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E.N.E. Mr. Lawrence adds that at his private house, about
half a mile S. of the office, " a parcel of linen about a foot
in height, folded for the mangle, was rocked violently from
S.S.W. to N.N.E., but was not overturned." The office clock
on the ground-floor, plane of vibration E.N.E.—W.S.W.,
was not stopped. The testimony is tolerably concordant
that at Chelmsford the earthquake movement travelled ap-
proximately from E.N.E. to W.S.W.
At Crix, 6 miles from Chelmsford, on the Witham Road,
Mr. Samuel Hall, F.C.S., informs me the shock was felt at
9.20; pictures were swung to and fro on the wall, the floor of
the room heaved distinctly, and on the second floor the
oscillation caused a servant to have a feeling of nausea. The
shock was not felt in the basement; in the garden the rise and
fall of the ground was seen and a subterranean noise heard.
Chignal St. James. — Mr. R. M. Christy informs me that
the shock was distinctly felt and bells rung in their house
here.
Chigwell Bow.—Shock not generally felt. Capt. P. M.
Hayward, of Hainault Hall, who was in bed indisposed at
the time, informs me that the house oscillated perceptibly,
and the windows rattled in their frames for about 15 seconds.
Movement apparently E. and W.; time about 9.20.
Clacton.—Shock very slightly felt in some parts of the
parish.
Coggeshall. — Shock severe, but very little structural
damage. A panic was caused among the girls in the
National School, but no serious injury was incurred. In one
house a looking-glass was thrown off a table and broken.
Mr. George P. Beaumont, of Sunnybank, has been good
enough to furnish the following report:—
" I was sitting in my dining-room with my wife and two
other ladies, on the morning of the 22nd April, 1884, when
we all suddenly experienced an oscillation similar to that
which would result from the passing of an express train
through a railway-station, or heavy traction-engine along
the road. Immediately the shock was over I looked at my
clock and observed ' 20 minutes past nine.' Neither of my
clocks stopped, the pendulum of one of which swings from