The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-20 00:00:00

man who was at Ifunessle, about 20 Miles In the oppo-
cite direction, says the house in which he was at the time
was like to fall down upon them. Your correspondent him-
happe.,ed to be standing by the see at the time, and the
unpleasant senaation he experienced am scarcely be sie-
axiot d The sea, which was pefectly calm, suddenly
appeared lb sllChl a commott in as if hosts of small fish were
sporting on the surface, and the shore vibrated 80 percuptibly
that we thon-ht our feet were touched by what is known as
"pills and needles." -Fhen came a heavy rumbling ease,
not smart cough for thunder, but whether front above or
beneath me it was scarcely possible to tell. This lasted
afoul forty seconds, but, of on the time was, a pleasant
feeling of relief was experienced when it was over.

The Rochdale Correspondent of the Leeds Mercury
says
On the new railway line between Rochdale and Shawforth,
some railway waggona were noticed suddenly to ruu against
each other without perceptible cause. The printers and
Imokbiuders in the employ of Mr. Aldis, In Yorkshire-street,
ran out of the office, fearing at the time that the building
was falling Mr Sickles, while seated In his own residence at
the top of Yorkshire-street, h-erveti the wall to oscillate,
and the bit &age swing to and fro. The population residing
at Freehold ii ere no alar,e-1 that hundreds ran startled Into
the streets Mr. Scholliehl, at ilid huuse at Milkstone,
feeling the shock, imagined that the walls of hia rtables,
which had recently been on fire, had I alien ; but soon
ascertained that the shock arose from other intluenCe.

A Rawtenstall correspondent says that In thattown people
ran out of their houses, and instantly the streets filled with
persons describing the severe nature of the shock they had
experiencgi Door knockers sail bells were rung, and
crockeryware and windows were shaken. The shock only
lasted a few seconds, hut was very severe. The writer was
walking in the street, and the shock was severe enough to
canoe him to reel.

A Sowerhy-bridge letter says that the sensation experienced
there was very much like the shock that wan felt when the
locomotive exploded in the tunnel at Sowerby•bridge Slalom
At Bacon there was " a sensib!e heavin; of the earth, as of
the passing of an underground wave" At Blackburn an in-
formant observed the ground to iItISVO gently like the Lilian-
tattoos of the waves.

The following correspondence has also been published
in The Times :
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This evening, at about four minutes past six, a shock like
that of an earthquake was felt by several people in this
place. The furniture hi my helve began to shake, and the
whole house rocked. The shock lasted at least five seconds,
and seemed to go in the direction of east to west. It was
felt over a considerable area. The weather was ; wind,
5.8.—1 am, yours truly.—Edw. B. Trotter.—llabergham
Bares, Burnley, March 15.

A sharp and well-defined shock of earthquake was felt
here about half an hour ago—that is, about five minu'es
past six o'clock, Greenwich time. I was sitting reading The
Times In my study w ben I felt a Mideu thump or thud f oin
the floor, accompanied by rapid vibrations 01 the room and
its furniture, which lasted ten or twelve seconds, and also fly
a loud rumbling rep irt, which gradually died away, like
distant thtuider. I immediately went to the front door
there was no a single vehicle in the streets, and the neigh-
, bouring tenants were crowding into groups, wondering what
was the matter. After the first sh-ck the swinging of a
eh mdeller, which hung from the ceiling by a universal joint,
showed that the vibrations which followed were from 8 mth-
east to north-west. I send this short notice, thinking it may
interest some of your scientific readers, and remain your
obedient servant —J Wolstenhohne, Natimml Schoolinaater.
—St. Luke's School-house, Heywood, near Manchester.
March 15.