The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-23
The Rock-Ribbed Mistress of the
Seas Awed in the Presence Of
b a New Danger. r..
A Destructive Earthquake Visits the
Eastern Counties and Spreads Trail
Of Wreck and Ruin.
The Shock of the Disturbance Felt on the
Strand, London-The People Ter
~, rifed by the Visitation.
EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND.

the eastern counties at nine O'Clock
this morning. A number of church
steeples aud 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 iu-
| jured.
| MORE SERIOUS THAN AT FIRST REPORTED.
LONDON, April 22.-Telegrams from
counties visited by the earthquake this
morning show that the shock was
more severe than at first reported by
the earlier dispatches. At Colchester,
a 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 there
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 perceptibly
shaken, plates were ratified and bells
rung. The people have been thrown into
such d state OF CONSERVATION that bust
ness is for a time suspended. The shock
was still more
SEVERE AT COLCHESTER,
where the conclusion lasted half min-
ute. The first symptom was dim rum
| bling sound, portentious and awe iuspir-
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 tall 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, so 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 slHlChEN.
In private 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 loosened from their
fastenings 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 GioJe says the
shock was felt in the Strand, London
business house, it asserts, was perccpti-
bly, rocked, so much so that the employees
were affected and rushed into the streets
The duration Of the shock
.'- ATIPsWICH
is estimated at three seconds. The earth
quake has CAUSED a 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.
MOTION DEFEATED.
LONDON, April 22.-ln the House of
Commons this afternoon Dodson, Chan
| cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, moved
the rejection of the House of Lords
amendment to the cattle bill increasing
the stringency of the restrictions on the
| importation of cattle. The motion was
| defeated by a vote of lSj to lGl.
| .' Ireland.
| aUY-FAWKEsING THE DUBLIN FOUR
| -. .. COURTS.
DUBLIN, April 22.--The police of this
:lty are greatly excited this morning over
the discovery Of large quantity of cart
ridges, which were found in the Four
Courts, where they were placed, it is III
legrd, with the object of blowing up the
officials and jurors who were about to
serve ON several important cases. 1t is
said that several officials and Jurors re-
l tt