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Brentwood.—Shook felt by people in the houses ; rumbling
noise; a lady having breakfast in bed had a cup of coffee
spilt.
Broomfield, two miles north of Chelmsford.—Shock felt;
no damage. House-bells, telegraph bell at post-office, and a
large bell in a clock-tower made to ring. Movable objects
in many houses caused to oscillate whilst neighbouring
houses were unaffected. An old man thrown from a chair.
Buckhurst Hill.—Dr. Cory, The Elms, felt a "staggering
sensation," and two of his patients in bed at the time felt the
oscillation ; both resided on the east side of Buckhurst Hill.
Mr. E. H. Bailey, East Lodge, reports that a clock, facing
nearly due S., was stopped at 9 h. 18 m. 15 s. (clock 45 to
75 s. slow). Four other clocks in the house facing E. and W.
and one facing N. were unaffected. At Melrose Villa a clock
was stopped; plane of oscillation N.W.—S.E. At Laurel
Cottage Miss Jane Cole, who was lying in bed unwell, dis-
tinctly felt the vibration and saw the oscillation of the wall.
Bedroom in upper part of house; bed with its length
approximately N. and S. Shock not felt elsewhere in neigh-
bourhood.
Bulmer, near Sudbury (Suffolk).—Shock distinctly felt at
Smeetham Hall; furniture displaced ; no damage.
Burnham, near Maldon.—Rumbling noise; pictures swung,
bells rung and clock stopped. In a builder's shop tools
were made to oscillate; a sash-frame leaning against a wall
and tables thrown down; vibration felt. Mr. E. A. Fitch
informs me that at Hill House (Mr. John Rogers) the shock
was felt very severely, ornaments and pictures being much
shaken, and one large picture facing N.W. especially seemed
as though about to fall over. A sharp concussion was felt
also by men in boats on the River Crouch, and several of the
fishermen were so alarmed that they were afraid to venture
upon the river for days afterwards.
Castle Hedingham.—House-bells rung, rumbling sound
heard, oscillation of houses felt, pictures swung, and a man
said to have been upset from a chair in which he was seated.
No damage.
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