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from E. to W., and the ground felt to heave. Inside the
house walls and ceilings were cracked and bells rung;
glasses and ornaments were thrown down and water-jugs
turned over, two being spilt to W. Two heavy chests
of drawers with backs to E. were moved three inches
from the wall and the drawers thrown open. A chiffonier
full of books, standing against a W. wall, had all the
books shifted forward an inch or two towards the E. and
the doors thrown open. A heavy leaden cistern, also against
a W. wall, was thrown in the same direction, towards the E.
Clocks with pendulums swinging E. and W. were stopped,
and the hall lamp swung for some time from E. to W. Milk
in six or seven pans was splashed up the eastern sides of the
pans 21/2 to 3 inches higher than on the western sides.
At a farm-house, about a quarter of a mile from the Rows,
a large chimney was partially thrown down at its eastern
side, in the same manner as shown in the preceding sketch,
and left in a very tottering condition. At this house an old-
fashioned cabinet clock, with pendulum swinging N. and S.,
was not stopped, but the doors (facing W.) were thrown open,
showing an impulse from the E.
The whole of the foregoing evidence, as furnished most
lucidly by Mrs. Dennis, points (with the exception of the
clock stoppages), to a distinct movement E. and W. at this
place.
Layer Breton, a little over half a mile S.W. of Layer Rows.
—One side and the roof of the church reported to be much
damaged; the rectory roof broken through by chimney-stacks,
and the chimneys at the Hall and one or two other houses
overthrown. I have been informed by Mrs. Dennis that the
worst case of damage was an unoccupied farm-house on
Layer Breton Heath. Some clocks in the village were
stopped, and several eye-witnesses out of doors at the time
stated that the houses were moved towards the W. On the
whole, the damage sustained here was much less than at
Layer-de-la-Haye.
Layer Marney, a little over a mile W. of Layer Breton,
appears to be the western limit of structural damage in that