The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-04-26
A SEVERE SHAKING.

England Visited by An NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the Eastern Counties Badly Shaken and
Serious Damage Occasioned in : me
Localities-Tho People in State of Com
sternatiOn.
LONDON, April %.
A severe shock of earthquake was felt in
the eastern counties 1T nine O'Clock
this morning. A number of church
steeples and chimneys were thrown
down and houses unroofed. Many
buildings had the walls badly rent, while
furniture of residences and offices, to-.
gether with fixtures of stores and win
dows were broken. No lives are as
yet reported lost, though it is known
that several persons were severely in
iured.
kilograms from counties visited by the
earthquake show that the shock was
more severe than at first reported by
the earlier dispatches. At Colchester,
town in Essex County, the damage TO
buildings alone will reach $4,000. The
earthquake was more severe in Essex
County than elsewhere, and dispatches
report the destruction of property ther
as great. Many farm houses were
wrecked, and Langershoe Church, which
has withstood the storms of many years,
was destroyed.
At Ipswich the shock was so severe
! that the walls of houses were perceptiby
shaken, plates were ratified and bells
rung. The people have been thrown into
such state of CONSERVATION that BUSH
ness is for time suspended. The shock
was still more
SEVERE AT COLCHESTER,
where the conclusion lasted half a min
ute. The first symptom was dim rum
bling sound, portentious and awe inspir-
ing, speedily followed by a quaking and
shaking of all the buildings The church
bells sounded as though swayed by I'M
seen hands. The tai! chimney stacks of
the factories crushed in ruins to the
earth, and other lofty structures were
destroyed. The spire of one of the larg-
est churches in the city, $50 feet high,
fell with an awful crash to the ground.
1t is impossible to estimate the damage,
but it is known to be great.
PEOPLE TERROR STRICKEN.
Inprlvate houses the greatest confusion
prevailed, chairs and tables were over
turned, china and glassware in cupboardS
ratified together, and were frequently
shattered, while pictures and ornaments
upon the walls were looscned from their
fastenngs and fell to the floor The peo-
pie were terror stricken, men, women
and children rushed shrieking into the
streets, where their agonized cries and
pale faces made most impressive scene.
AT CHELMSFORD,
about thirty miles from London, the
shock was also severe, and the people
were filed with terror and dismay.
At the South End the earth trembled
for miles around. The windows of
many dwellings were broken, chimneyS
dashed TO the earth, and crockery and
glassware smashed.
AT MAIDEN,
ten miles east of Chelmsford, the Town
Hall and many private houses were
swayed several times. The wave passed
from south to north. The Globe says the
shock was felt in the Strand, London. A
business house, it asserts, was perCept-
bly, rocked, so much so that the employees
were affected and rushed into the streets
The duration of the shock
AT IPSWICH
is estimated at three seconds. The earth
quake has CAUSED general feeling OF
alarm and insecurity throughout England
LATEST PARTICULARS.
Colchester was the center of the most.
serious disturbance. 1t is impossible, as
yet, to determine the extent of the dam
age. In some streets traffic has been for
hidden for the present, as the buildings
have been SO badly shattered that they
are considered dangerous. The sidewalks
of several houses near Colchester were
shaken out. In London there were nu-
merous indications of the proximity OF
the earthquake. Telegraph instruments
were shaken and the shock was felt in
Cheapside and Fleet street At Ipswich,
a mansion was shattered and the railway
depot partially destroyed.