The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-23
More of the Swain Impeach-
ment.
EARTHQUAKE.
England Visited by Severe
Shaking.

Shaking.
London, 22.-At go this morn
ing an earthquake shock of con-
siderable force was felt in the east
ern counties of England. Localitie,
in Essex and Suffolk were scenes OF
the greatest disturbance. At Ips-
witch the shock was so severe that
the walls of houses were perceptibly
shaken. Plates were ratified and
bells rung. People have been
thrown into such state of con.
sternRtion that business for a
time was suspended. The shock
was still more severe at Coli
chester. The conclusion lasted
half minute. The first sym pto %
was a deep, rumbling sound, por-
tentious and awe~inspiring, speediIy
followed by the quaking and shaking
of all buildings. Church bills
sounded as though swayed by UNI
seen hands. Tall chimney stacks
of factories were crashed in ruin TO
the earth, and other lofty structures
were destroyed. The spiie of one
of sthe largest churches in the city,
$50 feet high, fell with an awful
crash to the ground. 1t is imp0ssi-
BILE to estimate the amount of dam
age, but it is known to be great.
In private houses the greatest con-
fusion prevailed; chairs and tables
were overturned, china and glass g.
ware in cupboards ratified gether
and frequently shattered d, while pic.
lures and other ornaments upon
walls were loosened from their
fastening and fell to the floor. PEG,
pie were terror-stricken. Men, wo
men and children rushed shrieking
into the streets, where their agon-
lied cries and pale faces made most
painful scene. At Chelmsford, about
thirty miles from London, the
shock was also severe, and people
were filled with terror and dismay.
AT South End the earth trembled
for miles around; windows in many
dwellings were broken, chimneys
dashed to the earth and crockery
and glassware smashed. At Nal,
den, ten miles from Chelmsford, the
Town Hall and private houses were
swayed several times. The wave
passed from south to north. The
Globe says the shock was felt in the
Strand, London; business house, it
asserts, was perceptibIy rocked, so
much so, that the employees were
affected, and rushed into the sire cts.
The duration Of the shock a. Fps
witch, is estimated at three seconds.
The earthquake has caused a gen
eral feeling of alarm and insecurity
throughout England.
Colchester was the centre of the
most serious disturbance. It is i'm.
possible as yet to determine the ex-
tent CT the damage. In some streets
traffic has been forbidden for the
present, as the buildings have been
80 badly shattered that they are
considered dangerous. The side.
walks of houses near Colchester
were shaken out. In London there
were numerous Indications of the
proximity or the earthquake. Tele-
graph instruments were shaken and
the shock was distinctly felt in
and Fleet street. Att
Ipswich a mansion was shattered
and the railway partly destroyed.
at Colchester a child was killed
and q woman's skull fractured. The
woman Is in a precarious condition.
Many narrow escapes are re.
ported. A fine old parish church
1t Langenhoe was demolished
and the place looks as if it had been
bombarded. Damage at Wivenhoe
alone $4,000. at Coggeshall a
number OF school girls rushed panic
stricken into the streets and many
Of them were crushed.