80 The East Anglian Earthquake.
the building considerably shaken and cracked inside, but
much less injured than Peldon and Langenhoe Churches. The
Hall, according to Mr. J. E. Taylor, had " lost the upper
part of the western side of the front elevation." Quay Farm-
house : walls cracked in numerous places. West House : two
chimney-stacks thrown down, the house partly unroofed and
the front shaken to such an extent as to require shoring up.
Mill House : chimneys thrown down and partially unroofed.
Post-office: chimneys levelled and roof damaged. Some
fifteen other houses are mentioned as having been more or
less injured.
East Donyland and Rowhedge.—A considerable amount
of damage was caused here, although the destruction was
much less than at Abberton and Peldon.
At the church the gable top of the chancel was broken off,
and chimneys at the rectory and old parsonage thrown down.
The Post-office, " Ship " Inn, and many buildings along the
Quay had chimneys demolished or fractured, roofs untiled and
walls in some cases badly cracked. The whole side of one
house (Mr. Jennings) was thrown down. At Donyland
Brewery the large boiler was shifted but not otherwise
damaged; the building itself, which is substantial, was but
slightly injured. East Donyland Hall (Mr. Havens) had all
its chimneys but one thrown down, the roof much damaged,
and the walls cracked both inside and out; the front of the
house was left insecure and had to be shored up. Time
of shock given as about 9.20. At Donyland Lodge (Major
Holroyd) the chimneys were thrown down or dislocated,
necessitating removal; the house was rendered temporarily
uninhabitable, the kitchen being the only room left in which
a fire could be lighted.
At Rowhedge a large percentage of the chimneys were
observed to have been dislodged and many twisted towards the
N.E. Mr. Symons states that "probably half the chimney-
stacks were thrown down, and along the river front, perhaps
75 per cent., and one or two gables had been thrown clown;
there was a considerable variety of structure, but the new and
good brickwork had suffered nearly as much as the old."