54 The East Anglian Earthquake.
end seemed to move more than at the north end, and some
little children were tipped from their benches."
Workhouse.—Three chimney-stacks thrown down through
roof. The building is new and substantial.
Churches.—The Rev. Dr. Manning reports, with reference to
St. Leonard's (Hythe):—" Upper storey of church tower en-
tirely dislocated (tower at W. end of church), and buttresses at
N.W. and S.W. corners severely shaken and injured. Tower
said to have been seen to sway from N. to S. Heavy piece of
masonry dislodged from N. side of western gable of church.
Slight crack in chancel arch on N. and S. sides." Trinity
Church much shaken and several cracks in tower. In
St. Peter's Church a clock swinging N. and S. was stopped.
Lion Walk Congregational Church much damaged by the
overthrow of about twenty feet of the spire, the masonry
falling partly through the roof and partly to N. 35° E., the
portion demolished being that rebuilt to replace the corre-
sponding portion blown down about fifteen years previously,
during a strong gale. This incident of the earthquake was
witnessed by some members of the family of Dr. Alexander
Wallace, of Trinity House, who states that his house was
shaken, the windows made to rattle, and bells rung. The
following account has been already published by this ob-
server :—
"Those adults of my family who were standing in my
garden, occupying and having a view over an acre of ground
or more, testified that the first thing noticeable was a low
rumbling, proceeding from the earth, not from above; a
rolling sound indescribable, unlike anything else ; coming to
them from a distance in the south-west, passing under them,
and proceeding in the north-east direction ; next a vibratory
rocking, felt chiefly at the knees, causing unsteadiness, and
attempts to lay hold on surrounding objects, which only
made them feel more unsteady. At the same time surround-
ing objects, buildings, &c, seemed to be rocking and swaying
—oscillating. This is probably an illusory sensation com-
municated from below, and to be compared with the instability
experienced by those who have just landed from a sea voyage.
The next they observed were the falling chimneys around', and
the crumbling and fall of the spire of the Congregational