The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-21 00:00:00

OTHER PARTS OF THIS COUNTY.

At Manchester the shock was severe, and was felt at pre-
cisely the same time as that experienced in this town. In
some cases great alarm was excited ; one gentleman at Eccles
was led to the conclusion that thieves were in the house,
and got up ; the same was the case with a gentleman in
Strangeways, and some others of whom we have heard.
One gentleman, who had lustres in his room, heard them
vibrate for several seconds, besides feeling the motion of his
bed. All the parties with whom we have conversed, describe
it as a momentary shock, attended with a kind of tremulous
motion, which lasted about eight or ten seconds ; hut one
or two gentlemen maintain that they felt two distinct shocks.
Certainly this appeared to be the case in Pendleton, where
the shock was more severely felt than in any other part of
the suburbs. One gentleman, living in the neighbourhood
of Pendleton, was so much alarmed, that he left his house
and betook himself to the lane, where he walked about for
two hours, momentarily expecting a recurrence of the shock.
Another gentleman, residing in the same neighbourhood
states, that his bed appeared suddenly to be jerked upwards,
the woodwork of the room cracked, and the earthenware or '
glass were evidently shaken ; at the same time there was a
dull report resembling the faint echo of a discharge of ar-
tillery at a distance. Indeed, there can be no doubt that
the shock was severe, and judging of the descriptions we
have received, we should infer that it was the most severe
on ,the north and west of the town, whilst in Choriton,
Ardwich, and Flulme, it was less sensibly felt.
Preston was also visited by this rare occurrence. At that
town a low
shock. or rather vibration, which lasted about three seconds.
rumbling, subterraneous sound preceded the
The motion was from south south-west to north, and was
sufficiently violent to awaken a great number of sleepers. It
was most severe on the south and east ends of the town, and
in many houses articles were thrown from cornices and man-
tle-pieces by
it. At Walton-le-Dale it was so severe, that
the feathered inhabitants of the rookery at Darwen Bank,
rose en masse, and wheeled round their nests in a body, ut-
tering their hoarse cries. The shock was experienced at
Poulton and Kirkham, and that at Fleetwood the shock was
so great as to break several windows. At the latter place

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the sea rose Unnsually high, and the Prince of Wales steamer
encountered a suddenly boisterous sla, for which the captain
could not tccount. She WAS on her voyage from Belfast to
Fleetwood.

The Lancaster Gazette of Saturday gives the following
particulars of what was observed respecting it in that t•n" So violent was the convulsion that the police on duty *
St. Leonard's Gate could hear the peculiar noise occasiO'nec7
amongst the houses by the vibration. It is ren—,,k,io. ft_
towards the head of Church-street, some:
yards distant, the policeman on beat did-not hear any
nor was he sensible of any unusual motion,
tation seems to have been felt in the town
in different parts. There were some N
whilst others got out of their beds, a
houses in alarm. One inhabitant w(
noise, but felt nothing. At one house, we
truckle bed was driven from one part of an
which it stood to another. One gentleman, residi

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ton, informs us that the noise, which al,/
his house from north to south, was awful, i
sound of a mighty rushing wind, and altogethc
the roar of thunder, the house rocking to and fro t
He has no doubt there were two shocks. At a:;ot
tleman's residence, also in Skerton, the shock was t
the bells were set a ringing. Just before going to press
were visited by a gentleman arrived by one of the north
mails. He was stopping at an inn in Whitehaven, and he
tells us that he was nearly lifted from his bed. The visita-
tion was the subject of conversation all along the road, at
Kendal, through the lake district, &c. We understand that
at Garstang the shock was so violent as to throw down from
its place a corner cupboard.

CHESHIRE AND WALES

It appears that the shock was very generally noticed in
Wales. A gentleman, at Holywell, states. that his bed was
violently shaken, as if a strong man had suddenly exerted his
strength upon it. The shock was also felt in various parts
of Cheshire. It is also noticed in the Macclesfield paper of
Saturday.

Rev. Nathai

CHURCH