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valuable observations which have been acquired from newspapers 
or private information, and I have to acknowledge the kindness of 
those who have given me assistance in the preparation of the data 
in the table, more especially the Commissioners of Northern Light- 
houses, in granting access to the Lighthouse Returns ; His Grace the 
Stations and 
Time of Shock as 
mentioned by 
observers. 
Greenwich. 
Barometer. 
Thermo- 
meter F. 
Duration 
of the 
Disturbance. 
Rainfall for 
November. 
Direction 
in which 
wave 
appeared 
to travel. 
Character of Sound. 
Butt of Lewis, . . 
p.m. 
9 a.m. 
29.20 
9p.m. 
29.40 
9 a.m. 
50° 
9p.m. 
45° 
Ins. 
3-84 
Island Glass, at 5.30, 
5.56 
29.20 
29.50 
48° 
48° 
# m 
5-61 
Monach, at 5.20. 
5.51 
29.30 
29.52 
50° 
49° 
a few secs. 
5-7 
, , 
Ushenish, at 5.25, . 
Kyleakin, at 5.35, . 
5.53 
29.16 
29.46 
50° 
50° 
a few secs. 
2-1 
5.58 
29.40 
29.64 
50° 
50° 
7 secs. 
6-51 
. . 
Barrahead, a few 
mins, before 5.30, . 
28.85 
28.90 
o 
O 
50° 
about a'min. 
2‘85 
Blair Atholl, at 5 
mins, before 6, 
5.55 
Sound of Mull, about 
6 
29.61 
29.74 
50° 
OO 
o 
1T7 
Rumbling noise dur- 
Hynish, at 6,? . . 
about 3 or 4 
ing & after shocks. 
Preceded by rum- 
Skerryvore, at 5.18, 
5.46 
29.89 
29.57 
52° 
51° 
secs. 
8 secs. 
bling noise as of 
distant thunder. 
Preceded by rum- 
Motherwell, at 6, . 
6.0 
bling noise like 
distant thunder. 
Oban, about 5.30, . 
. . 
, . 
. . 
, . 
. . 
. . 
. . 
Rumbling noise. 
Earraid, at or about 6, 
• • 
. . 
. . 
. . 
2 secs.? 
. . 
, . 
Rumbling sound (for 
Phladda, at 5.18, 
5.42 
29.80 
30.00 
51° 
49° 
5 to 8 secs. 
4-50 
w.s.w. to 
about 2 secs.?). 
Long rumbling noise. 
Inveraray, b’tween ) 
5.45 and 5,50, . V 
00 
rtj 
2 secs. 
E.N.E. 
Sharp rumbling noise 
Inveraray, 5.50, . j 
Callander, a few 
mins, before 6, . 
several secs. 
w.s.w. to 
Colonsay House, . 
E.N.E. 
Rumbling sound pre- 
Lowlandman’s Bay, 
ceding shock. 
Rumbling sound. 
Port Askaig, be- f 
tween 5.40 & 5.45, ( 
5.40 
5.45 
• • 
•• 
•• 
N.E.tOS.W.? 
(Heavy rumbling 
( sound. 
Mac Arthur’s Head, 
at 5.27 
29.78 
29.90 
see Report. 
7*04 
N. tO S. 
Ayr, at 5.50, . . . 
5.50 
several secs. 
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Ireland. 
Ramelton, at 5.15, . 
5.46? 
about 5 secs. 
Preceded by rum- 
Londonderry, about 
5.30, 
6.1 ? 
bling sound for 3 
secs. 
Rumbling sound. 
Leterkenny, at 5.25, 
^5.56? 
. . 
. . 
. . 
ab. 20 secs. 
. . 
Rumbling noise. 
Donemana, at 5.27, 
5.57? 
. . 
. , 
Noise resembling 
Strabane, about 23 
mins, to 6, . . . 
6.7 ? 
distant thunder. 
Omagh, about 5.30, 
6.0 
. . 
. . 
. . 
. . 
S.W. to N.E. 
Belfast, at 5.28, . . 
5.53 
. . 
. . 
. . 
. . 
. o 
. . 
Armagh, at 5.35, . 
6.0 
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