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not many yards from the house. I find that, generally
speaking, people out of doors did not feel it. No damage
was done in this place."
Stisted, between Mark's Hall and Braintree.—Sharp shock;
some bricks from a chimney thrown down.
Stratford. — Shock felt by a few people in bedrooms ;
rumbling noise heard ; movement of curtains seen and
articles on toilet-table shaken.
Tendring. — Shock felt about this district. See Great
Bentley, Great Bromley, and Thorpe.
Thaxted, 6 miles nearly N.N.W. of Dunmow. — Sharp
shock, with sound like distant thunder. Church bell and
house-bells rung; furniture shaken; shock felt in most
houses. No damage.
Thorington, 2 miles N.N.E. of Brightlingsea.—The Rev.
Olivier Bourbeau reports that the shock was felt at the
parsonage, where bells were rung and a clock stopped.
Duration estimated at about three seconds.43
Although no serious damage was reported from this neigh-
bourhood, I observed on August 4th, that along the road
from Greenstead, approaching Thorington Cross, as well as
in the latter place, a few chimneys had been loosened and
showed signs of recent repair. The road here crosses a strip
of London Clay. In Thorington village but few signs of
damage were apparent.
Thorpe-le-Soken, 41/2 miles nearly due E. of Great Bentley.
—Mr. J. Y. Watson, of Thorpe Grange, reports that at the
time of the shock he was standing 200 yards to the west of
his house, and neither heard nor felt anything. Entering
the garden he was informed that the orchard-house had been
violently shaken, the vines suspended on wires having
swayed E. and W. In the house a rumbling sound had been
43 Mr. Bourbeau, in a later communication, kindly supplied the
following details :—Thorington Parsonage, Lat. N. 51° 50' 27"; Long. E.
1° 2' 30". The direction of the wall to which the bells were attached
was N.N.W. and S.S.E., and Mr. Bourbeau is under the impression that
the bells commenced to ring from the N.N.W. end of the row. The clock
that stopped was swinging about W. 35° N.—E. 35° S.
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