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about it. They said they heard a noise and thought it was 

 somebody knocking hard at the back door, or a door slam- 

 ming, but never heard it again so thought it was nothing 

 and took me back to bed again." 



Report of J. Reynolds of Croydon. 



"About 8*20 p.m. when seated round the fire, the room 

 being perfectly still, we were startled by a distinct trem- 

 bling of the house. Our attention was particularly drawn 

 to the door of the room facing east which shook rapidly 

 five or six times. It was closed at the time. A sideboard 

 on the same side as the door as well as the articles on it 

 also trembled. Another member of the family drew atten- 

 tion to the shaking of the gas jet suspended from the 

 ceiling. I remarked at the time that it was evidently an 

 earth tremor and I eagerly scanned the paper the following 

 morning to see if it had been recorded." 



Report of E. Tulloch of Double Bay. 



"On the night of the tremor I was reading and heard a 

 rumbling noise as if a heavily laden vehicle was passing. 

 The furniture was shaken and the crockery rattled. The 

 chair on which I was sitting moved gently. (Time about 

 8*15 p.m.) I became alarmed and went outside to where 

 my husband was smoking. He had not felt or heard any 

 noise." 

 Report of Captain T. H. Brownlow of Double Bay. 



"I was at my private residence at lower Ocean Street, 

 Double Bay situated close to the harbour front and very 

 few feet above sea level. The night was very still and I 

 was reading with one arm resting on the dining room table, 

 facing eastward when suddenly and without warning I felt 

 a sudden jolt forward, as if the table and the chair upon 

 which I was seated had been resting upon a round object 

 and had slipped off. There was no report or noise other 

 than that caused by the movement of the chair or table. 



