Mr Milne on Earthquake- Shocks felt in Great Britain, 105 



17G8. a fright left tlicir houses. The cathedral was shaken. The 



birds exhibited signs of terror. — (G. Mag. v. xxviii. 588.) 

 17G9. 

 June 15. At Dolgelly (N. Wales). Torrents of water said to have issued 



from Cader Idris. 

 Nov. 14. Or about 14th. At Inverness a shock which threw down 

 houses, and killed several persons. 

 ... 23. At 4 p. M., near Birmingham, attended with rumbling noise like 

 firing of distant cannon. 

 Dec. 29. Byton (Herefordshire), 8 a.m. Shock preceded by a rumbling 

 noise, which seemed to issue from the end of Shobdon's-Hill. 

 The river Lug, though very rapid, rose several inches, but 

 sunk again immediately. The tower of the church was split 

 in many places. Shock moved from E. to W. " A large rent 

 at the time of the shock opened at Shobdon's Hill, out of 

 which a considerable quantity of water now issues." — (Gent. 

 1771. Mag. V. xxxix. 50.) 



April 29. Berkshire, at 5^ 30' p.m. People lifted up in their chairs. — (G. 



Mag. V. xli. 233.) 

 Aug. 24. Cheshire.— (G. Mag. xli. 422.) 

 1773. 



Jan. 31. Shock in Flintshire, emanating from mountain of Maelfamnia 

 (near Holywell), at 11 p.m., at which time the sound of huge 

 stones rolling down precipice was like thunder. At 12 p.m. 

 there was a loud clap, and the vertex of hill threw up in same 

 instant vast bodies of combustible matter ; liquid fire rolled 

 along the heaps of ruins. At the close of all, a great rent 

 was made in the mountain, whose breadth is 200 yards. The 

 summit of the hill tumbled into this opening, and the top ap- 

 pears level, which before was perpendicular. 

 April 15. At 2^ 15' p.m. two shocks at Guernsey, and in France. 

 ... 16. At 4 A%M. do. ; also in Jersey (1 and 2 p.m.) ; and in Dorsetshire 



on sea coast. 

 ... 23. About noon at Jersey, and another at 11^ 30' p.m. 

 May 27. Parish of Buildway, in Shropshire, at 4 a.m. Great cracks 20 

 feet wide. In night, between 25th and 26th, in Shropshire, 

 a bed shook, and tea spilt out of a cup. On 27th, at 4 a.m., 

 a small crack about 4 or 5 inches wide seen in ground, '' and 

 a field that was sown with oats was seen to heave up and roll 

 about like waves of water. The trees moved as if blown by 

 the wind, but the air was calm and serene. The river Severn 

 was agitated very much, and the current seemed to move up- 

 wards. The house shook. A great part of the land is in 

 confused heaps, and full of cracks, from 4 inches to more than 

 a yard wide. Several very long and deep chasms are formed 

 in the upper part of the land from 14 to 80 yards wide. 

 Hollows are raised into mounts, and mounts are reduced into 

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