28 The East Anglian Earthquake.
1884. Nov. 14th, 5 h. 10 m. p.m. Lancashire; a loud report
heard at Clitheroe; furniture shaken and horses nearly
thrown to the ground ; no damage.
1884. Dec. 25th, about 10 h. 20 m. p.m. Wiltshire ; a
slight shock felt at Barnsbury, about time of the first shock
of the great Spanish earthquake. (Alfred Batson, in
' Nature,' Jan. 1st, 1885.)
1885.12 Jan. 22nd, about 8 h. 42 m. Devonshire and
Somersetshire; Taunton, Bradford, Creech, the Crewcombe
Valley, Combe Florey, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Handy Cross,
Stogumber, Monksilver, Bampton, Shillingford, Combehead,
W. Buckland, Nymhead, &c. Sound like the passing of a
heavy traction engine, houses violently shaken, crockery
rattled; a piece of wall thrown down at Bampton. (Local
papers; Mr. Edward Parfitt, in 'Nature,' Feb. 12th; and
Mr. W. A. Sandford, Ibid, Jan. 29th.)
Since the commencement of April, 1884, the following
shocks have occurred on the Continent of Europe :—
1884. April 9th, 8 p.m. Italy ; Spoleto; violent; bells
rung and clocks stopped. ('Nature,' May 15th.)
1884. April 10th, 9 h. 50 m. Italy; Cosenza and Paola ;
slight. (Ibid.)
1884. July 19th, night. Agram ; subterranean rumbling ;
no damage. (' Nature,' July 24th. This place is subject to
frequent shocks.)
1884. July 23rd, 2 h. 40 m. p.m. Ischia ; strong shock at
Forio; rumbling noise ; no damage. ('Nature,' July 31st.)
1884. Aug. 3rd, afternoon. Bosnia; several strong
shocks at Foca. ('Nature,' Aug. 7th.)
1884. Aug. 5th and 6th. Iceland; violent earthquakes
at Cape Reykjanes, which split masonry of lighthouse. Con-
nected with the new volcanic island which had risen off here
at the end of July. (W. Or. Spence Paterson, ' Nature,'
Nov. 13th.)
1884. Aug. 7th, 2 a.m. Italy, along the whole range of
the Alban Hills; two chimneys thrown down at Ariccia.
(' Nature,' Aug. 14th.) At 3 h. 30 m. two shocks at Rome
and as far as Porto d'Anzio. (Ibid.)
1884. Sept. 2nd. Lower Austria ; Ban en Voeslau and
Gainfam and as far as Wiener Neustadt; no damage reported.
(' Liverpool Evening Express,' Sept. 3rd.)
12 It was reported in the newspapers that another shock had been felt
at Lexden, on Jan. 18th, about midnight, but inquiries in the neigh-
bourhood proved that this statement was erroneous. See ' Nature,'
Jan. 29th, p. 289.