delayed wig fitting saved 1739 parishioners?

[Still Waters]

It was 280 years ago that the roof of Swansea's largest church, St Mary's, collapsed 10 minutes after the Sunday morning service should have begun.

Only one person was hurt as the vicar had been delayed opening the church.

Many lives were saved because Rev Charles Davies' "drunken barber" failed to turn up to fit his wig, according to legend.

Historian Gerald Gabb has looked into the story in his book, Swansea & its History, II: The Riverside Town.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49361367

[hetrodoxly]

If you want proof of divine intervention there it is :)

I wonder what people of the 18th century would think if they came back and saw all the shaved heads.