The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-28 00:00:00

Earthquake in the North of England.

Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Monday morning
there was a shuck of an earthquake in the north of
England. At Leeds, Skipton, Silsden, Rochdale,
Hebden Bridge, Manchester, and other places the
peculiar sensation resulting from the shock was felt.
In some places persons were awoke by the general
tremor, and various descriptions of the phenomenon
are given, some comparing it to thunder felt but
not beard, others to shaking and rocking. The
following particulars'are from different correspon-
dents of the Leeds Mercury : _ _

SKIPToN.—A strong shock of earthquake was
felt in the district of Craven about 12.30 yesterday
morning!,_ The shock was preceded _ by_a_
noise, not un;ikeihat produced by the machinery or
a mill during working hours. Many persons weie
awakened from their sleep, either by the noise or
the shaking of the bed. Many people describe the
effect experienced by them being similar to an elec.
tric shock. We have heard of no damage being
done. The tremor lasted fur three or four seconds.
ROCHDALE.--On Monday morning, between half-
past 12 and 1, the vibration of an earthquake was
with startling distinctness felt in Rochdale and its
suburbs. Watches and clocks were stopped, four
posters were violently shaken, doors and window's
were rattled, bells were tinkled, dogs were set bark-
ing and howling, and policemen on their beats
frightened. In one case a lady living in a villa on
the Manchester-road was so frightened by the
tremor of the earth that she got up and rung the
bell, called up the servants, had the gases lit, and
for nearly a couple of hours the household were in a
great state of alarm, waiting probably for another
shock, but their expecti.Vons were agreeably dis.
appointed. Superintendent Pickering, of the county
constabulary, was awoke while in bed by the shock,
and says he heard a noise as if a waggon with a
large boiler upon it was going down the street. In-
spector Cragg, of the borough police, while standing
in the police office with his hand holding a bannister,
felt it and the room violently shake, and heard a rum•
blirg noise like distant thunder. Police officerO'Brian
walking his beat felt the earth beneath his feet shake,
and heard an unearthly sound. The night porter at
the railway station, seated in his cabin, was much
alarmed by the room -and signal wires which pass
through it vibrate and rattle, and he heard a noise
similar to that of an engine passing over an arch.
way. A large number of other persons in the town
felt the shock, and most of them agree that it was
about a quarter to one when it took place.

(From the Manchester Guardian)

We have received several communications from
which there can be no doubt that there was a slight
shock of an earthquake in this district, shortly after
midnight on Sunday. The time is variously stated
from 12.30 a.m. to 12.40 a.m. The shock is de-
scribed as having proslnced the sensation .of the bed
hiving been lifted in some cases, while other ob-
servers state that houses were shaken. The earth-
quake, which was accompanied by a low rumbling
noise, lasted about two seconds, and seemed to pass
from northeast to south-west. It was felt in
Higher and Lower Broughton, in Greenheys, in
Pendlebury, at Hebden Bridge, and at Clitheroe.
The night was very calm and rather warm. It is
rather singular that the last earthquake which was
felt over a large portion.of this country occurred
about this time of the year, namely, on the 6th of
October, 1863.

(Front the illanchestr Courier.)

A rumbling noise, accompanied by a tremulous
motion of the earth, and other indications of the
shock from an earthquake, was heard in many parts
of this county and Yorkshire shortly after midnight
on Sunday. A Rochdale correspondent writes ;
" A very distinct shock of earthquake, preceded by
a rumbling noiso, was felt at Rochdale about ono
o'clock yesterday morning. Several of the inhabi•
tants were awoke from their sleep, and at a public.
house of the inmates, fearing there were burglars on
the premises, got up and searched the house. Tho
night porter at the railway station also experienced
the shock, and stated it to have lasted about twelve
seconds. In some instances there was a sensible
shaking of the whole building." Similar reports
have reached us from Bacup, Hebden Bridge, and
Broughton, but in Manchester and Salford the
shock does not appear to have bean very sensibly
felt, though some people, concurring in a point of
time, speak of having felt a vibration which lasted
a few seconds.

(From the Manchester Examiner.)

Shortly after midnight on Sunday a shock of
earthquake was felt in this neighbourhood. At
lichen Bridge, the railway porter at the station
was alarmed by the large • factories near trembling
from their foundations, as he expressed it, " like a
cradle." Several persons in the village were awoke
by the general tremor that seems to have passed.
through the village ; and various are the descrip-
tions of the ;phenomena, some comparing it to
thunder felt, but not heard, others to shaking, rock.
&c. The shock appears to have been felt by a
few persons in the neigtourhood of Manchester.
One gentleman, residing in Broughton, informs us
that he was awoke by it, at half-past twelve o'clock
Another gentleman, also residing at Brougton,says
that he observed it. At Pendlebnry, too, we learn
that the shock was felt there at the same time as
in Broughton. In Regeat-road, Salford, and also
in Boneall-street, Mime, a tremulous motion, last-
ing only a few seconds, was perceived. "An Ohs
server," dating from Sedgley-park, Prestwick, says,
"Between twelve and four o'clock this morning I
was alarmed by a loud noise, as if a heavy weight
had fallen in the middle of the room. I was at the
time in a sound sleep, but I distinctly felt my bed
shake. lat once got up to ascertain the cause, but
none was visible. Others of my family felt the same
shock, and it extended to the stable yard where my
servant was sleeping." Our Bacup correspondent
says:—" On Saturday night, at half.past twelve
o'clock, many of the inhabitants were startled
out of bed by the sharp shock of an
earthquake, which in some houses set the pots
and pans violently rattling, and which was
felt through the town and suburbs. It appears
to have been more severely loft on the Yorkshire
side of Bacup—Todmorden-road and Bricktield.
The motion felt was not so much of a vibration as
a sharp, sudden shock, as if some giant power had
sciz:d the houses and given them a violent, momen-
tary shock, and all was over. At the same time the
shock passed over the night was warm and star-
light, though not very clear. An hour before it was
intensely dark." From Ilisling,;cn a correspondent
writes :—" A severe shock of an cart" q lake was felt
here this morning at 12.30, which 'Jested four
seconds. At the time there was a deuce fog, and the
writer experienced a sense of suffoca' ion."

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