The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-11 00:00:00

THE EARTHQUAKE IN THE NORTH

LIVERPOOL

The Live Tool Mercury, in a lato edition, givca
the following particulars :
It is now some years since an earthquake wu felt in
this neighbourhood, but this morning, Utween 4 and 5
o'clock, •--,oakeableermptoins of a vibratory motion of

dm earth were experienced here. The weather for the
het few days has been wct and sultry, the atmosphere,
ores out of doors, being unusually warm. Last night,
about 10 o'clock, the sky was very dark, with huge black
streaks extending from the west to the east. Nothing
unusual was, however, heard till this morning, when,
wording to all the accounts we have heard, about
half-pat 4 o'clock persons in all parts of the
town, but more especially in the outskirts end
at Birkenhead, felt • rocking or heating of the
earth. la nem cases persona were awoke from a sourd
sleep, and Jumped on the fluor, expecting an attack from
gem seabiabal waswadas ; in other cases children screamed
W bid defer been wader the bed-clothes, while, in • leo
11116111111111, peeve la bed simply felt a kind of rocking
motion, like that of a medic bed. The thermometer is on
liemally high for the NMI of the year, and during the night
Ike barometer rote nearly • quarter ot the circle, although
bury rain bad fallen.
Mr. J. M. Clarke, of Sun-street, says—" I am not very
assemia el the precise time, but I had heard the kitchen
desk realb• either lour or five a little before I experienced
• eameibm es of something shaking the entire house, ac-
ampanied by a very subdued rumbling ; the bed shook so
IBM I pawed it, quite startled; but it was over in •
and a was still."
Ma. of Oloucesterplace' Bdge-hill, mays—
"l mee mkt morning, about half-past four o'clock
W a load miss and • tremulous motion of the house. As
age I *min it wu occasioned by the cat, who bed
decked something down upon the fluor:"
Mr. Shaw, of Seaforth, says be heard the rumbling noise
distiaatly. It awoke him, and he thought at first that it
eau boa the felling of something on the door above.
ble. Beauchamp, of Bootle, heard the noise between tour
and twe o'clock; and when he got up he found that his
clock had been stopped by the vibrating motion.
A gentleman in Tometh-park was awoke by the noise,
and got up quite bewildered. Ile looked at his watch, and
found it was halt peat four o'clock.
Mr. Stodart, who lives in Toxteth-park, near Prince's•
park, says he heard five or six distinct vibretiona. At first
the rolling noise was long, and then daring each succeeding
.hock the noise became more faint and gradually died
away. The motion of the bed was like that of a swing
cradle. The people who live next door jumped out of bed,
and • young women, their daughter, crept under the bed
clothes is • state of alarm.

Mr. Chadburn, 0f1.7d-street, who lives near Everton
church, says ho heard the noise ; but to him it appeared sa
if a very heavy person was walking across the room Boor.
The noise was so loud that It awoke him, and he raised
himself in bed at once, thinking there was some one in the
room.

Mr. Wood, of Lent-street, who sleeps on the premises
there, was also aroused by the noise. The wooden rings on
his bed (the curtains being off) rattled as if some one had
violently pushed thetullis in.pression was that the boy who
slept in the room shove had fallen out of bed.
Mr. Bammen, of Bold-street, who came from Chester this
morning, says the shock was felt severely at Chester and all
along the Chester and Birkenhead line.
A gentleman who lives at Birkenhead•park distinctly
heard the vibrating noise.
Captain Ureig, head constable, who lives at the George'■
Dock ;mugs, was awakened by the loud noise. All the
e■rtbenwars in the house was shaken about and rattled.
He got up, fancying that some one had broken into the
house, called up the man on duty at the station, and exa-
mined the roof of the building, to see that no person was
there.

All the polies officers that were on duty round the docks
reported that they heard the noise. Officer Blackmer°
(No. 227) was leaning at the time against one of the land-
ing-waiters' huts, and the but shook so much that he
thought he and it would have fallen into the dock.
Mr. Pierce, of Great George street, was lying awake at
the time, and felt the bed shaken as if some person had
seized hold of it and rocked it to and fro. He thought
some one had broken into the house, bat on examination,
of course, found all safe. His soap box was shaken from
the dressing-table and smashed to pieces.
At Woolton, Cbildwall, and Aigburth, the earthquake
was distinctly felt, and alav at Oaten, Claughton, and other
parts of Cheshire. All the parties describe their sensa-
tions and the .noises in their own peculiar way, but the list
above includes all the different statein.lits we hove heard.
The (ley has been exceedingly dark and misty, and •
drizzling rain has nevir crated falling. Gas her been
obliged to be used in all the shops and mercantile houses the
whole of the day.