126 The East Anglian Earthquake.
longitude. It is a Waltham watch, and has proved most
remarkable in its rate of going. The shock here was from
S.E. to N.W., and a picture hanging on a N.W. wall45
swayed from and to the wall, and in an upper room at the
Rectory a looking-glass in the window and the wall were seen
to sway backwards and forwards, both being in the same
direction as the wall downstairs. The motion upstairs was
distinctly greater than that downstairs. No bell was heard
to ring here, but one did so in a mansion half a mile off,
and others there were seen to shake. All the above was
noted before any account of the event had been reported or
seen from elsewhere. April 26th, 1884."
Woodbridge.—Slightly felt by several persons. Time
about 9.27 (?).
NORFOLK.
Diss.—Shock distinctly felt about 9.25 (?); bells rung,
houses felt to oscillate, and considerable alarm caused.
Ditchingham, near Bungay. — At the silk crape factory
Mr. E. T. Dowson reports that the upper floors were shaken
and the machinery began to " grind." There appeared to be
three oscillations. The door of one clock flew open ; time
about 9.20 ; clock opened towards S.
Fakenham.—Shock felt slightly by an invalid in bed.
Geldeston.—Mr. E. T. Dowson writes:—"Neither I nor
my barograph felt it, but Mrs. P. Clarke states that articles
shook at about 9 a.m., and she thought it exceptional at the
time."
Harleston.—Shock distinctly felt, especially in the upper
rooms of houses.
Lynn.—Oscillation slightly but distinctly felt by several
people ; in a printing office type was rattled and hanging
files of papers observed to swing. Cause unknown at the
time.
Northrepps.—Mr. Gurney, of Hill House, informs me that
the shock was distinctly felt in the parishes of Cromer,
Northrepps, and Southrepps.
45 This presumably means a wall facing N.W.