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alarmed. The station-master (Mr. Pinner) was tilted from
his chair on to his desk. Mr. Pinner reports that the station
clock, which stopped at 9.18, was swinging E. and W.
The disturbance apparently came from the S.
Marks Tey.—Two shocks felt; no damage. Mark's Hall
much shaken.
Mayland, between Althorne and Asheldham.—Shock felt.
Messing, near Coggeshall.—Shock rather severe; slight
structural damage. Part of a chimney at a cottage near
vicarage thrown down ; church slightly damaged. Vicarage
oscillated.
Middleton, near Sudbury (Suffolk).—Shock felt.
Mistley Thorn, near Manningtree.—A kitchen copper dis-
placed ; one person thrown against the wall of his house and
a little girl thrown down.
Mountnessing, near Brentwood. — Oscillation felt by a
person in bed.
New England Island, in the River Crouch opposite Burn-
ham.—Mr. E. A. Fitch reports that the shock was distinctly
felt by some men occupied in an oyster pit, a shallow
excavation on the shore about 20 to 25 feet square and four
feet deep. The men were stooping down in four feet of
water, turning the oysters, and described the sensation as
though they were "about to be swallowed up"; a man
outside on the saltings felt nothing,
North Woolwich.—Shock distinctly felt about 9.20; rumbling
sound heard.
Purfleet.—Mr. N. Green, writing from the Board School to
Mr. A. P. Wire, reports that the shock was not felt here, but
a person residing three miles to the east, who was lying ill in
bed, felt the oscillation and saw the shaking of the chimney
ornaments.
Ramsey, near Harwich.—Shock felt at vicarage, accom-
panied by a loud rumbling apparently coming from the south.
The swaying of the building was felt, and a servant in the
upper storey had to lay hold of a bedstead to prevent herself
from being thrown down.
Rayleigh.—Shock felt in a few houses.