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Museum, heard the rattling of the windows and felt the
shaking of the table in an upper room of the Literary
Institution. Time doubtful; about 9.35 (?).
St, Osyth.—No report has been received from here, but on
the occasion of the visit of the Essex Field Club to the
earthquake district on August 4th, 1884, it was observed that
several of the old and shaky chimneys had been repaired,
having been to some extent damaged by the shock.
Shoeburyness—Shock felt. No details reported.
Southend.—Oscillation very perceptible : glasses and other
articles rattled or thrown off tables and shelves, and bells
rung. A lady on the ground floor of a house in Royal
Terrace was thrown backwards against the mantelpiece and
felt the floor upheave. A clock in this house, oscillating
S.S.W. and N.N.E., was stopped at 9.20. Shock and oscilla-
tion of buildings distinctly felt at "Royal" and "Hope"
Hotels, Cliff Town Parade, Nelson Street, High Street, and
on the Pier, this last structure being described as swaying to
and fro. Apparent direction of disturbance N. to S. Mr. H.
Middleton, writing from the " Hope " Hotel, states that he
was in an upper room and saw the oscillation of the walls.
His own clock and two more were stopped; pendulums all
swinging nearly E. and W.
South Weald, near Brentwood. — Bumbling heard at
Gilstead Rectory ; lamps upset and furniture moved.
Southminster, about 3 miles N.E. of Burnham.—The Rev.
G. C. Berkeley, writing from the Vicarage, states that he was
sitting on the sofa, having just finished breakfast, when,
about 9.20, he heard an alarming sound, felt the floor move,
and, jumping up, observed the swaying of the dining-room
wall. On going into the village afterwards, Mr. Berkeley
was informed that two bells in the church had rung, clocks
were stopped, and glasses and cups on shelves were rocked.
Mr. F. Chancellor, of Chelmsford, subsequently surveyed the
Vicarage, and discovered that three of the chimney-stacks
had been cracked, and had to be partly taken down. Mr.
William Page, of Southminster Hall, reports that he was
sitting reading in his dining-room, when he was startled by