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Mr. Mallet's Notice of the British Earthquake of November 9, 1852. 



IRELAND — continued. 



LOi Al.ITY. 



Dublin City, 



.VPPAKENT DIREC- 

 TION. 



S. to N. or S. E. 



by S. and N. W. 

 by N. 



A telescope stand- 

 ing on end fell 

 towards the north 

 in Nassau-st. — 

 G. Veates. 



Apicture was shak- 

 en down from 

 its, fastenings on 

 a wall runing S. 

 by W., and N. 

 by E., and so 

 circumstanced as 

 to prove that the 

 direction of emer- 

 gence of shock 

 was upwards at 

 a considerable 

 angle from S. to 

 N— J?. Maliet. 



Suburbs of 



Dublin, 

 Kingstown, 

 Rathmines, 

 Mount plea- 



Bray, 



Delgany, 



Ballyboden, 



Rathfambam, 



Wicklow, 



Arklow, 



Newtown- 



mountken- 



nedy, 



Kilkenny, 



Wexford, 



SHOCKS, NL'-MBER. 



DURATION AND 

 1-15IE. 



One, and probably 

 one at a previous 

 part of the night. 



It seems ver}' pro- 

 bable that there 

 was a previous 

 shock on the 

 night of the 9 th 

 of Nov. at about 

 12 o'clock, and 

 some likehhood 

 of another or se- 

 veral minor ones 

 haviug been felt 

 on the night of 

 the 11th Novem- 

 ber, 1852. {Let- 

 ters from Mr. 

 CUbhorn and Mr. 

 Mahme.) 



Some observers 

 were conscious of 

 three distinct 

 heaves during the 

 continuance of 

 the tremor. {Let- 

 ter, L Farrell, 

 Gt. Brunswick- 

 street.) 



4 to 4 15 A.M. 



Most proball)' at 

 4 5 Dublin time. 



Whole time of tre- 

 mor about 8 or 

 10 seconds. 



OBSERVED PHENOMENA. 



I 



Two heavy thumps 

 with a continuous 

 vibratory jar. 



Shaking for several 

 seconds. 



Delgany, 4 15. 

 Bray, 4. 



Arklow, a few mi- 

 nutes after 4. 

 Arklow, 4 5. 



Castle Howard, 

 4 5. 



The shock perceived by multitudes both awake and sud- 

 denly aroused by it from sleep ; those who were awake 

 and standing, or in motion, felt little ; those who leaned 

 against walls or other objects were fully alive to the 

 reality and extent of the motion. 



Observers who were awake differ as to accompanying noise, 

 but evidence for its occurrence preponderates. The 

 sound is variously described as of " a rushing wind," a 

 "rumbling sound like a fire-engine on pavement," &c. 

 Almost all sleepers suddenly aroused by the shock were 

 conscious of a hea\'j', hollow sound, like the fall of a 

 hea\'y soft body on a large hollow floor. 



The motion is generally described as vibratory, ending in 

 one or two sudden heaves. It is imcertain whether 

 the sound accompanied or closely succeeded the shock ; 

 most probably the latter. 



Houses were hea\ily shaken ; a shattered chimney thrown 

 down at Phibsborough ; water thrown out of full vessels. 



A few mmut«s after the shock, the street gas-lights were ob- 

 served to be agitated as in a storm, arlsmg obviously from 

 the agitation of the water in the gasometer tanks at the 

 works. (Letter from Mr. Wilson, Christ-Church-place.) 



The balance-weights of window-sashes swung against the 

 sash-casings, north side of Dublin. 



Sparrows were thrown from their roosting-places, Great 

 Southern and Western Railway goods shed, and Mount- 

 joy-square, and many picked up dead on the ground in 

 the morning. 



Watchmen at the Dublin and Drogheda Railway termi- 

 nus saw the drag-chains hanging from trucks set to 

 oscillate. 



Caged birds in some instances began to sing ; dogs barked ; 

 the printers at work in Saimders' News Ofiice were uncon- 

 scious of auA-thing unusual. 



Chairs standing on an oilcloth floor in Lincoln-place slid 

 along the floor out from the wall. 



The night of the 9th was oppressive and sultrj' for the time 

 of year; a leaden sky, more than usually light for the 

 time and season, obscuring all stars, and a death-like 

 calm. A few drops of rain fell in some places. 



Passengers in the Liverpool and Holyhead steam-boats felt 

 no shock. 



Phenomena similar to those felt in the city and parts imme- 

 diately adjacent. 



At Delgany a bunch of keys was shaken and rattled in 

 a chamber candlestick, where they had been left. 



Sound generally described as continuing after the principal 

 shocks. 



Phenomena generally as at Dublin. 



Sleepers awakened ; houses shook ; a chimney-piece clock 

 stopped at a place near Wicklow toivn, at 700 feet eleva- 

 tion over sea. The shock very severe at Castle Howard, 

 described to have shaken to its foundation ; it lies on a 

 hill-side. 



Houses vibrated in an alarming manner ; the oscillations 

 were not thought to be accompanied by any noise. 



A slight shock which shook the observer's house and bed, 

 and those of his neighbours. 



AUTHOBITV. 



Public papers of 

 Dublin, and sun- 

 dry' private com- 

 munications. 



Evening Post cor- 

 respondent. 



Sundry private 

 communications. 



Private communi- 

 cations and Saun- 

 ders' Newsletter 

 November 11, 

 1852. 



Saunders' News- 

 letter, November 

 10. 



Kilkenny Modera- 

 tor, November 

 10, 1852. 



Correspondent of 

 Saunders' News- 

 letter, November 

 12, 1852. 



