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in a northerly direction. The dimensions of this card, as
described by Mr. Shenstone, are about 8i inches long by
about 21/4 inches wide, and its position in the case was with its
greatest length E. and W., but after the passage of the
disturbance it was found that its eastern end had moved into
a north-easterly position, while its other (western) end had
remained nearly in its former position. A somewhat in-
teresting case, as relating to an object pivoted in a manner
leaving it tolerably free to turn round on a fixed axis
of support in any direction, is that of a Roman hemispherical
bronze helmet, in form very much like a peaked jockey's cap,
supported peak downwards on a brass upright fixed into a
heavy stand, the whole being covered by a glass shade. The
helmet was standing on a glass table-case in the south-
eastern recess of the Museum, this recess being cut through a
solid brick wall 12 feet thick. Before the disturbance the
helmet was standing W. and E., but was afterwards found
facing the S.W., the shock having twisted it round in a
southerly direction. The Curator of the Museum, Mr.
Gunner, states that the oscillation was severely felt in the
building.
In Museum Street a house (Mr. Grimwade's) was reported
to be " much cracked."
Priory Street.—Four corner pinnacles of Roman Catholic
Chapel loosened. The inmates of the Rev. H. Scane's
house were thrown to the floor by the oscillation of the
building. At the British School a portion of the ceiling
was shaken down.
St. Botolph's Priory.—An archway extending between the
two end columns of a row standing E. and W. was loosened
by the shock, and fell down the following day.
Along East Hill, Magdalen and Barrack Streets, Hythe
Hill, &c, no special notes were taken, nor have many
detailed reports been forwarded. It was estimated that in
this part of the town 20 or 30 per cent. of the chimneys had
been demolished. At Golden Noble Hill many houses were
more or less damaged by the fall of stacks and brickwork.
In Barrack Street several chimneys were thrown down at