262 Remarkable Effect of a 
the end of the outside-wall next the entrance 
to the vault was removed about nine feet, the 
other end only about four feet. 
Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick were standing in 
the passage L. Mr, Chadwick was suddenly 
turned half round ; but neither of them were 
injured, A young man of seventeen years 
old, also received the shock unhurt, and was 
the first to communicate the astonishing event, 
which had occurred out of doors ; for he alone, 
standing in the stable about twenty-four feet 
distant, saw the cistern wall remove from its 
place, which it did, not instantaneously, but 
gradually. Two young trees at twelve feet 
distance appear untouched. The bond-timbers 
of the cistern were forced by the shock to a 
greater distance than the brick-work, and 
were apparently scorched. That part of the 
building, which was removed and is yet stand- 
ing, contains about seven ‘thousand. bricks. 
The wall seems to have been lifted from its 
foundations. The weight of the works, re- 
moved and thrown down, is probably not 
over-rated at twenty-six tons, inclusive of the 
flags and mortar. Some water was in the 
cistern, but the quantity is unknown. No 
metals, excepting slender spout-brackets, were 
near the place, and. these were not even dis- 
turbed.. A leaden pipe for conveying the 
