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The East Anglian Earthquake.
obliquely across about the middle, and the upper portions dis-
placed nearly two inches towards the N. In West Street the
Independent Chapel was much damaged, both inside and out;
a chimney over the vestry-room was shattered but left
standing ; the solid ornamental parapet round the building
was partly thrown down on the N. side ; the inside walls were
cracked, and plaster and cornices, together with the gaselier,
thrown down from the ceiling. In this street nearly every
chimney was levelled. At Mr. G. Stebbing's a pane of glass
in a shop door was broken ; the occupier states :—
"When the earthquake came I did not know what it was,
but I heard the house rattling, the tins of lobster and salmon
rolled about the shop by scores, things were tumbling down
in all directions; I felt myself reeling and I caught hold of
one of the iron pillars, thinking I was going to be buried
alive where I stood."
At the National School a part of the chimney fell and the
children assembled were much alarmed, but no other accident
occurred.
The following special cases of destruction have been re-
ported and were in great part confirmed during our visit:—
High Street: the Gothic (Mr. George Harvey) rendered
temporarily uninhabitable; Mr. E. Harvey's, two stacks dis-
lodged and other damage ; Mr. Smith's (parish clerk), the old
Post-office (Mr. J. Pratt), Mr. J. F. Turpin's, Capt. Harvey's,
Mrs. Kidby's, Mrs. Rayner's, Mr. H. Brown's, and other
premises much shattered. The same remark applies to the
following inns:—"Black Boy" (end of East Street, Mr. J.
Blyth); " Ship at Launch " (near Quay) and yacht stores
adjoining; "Anchor" (Mr. D. Ham) damaged in rear;
"Live and Let Live" (Mr. Chiswick); "Falcon" (Mr. N.
Ham); "Sailor's Return," all the chimneys down; the
"Grosvenor" (Mr. J. Goodwin), two stacks hurled into
street; the "Greyhound" and adjoining premises (High
Street). In East Street Capt. Bartlett's and neighbouring
houses lost their chimneys; Mr. Schofield's premises were
half unroofed. In New Road a row of eight houses belonging