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Elmswell.—Shook felt.
Framlingham.—Shock distinct in many houses ; windows
shaken and furniture disturbed.
Gorleston.—Shock felt, bells rung, and glasses rattled at
Gorleston House. Slight shock felt at the adjoining village
of Bradwell. Time about 9.20.
Groton.—See Boxford.
Grundisburgh.—Shock felt about 9.20 ; windows shaken and
beds heaved.
Hadleigh.—Shock distinctly felt. A horse frightened at
Kate's Hill Farm.
Halesworth.—Slight shock felt by a few people.
Haughley.—Shock felt slightly by many people ; bells rung
in some houses and furniture disturbed. Felt distinctly at
Haughley House, Fishpond House, Plashwood, and the Firs.
Hintlesham.—Shock very distinctly felt and inhabitants
much alarmed ; a man thrown from a narrow seat on which
he was sitting.
Hitcham.—The Rev. A. R. Grant reports that the shock
was scarcely felt at all here, only a slight oscillation being
experienced by some few persons in the upper parts of
houses.
Holbrook.—Shock rather sharp ; houses rocked, bells rung,
and glasses on a sideboard moved ; time about 9.20. Mr. B.
Hunter Rodwell is under the impression that there were
" three distinct vibrations."
Holton.—Shock distinct.
Hoo.—Bells rung and furniture moved.
Ipswich.—The shock was felt here with more or less
distinctness in most parts of the town, and, although no
structural damage has been reported, the oscillation appears
in some cases to have been very considerable. The par-
ticulars here recorded have been selected chiefly from the
newspapers44 and partly from correspondence.
In the western part of the town the earthquake is stated to
have been felt with some severity; bells were rung in many
44 The local information has been mainly derived from the correspon-
dence in the ' Suffolk Times and Mercury ' and in the ' East Anglian Daily
Times.'