Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-23
FOREIGN.
sever Earfhounke Sheck.

LONDON. April 22.-At $50 this morn
Ing an earthqU ke shock Of consider
able force WAS felt in the East
eru counties of England. Lcc ,li,ies in
! Essex and Suffolk were the scenes o!
toe greatest disturbance. At Ipswich
/ tie STOCK WAS - severe that the walls
/ OF houses were perceptiblv shaken
| plates were ratified and bell. runv. The
people were thrown into such state of
CONSERVATION that business for a time
VAS suspended. Inc shock was still
more severe IN other places, and AT
Colchester tee concussion lasted half a
minute. The first symptom Was a deem
milling sound. awe Inspiring. speedily
followed by a quaklng and shaking Of
ali buildings. The church bells were
rung as though svayed by unseen
hands, tall chimney stacks of factories
crashed IN RUNS Ia the earth, and other
nieh ard lofty structures were de
stroyed. The splre of one of the largest
churches IN the city. 10 feet high, fell
with an awful crash TO tue ground. II
Is impossible at present u estim ate the
amount OF damage. bat II Is known to
be great.
In private houses the greatest confus-
ion prevailed, CD ITS aud tables We're
overturned, china and glassware In cup-
boards ratified together and frequently
shattered, while pictures and other or
nameuts upon the walls were loosened
from their fastenin4s aud fell - the
floor. ihs people We're terror stricken.
Men. women and children rushed
shrieklug into the streets. where tseir
aeonized cries and pale faces made a
most painfully Impressive scene.
At hslmsford. ABOUT 50 miles from
London, the shock WAS also severe. and
the people were filled with terror and
dlsmay. At the south end the earth
trembled for miles around. Windows
of many dwellings, Were broken. chin
neys dashed to the earth, and erockery
and glassware smashed.
At Walden, ten miles from Chelms
ford. the town hall and private houses
were swayed several times. The wave
passed from south TO north.
The Giobe says the sh )ck was felt in
the Strand, London. A business house.
IT asserts, WAS perceptibly rocked; so
much SO that the employees were at
fected. and rushed into the treets. The
duration of the shock AZ Ipswich is estl-
mated at three seconds. The earth
quake has caused general feeling of
alarm and Insecurity throughout Eng
land.
At Colchester child WAS killed and a
womans skull fractured. The woman
Is In urecarious condition. There
were many narrow escapes. The fine
Old parish church at Langenhos WAS de
mollShed. aad the place looks "a If II
had been bombarded. The damage AT
Wivenhoe alone Is 1900. At Cogges-
a number of school girls rushed panic
stricken to the streets and many Of them
were crushed.
Colchester was the center of the most
serious disturbance. 1t is impossible AS
vet to determine the extent of the dam
age. In some streets traffic has been
forbidden for the present, rs buildings
have been SO badly shattered that they
are considered dangerous. Sidewalks
near Colchester We're shaken out. In
Londo. there were numerous indica-
tons of the proximity of the earth
quake. Telegraph instruments We're
shaken, and shocks We're distinctly felt
III Cheapside and Fleet street. At lps-
wlch the Mansion was shattered and
the railroad depot partly destroyed.
Prince Chun's Government.
LONDON, April 2.-Ad,ices from Pc
kin dated April 81, giving the compost
tlon of the Grand C0ucil of the En-
plre, show that Prince Chun has intro
duced only two new members, both of
whom belong to the War party. The
other five members belong to tue Peace
party. There Is no truth III the report
of the recall of the Chinese Ambassa-
dor TO Germany. ana the Ambassador
10 France and Great Britain. Prince
CLun's policy implies Increased hos
tility neither toward France or tho sub
jects of ather foreign parts.
Not For five Years.
LONDON, April 22.-The PdH NdH ia
site demands that the government shall
At cnce declare that England will not |
retire from Egypt FIR five years. other
wise wa shall su,edlIy cir fl into "A War