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glasses shaken off the shelves at the Central Restaurant;
shock felt also at the Court Restaurant.
Leamington.—Mrs. M. Saunders, residing in St. Mary's
Road, was in bed at about 9.20, and felt the oscillation of the
large iron bedstead, which produced a feeling of nausea. A
small and heavy inlaid Chinese table rocked distinctly, and
the window curtains were shaken. There seemed to be two
shocks with a marked pause between, the direction
apparently being N. and S., with a slight inclination E. and
W. Another person on the ground floor felt the oscilla-
tion of her chair and heard a low rumbling like a gust
of wind. No clocks stopped. Shock scarcely noticed in
other parts of the town.
Rugby,—Oscillation of house felt by Mr. A. Percy Smith
at about 9.20 (' Nature,' April 24th, 1884, p. 602).
Northamptonshire.
Cottesbrooke.—Shock felt by Lord and Lady Erskine;
articles in room shaken.
Creaton.—Shock felt in bed by Mr. P. Langham.
Ecton.—Movement felt by Mr. C. W. H. Sotheby, High
Sheriff.
Eye.—Shock felt by a lady in bed. Mr. C. A. Markham
reports that a lady in this village " was advancing to a
table at the time, and when in the act of putting her
hand upon it, the table received a sudden jerk, so noticeable
as to startle her."
Great Billing.—Loud noise heard, and household articles
seen to vibrate.
Guildsborough.—Oscillation of chair felt by Lady Cicely
Clifton at the Grange at about 9.20.
Kettering.—Pelt in Broadway, Gold Street, and other parts
of the town ; crockery, &c, rattled.
Nassington.—Shock felt here and at the Vicarage by the
Rev. Dr. Barrett; furniture moved and glasses jingled; a
rumbling like distant thunder heard ; time 9.20.
Northampton.— Shock felt in town and throughout district;