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Dedham, G miles N.E. of Colchester.—The shock was rather
severe here and some structural damage was done. Chim-
neys at the Hall, the Marlborough Hotel and the "Gun"
Inn thrown down. The dining-room ceiling at Dedham
Park was reported to have fallen in. Writing from the
Lodge, Mr. Rowland T. Cobbold reports that the time was
9.18, as verified by watches, the church clock, and the
stoppage of his drawing-room clock (pendulum swinging N.E.
and S.W.) Four other clocks facing same direction were
not affected. The glass door of a book-case facing S.W. was
thrown open ; bells ou walls facing S.W. were rung, and five
or six others on wall facing N.W. did not sound; duration
of shock estimated by Mr. Cobbold and his son to be 10—12
seconds.
Dengey, near Tillingham.—Shock felt, especially in the
highest parts of the houses ; clocks stopped, pictures moved ;
no structural damage.
Dovercourt.—Shock said to have been slightly felt in some
houses.
Dunmow.—Distinctly felt and rumbling sound heard; bells
rung in some houses, pictures and glasses thrown down; a
man feeding some cattle felt the movement of the ground
and the animals ran about in alarm. No structural damage.
The Rev. A. B. Bingham Wright, of Stebbing, writes :—
" The shock was felt capriciously; not at all in some
houses close to others where it was distinctly experienced.
A watchmaker at work at his board before a window N.W.
by N.—S.E. by S., was swayed backwards on his seat in this
line. The watches hanging in the window in his front
swayed to and fro in the plane of their greater diameter;
those at right angles to the aforesaid, each side of the window,
in the plane of their lesser diameter. He could not say
whether the first impulse was from N.W. or S.E. Shock at
9.20, Greenwich time."
Earls Colne.—Shock felt, accompanied by rumbling noise.
Doors and windows shaken, bells rung, and suspended
objects made to oscillate ; a looking-glass thrown off a
dressing-table. Many people experienced giddiness and
nausea. No structural damage.