134 The East Anglian Earthquake.
9.19 G.M.T. by my watch, and several clocks in the house
(none of which can be trusted separately to a minute or two),
I heard a roaring noise in the E., which made me look
to a window facing E. by S. Almost simultaneously, I
heard a fall of soot and some pieces of mortar, and then
became conscious that my bed was swaying, or being
slightly tilted, apparently from S. to N. (or N. to S.).
The shock I computed to last five seconds, and the
oscillations—to which I paid careful attention, having had
experience of earthquakes long ago—seemed about two per
second ; I lay perfectly still, instead of looking at the watch.
Of those members of my household who were on the ground
floor none felt anything. Two servants, occupied in
separate rooms on the same floor as I was on myself,
heard the noise, and complained that they were seized
with giddiness. The shock seemed to me to be marked
by far less noise—I mean subterranean noise—but by what
one would call ' more swing and far less tremor,' that is,
by oscillation of greater length, than that of October, 1863,
which I felt (much more violently than others in England)
at Sellack, in Herefordshire, where some houses were injured
on that occasion.—W. Clement Ley."
Husband's Bosworth.—A correspondent reports that the
shock was felt in a house six miles from Market Harborough,
on the borders of Northamptonshire. A lady sitting at
breakfast at 9.20 felt the oscillation of the table and saw the
chandelier swing; a low rumbling sound was heard; direc-
tion apparently E. and W.
Leicester. — Shock felt distinctly in many parts of the town,
especially at Stonygate, the highest part, where furniture
and ornaments were moved, and the oscillation of the
house was felt. At a room 60 feet from the ground, in a large
factory (Messrs. E. Walker and Sons), the workmen felt the
oscillation to a considerable extent, stools were rocked, and
the machinery made to 'clank'; great consternation was
caused. (Report received from Mr. Robert Walker, of
'Woodside').
Market Harborough.—Shock felt in upper storeys ; two
distinct series of oscillations said to have been experienced.
Mr. C. A. Markham reports that at Messrs. Symington's