72 The East Anglian Earthquake.
before Strood Mill affected." The church is about N. 20° E.
of the mill.
Great Wigborough, nearly 3 miles W.N.W. of Strood
Villa.—Two of the corner pinnacles thrown down from the
church tower, one falling on to the nave and damaging the
roof; the other two pinnacles were loosened and had to be
taken down. The tower is also said to have been cracked on
its south and west sides, and to have received an inclination
over towards the nave. The Rectory was severely shaken,
but received no serious injury. The Rev. P. Watson states
that he heard a rumbling noise, and his clock was stopped at
9.17; some medicine bottles were seen to jump about, and
were then thrown down and broken; a large picture was
swung to and fro, and plaster was brought down from a
ceiling. The sensation was described " as being in a boat
and going up and down, backwards and forwards." Chim-
neys were thrown down and the roofs damaged at the
surrounding farm-houses, Moulsham's, Seaborough, and
Brick House. The latter, a substantial two-storeyed brick
building, occupied by Mr. Charles Harvey, was much injured
about the roof, the chimneys having fallen, and the upper
part of the brickwork of the front of the house just beneath
the roof, having been thrown down for a distance extending
about half the length of the building, leaving the ends of the
rafters exposed. Among the houses reported to have been
much damaged were Mr. Blythe's, Mrs. Cause's, the " King's
Head " Inn (several chimneys levelled), and the Parochial
Schools (chimney fell through roof). As evidence of the
violence of the movement, the Rev. P. Watson states that
" a horse at work was taken off his legs and thrown to the
ground."
Little Wigborough, one mile S.E. of Great Wigborough.
The Rev. F. Watson reports that the church was "perfectly
riddled." In his statement at the Mansion House the Rector
added that " the body of the church has separated from the
tower, and I cannot think of ever having any more service in
it."
To the west and south-west of the Wigboroughs the effects