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terrified that she dared not get out of bed until the lady's
maid came and assured her that the end of the world had
not come."
Hampstead.—Shock felt at 20, Belsize Square by Mr.
George P. Wornum ; time 9.25 (?); a steady swaying move-
ment, apparently N. and S. Shock felt also in South
Hampstead, by persons in bed; three distinct vibrations, of
which the first was the strongest; movement apparently
N. and S. Mr. A. Vaughan Jennings reports that it was
felt as a swaying movement on third floors, but not on
basements.
Writing from The Ivy House, Christ Church, Hampstead
Heath, the Rev. Newman Hall reports that at 9.17 he was
sitting in his study on the second floor, and suddenly felt the
house vibrate three times, apparently from N.E. to S.W.
He adds :—" The vibration lasted from two to three seconds,
and ceased as suddenly as it began. There was no sound,
no wind, and no vehicle passing. I felt a slight dizziness."
Mr. C. L. Woodd, of ' Roslyn,' who was in bed at the time,
felt the bed heave twice, and glasses in the room were
jingled; time about 9.23 (?). Shock felt also by several
other persons in Hampstead.
Crouch End.—Shock distinctly felt about 9.18 or 9.20, at
'Redwood,' Crescent Road; a clock stopped, pendulum
swinging about W. 12° N.—E. 12° S.: two shocks with a
slight interval between, the whole lasting 6—7 seconds ;
slight displacement of some of the picture-frames on walls.
(Report by Mr. P. E. Kew).
Hornsey Rise.—Shock reported to have been felt in several
houses.
Haverstock Hill.—Mr. Arthur B. Woodd, M.A., of The
Woodlands, has sent the following report:—
" I was in my room at the top of the house and at the
N.W. end of it. At 9.17 a.m. (railway time by electric
clock), I was astonished to see a large Japanese bronze
ornament on my centre table swaying to and fro, and to hear
a bronze plate supported by it rattle, and also a smaller
bronze ornament, from which rings were suspended, greatly