The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-18

incides with that just given. The trem,
bling of the earth at Pontypool is describe
AZ "a severe volcanic shock" accompanied
by sound resembling that of distant thnn-
der. and the farmers who attended the
market on the ensuing Saturday morning
gave consistent testimony OF having eApe-
rienccd the came sensations nc me same
time. At Usk, which is. about Blk miles
from Pontypool, the shock was in all re-
snects similar. Ystrad, near Rhondda,
was also visited by unmistakable and even
severe symptoms Of an earthquake. From
the foregoing and other intelligence we
rather that the shock was felt on the Welsh
coast for about twelve miles of sesboard,
and that it extended some twenty miles into
the country.
In Bristol, though the perturbation does
not seem to have been universally noticed
or felt, many statements concur ns to the
fact of its having visited that city. In q
few instances we hear of ornaments and
light articles having been either broken or
moved from their position. Among those
by whom the phenomenon was observed
were some who had by former residence in
tropical climates obtained experience of
similar visitations. A gentleman named
Brooks, who has frequently experienced
earthquakes on the island Of Tobago, noted
three distinct shocks or oscillations, ana
states that other members Of his family felt
the strange sensation, and were alarmed at
il Tn one house the rocking motion caused
several small articles to fall from the man
telpiece, and sleeping people were awakened.
gentleman heard the eye-piece of his
telescope rattle with the force of the vibra-
ton, and the door of neighboring house
was flung open at the same moment. Many
households in the vicinity of Bristol and
Clifton, and particularly those of Gotham
Park, Sneyd Park, and TyndalIs Park,
we're disquieted by the event: and at MIR.
Austin's, Rodney place, the domestics who
had gone to bed ran down stairs atfrlghted.
Bath was visited in the same way as
Bristol, the city and neighborhood being
equally affected by the earthquake. Those
who. having retired to rest, were in the
upper rooms of the houses, felt the vibra-
ton more severely than the persons in the
easements. In several instances, while
servants, alarmed by the shaking Of their
beds and the rafting of the doors and win
dows, arose in terror, their masters and
mistrcsses below stairs were unconscious OF
ANYTHING having taken place. The shock
was felt at Dyrham, where the son of ma
cistrnte was thrown from his chair by the
earth's pulsation. -,
At Gloucester the earth's motion is said
to have been of vihratory character
rather than positive shock. At Worcester
the visitation was partially felt, as also at
Great Malvern, Whitley, and other places
westward. The inhabitants of Chlppen-
ham felt one shock distinctly. Some of
them who had retired to bed were disturbed
and greatly alarmed and others, who we're
sitting up, felt slight undulation and
shaking of the windows, doors, and shut
tiers. One little girl, at Rowden hill, who
had been i'll some time, told her nurse some
one had been shaking her bed, and she
hoped they would not do it again. At Taun-
ton the shock was so great that people were
rocked to and fro; and in the house Of the
Rev. Mr.. Bailee, of Haines hill, large
table was shaken and q chair displaced
from its situation. Numbers of persons
were rocked in their beds, and the glass in
the windows ratified violently. At Stroud,
al Loncport, at Wootton-underE Edge, and at
bennington, the same sensations were gene
rally experienced. The Valley Of the Wye
has also furnished its evidence on the sub
iect, most of the jewellers in Hay having
felt the shock.