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up from the groumi, \vhile a few .springs, previously clear, became 
cloudy ami impuro. 
At Laugeuhoe .several fis.surc.s Avere opened in the gravel walk at 
the llectory; and in Mer.sea Island a crack Avas formed in the earth, 
extending for about three hundred yards due east and Avest. 
Some atmospheric disturbance.s Avere noticed : there Avas a hail- 
storm at Diss, and a Avhirhviml near Tring. 
The vibration })roduccd by this earth(iuake, Avhich seemed to haA'C 
been developed under jMensea Island, Ava.s felt in all directions Avith 
decreasing force. At IpsAvich, and throughout SutTolk, it Avas 
perceived, and Dr. d. K. Taylor lias related his experiences in the 
county toAvn.* At Sudbury, too, many per.sons Avere alanued. 
'J'he shock extended as far as Cambridge, Kly, and Iloston ; to 
Northampton, Leicester, and WolA’orhampton ; and even as far as 
Stroud, Ilristol, and Street in Somersetsliire. It aa-rs felt near 
Heading, in and around London, at Hyde, Portsmouth, near 
IJrighton, Hastings, Dover, at Ilochester, and AVestgate-on-Seat 
Turning to our oavu eouuty, avo learn that the .shock Avas 
cxperienceil by several individuals in XorAvich. Mr. (5. 15. Palmer, 
Avriting from Gorloston lIou.se, Great Yarmouth, says: “I perceptibly 
felt the shock about 0.20 yesterday morning. It caused the bells 
to ring in my house, and the .serA'ants came in amsAA'er to them ; 
also the gla.sses on sideboard rattled together. I have also heard of 
several persons feeling it in Great Yarmouth.” J 
“ The shock Avas felt at Diss about tAA'enty-five minutes pa.st nine. 
Hells rang, houses Averc shaken, many per-sons believing the 
foundations of their dAvellings Avere giving Avay.”§ 
According to reports|| the earthquake, though felt over the greater 
part of East Suffolk, Avas not noticed over the Ioav land lying 
betAveen SouthAvold and HalesAvorth. 
Dr. Taylor statedH that the railAvay-cutting at Wivenhoe appears 
to have broken the continuity of the undulations, for the houses 
contiguous to it arc coinparatiA’ely uninjured : and in other parts of 
• ‘Nature,’ April 24th. 
t See Map b}- W. Topley, ‘Nature,’ May 15th. 
J ‘Daily NeAvj,’ April 24th. 
§ ‘ Eastern Daily Press,’ April 23rd. 
i| ‘ Eastern Daily Press,’ April 23rd. 
■ ‘ Nature,’ May 8th. 
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