114 The East Anglian Earthquake.
heard, windows rattled, tables and chairs rocked, and the
oscillation of the house was compared to the motion of a
ship sailing against the wind on a roughish sea. No bells
rung ; no clocks stopped; no structural damage. Mr.
Watson adds that the house "stands on high ground; in
fact on the summit of the northern slope of the Thorpe
Valley. The soil is gravel with, at some distances both
north and south, beds of London Clay. Near by, is Bice
Bridge, where commences what is called the Tendring
Hundred Level—that is, land that would be submerged were
the sea allowed to break its present artificial bounds. Along
the valley of the level, for about four miles, there is a narrow
stream which finds an opening to the sea at Holland Haven.
In the parishes bordering on and around this level very little,
if any, damage has been done."
Tiptree Heath.—Shock strongly felt at Rectory ; bells rung
and pictures moved on walls.
Victoria Docks.—Shock felt distinctly by men engaged upon
the upper part of some sheds. Pelt also at Custom House.
Walthamstow. — Mr. David Howard, F.C.S., of Rectory
Manor, reports that the shock was felt only by invalids in bed;
three clocks stopped; pendulums swinging E. and W.
Walton-on-the-Naze.—Distinctly felt in some parts of the
town, accompanied by rumbling noise. One correspondent
states that there were two shocks in rapid succession ; oscilla-
tion felt at Raglan House, in houses near coastguard station,
and at the railway station, where the signal-box rocked to an
alarming extent. Mr. Philip Brannon, of Hygeia Lodge,
reports that the time of the occurrence was 9.20, and he
compares the sound and vibration to that which would be
caused by the passing of a heavy traction-engine close to the
walls of the house.
Wanstead.—Shock felt by Mr. John Cousens in Grove
Road, at 9.20; he was sitting down reading at the time and
felt the movement of his chair. Dr. George Weller, of the
Mall, reports that he was lying awake in bed and experienced
" a most peculiar tremulous and undulating motion of the
bed," the things in the room at the same time being shaken.