The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-18


most violent visited the precincts Of this
County today. shaking the shore from
Durham 70 Surrey, and from London 10
the @e.sa c0aSt. The subleTraneAn dis
tufoance was first noticed A0oBg 80
O'Clock this morning and lasted four or
(. five seconds. The shock seems 10 have
been felt IN greater or less degree through
out the length ana breadth OF this island,
throwing from MS feet the laoorer toll
ing in the hlgaway and penetrating in as
effects 10 tae abode of royalty sgsef. The
shock vas felt distinctly al Windsor cas-
tle and some Of v5ie royal household were
shaken in their beds, furniture, ca&na ana
orEla nsnss were ratified IN several Foo-s,s
on the north side Of ths castle A OH
clal of the castle, describing the effects
as they seemed TO him, says the tower
literally rocked
As many points TWO distinct shocks were
experienced Tsle most severe shocks we're
felt II Cheltenhsm. Ledhury and Dean
Forest. The eartA-Shaking was accom-
panied by a loud. rushing sound Build
ings were violently shaken. furniture
shifted. doors thrown open. pictures and
0tRer oTna ments upset Tire inhabitants,
Eanic-stricken. fed frcm their houses.
The earthquake also visited Birmingham
and various points IN Shropshire, and was
violent in Worcester ara the country sur
rounding the citv The shocks were fol-
lowed by a tremor OF the earh. The
greatest alarm prevailed every @ere-
Chimneys were oyerthrown and windows
smashed AT some points on the country
roads persons were thrown down and a
number OF people We're thrown out OF bed.
Hereford cathedral was injured. There
was a duh rumbling beneath the eartn >
surface. followed by two loud crashes ana
a terrible lifting and rocking. The panic
at Hereford was so great that one woman
died from fright. The people rushed Wild
liz into the streets. Many chimneys lei
crashing into thoroughfares All the
pinnaeles OF St Nicholas church toppled
over, and part OF the piilhae40 oA s4e
cathedral fell
At IIvernool the earthquake was pre-
ceded hy heavy thunder and fearful
hail storm.
In London the earthquake was only
slightly felt.
At Rrizen. near Shrewsbury, before the
disturbance the streets suddenly seemed
10 be on fire. and there was violent rise,
ACCOMPANIED by z shaking or the earth.
Peoule going abroad in that vicinity say
they were unable to walk. owing to the
vibration.
There was great excitement among the
people about Poole, who thought the end
OF the world had come.
The houses shook nearly minute al
Bristol and Clifton. causing much alarm.
Railroad employees al Crewe report that
they felt the rails oscillate.
At ETesham the shock was foiloweo oy
a brilliant light in the sky.
Tuesday there was sudden change
from mild weather 20 severe frost. foi-
lowed by dense fogs and snow Wednes-
day.
In the mining districts It was first
thought the shocks were the result OF
col!iery explosions.
The disturbance was violent at Warwick
castle. The Earl OF Warwick felt his bed
lifted. as though by some force beneath
II. and the furniture in the room was
shifted
The Inhabitants OF Slough were awakened
bv shock so severe that they thought
the Middlesex powder factory had ex-
ploded.
Near Stockport and al Melton -Mowbray
the noise which accompanied the earth
quake shock resembled discharge OF gun
cotton under water.
The earthquake was also felt through
out Wales. though no actual damage re-
suited At Ruthin and I'm the district OF
the Vale OF Clyde. IL Is stated there were
six shocks, lasting altogether fifteen sec
onds. The driver Of a mai train observed
thunder and lightning accompanying the
shocks. The tremors were distinctly fet
on the upper floors IN Ruthin castle.
Telegrams and letters without limit from
all parts OF the districts affected are pub
mshed in the newspapers this morning,
but they add little 70 the previous infor-
nation a. 20 the effects OF the earthquake.
Interviews with scientists or the SUBJ
ject. of which there are many, also throw
little further light on she phenomena
There are no seismic recording iastru-
rnents at Greenwich or elsewhere n places
where they were available yesterday. Sucn
Instruments ara kept in the Catholic OBJ
servatorv at Stonyhurst. lancashire. but
no movement was recorded there.