98 L. A. COTTON. 



Report of H. Stanbury of San Souci. 



"On the evening of the 15th August my daughter, grand- 

 son and myself were quietly sitting in our dining-room 

 when suddenly we heard a loud rumbling sound coming 

 from the east end of the room (which is a large one). The 

 walls swayed, the couch on which I was seated vibrated, 

 and my head felt quite dizzy. The armchair in which my 

 daughter was sitting swayed and moved, and she noticed 

 that the glass chandelier moved and the flame swayed. The 

 direction appeared to be directly east to west down the 

 room. Quantities of dust and bits of rubbish were scattered 

 about the rooms from the vibration. Our house is rather 

 distant from other houses, and is on rather low ground. 

 We have only heard of two others who noticed the disturb- 

 ance." 



Report of M. Petrick of Waterloo, 



" 1 was sitting in my diningroom looking in the fire when 

 I felt my chair rock violently; the electric light and cord 

 attached swayed to and fro for some considerable time. 

 There was a sound as of a heavy body falling or jumping. 

 The noise seemed to be on the roof. The sound was so 

 plain that I went outside to see if any person had jumped 

 from Wentworth Hall (which is next door) on to the roof 

 of my house. I knew before I went outside that it was an 

 earthquake, and only went as a matter of precaution. The 

 shock was so severe that my two dogs (one was asleep on 

 the hearthrug before the fire, and the pug snoring on his 

 cushion on a chair) woke up as with a fright. The one on 

 the rug sat up and seemed very frightened, stared round 

 and growled for quite a long time. The pug barked and 

 would not be pacified until I went to bed at 11 p.m. A 

 glass ornament in an electroplated stand was broken off 

 sharp by the shock. It stood on the table." 



