The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-12-22
ENGLAND TREMDLED.
The British Isles Shaken by an
Earthquake.
TWO DISTINCT SHOCKS FELT.

They Were Accompanied by Loud, Rush.
ing Noise Chimneys Toppled Over and
People Thrown out OF Bed People Were
Almost Panic stricken-One Woman
Dies of Frisht--Some of the Phenomena.
! LONDON, Dec. 18.-An earthquake,
the most violent ever experienced in this
country, has shaken every spire from
Durham to Surrey and from London to
the Welsh coast. The subterraneous
| disturbance was first noticed at about
3 80 o'clock yesterday morning and
lasted from A to 30 seconds. At many
points two distinct shocks were expert
enced.
The most severe shocks were felt at
Cheltenham, Ledbury and Dean Forest.
The earth shaking was accompanied by
a loud, rushing sound. Buildings were
violently shaken, furniture was shifted,
doors were thrown open and pictures
and other ornaments were upset The
inhabitants were panic-stricken and fled
from their houses.
The earthquake also visited Birning-
ham and other various points in Shrop-
shire and was violent in Worcester and
the county surrounding that city.
Houses rocked and furniture was over
turned
The shocks were followed by tremor
of earth and were accompanied by a
rumbling sound The greatest alarm
prevailed everywhere. Chimneys were
overthrown, and windows, etc, were
smashed. At some points persons on
the country roads were thrown down
and number of people were thrown
out of their beds.
Herford cathedral was injured. There
the dull rumbling beneath the earth's
surface was followed by two loud
crashes and terrible lifting and rock
ing.
The panic at HEREFORD was so great
that one woman died of fright.
People rushed wildly into the streets.
Many chimneys fell, crashing into the
thoroughfares and all the pinnacles of
st. Nicholas church toppled over and
part of the pinnacle of the cathedral
fell to the ground.
At rLc+rpool the earthquake was pre-
coded by heavy thunder and fearful
In London the earthquake was only
slightly felt.
Bridgenorth, near Shrewsbury, previous |
to the disturbance. The streets sudden
ly seemed to be on fire and there was a |
violent report, accompanied by shak-
ing of the earth. People who were GO
ing abroad in that vicinity say that they |
were, for time, unable to walk, owing !
to the vibrations.
There was very great excitement |
among the rustics about Poole, who |
thought that the end of the world had
come.
In the mining districts it was at first /
thought that the shocks were the restlt
of colliery explosions.
The disturbance was experienced
with great violence at Warwick castle.
The Earl of Warwick was awakened
and felt his bed lift as though by some
force beneath it and the furniture in his
room was shifted.
The inhabitants of Tough were awak-
ened by a shock so severe that they
thought the Middlesex powder factory
had exploded.
A large area of ground sank near
Stockport and at Melton Mowhray, the
noise which accompanied the earth
quake shock resembled discharge of
gun cotton under water
Many curious experiences were re-
ported in connection with the earth
quake.
The earthquake was also felt through
out Wales, though no actual damage re-
suited there. At Rlthin and in the
districts of the vale of Clywd it is stated
that there were six shocks, lasting alto
yether 10 seconds. The driver of a
mail train observed thunder and light {
ming accompanying the shock. The
'remors were distinctively felt on the
upper floors of Ruthin castle.
kilograms and letters without limits
rom all parts Of the districts affected
ire published in the newspapers this
morning, but they add little to the pre-
nous information as to the effects of
he earthquake. The interviews with
scientists on the subject, of which there
IRE many, also throw little further light
IN the phenomenon.