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H. G. FOEDHAM-THE METEOEITE 
Caedington. —The villagers heard a distant rumbling, which 
they attributed to some great explosion.— A. C. G. Cameron, in 
‘Beds Times ’ of Nov. 26. 
Kempston. —The shock, experienced about 8*20, was felt by 
several persons in different parts of this parish. Some report that 
the noise resembled an explosion at a distance, and then died away 
as low rumbling thunder.— 1 Beds Times,’ Nov. 26. 
Haeeowden. —The shock was felt here.— t M. M.,’ p. 168. 
Biggleswade. —The shock was distinctly noticed here at about 
8 - 20. Many persons heard a noise resembling a distant explosion, 
and doors and windows were shaken. Others who were in the 
fields felt the earth trembling —‘ Herts Express,’ Nov. 26. 
Southill and AVaeden. —The shock was felt and heard.— i Beds 
Times’ Nov. 26. 
Duntoh.— My informant says : “ The sound came with a ring. I 
am sure it was in the air; it sounded to me in the direction of 
Biggleswade.”— W. 31 [Biggleswade is 6° N. of W. from Dunton.] 
Edwoeth.— The sound appeared to come from the direction of 
Langford.— W . M. [Langford is slightly N. of W. from Edworth.] 
Clifton and Sheffoed.— Some point to Ampthill. Some say 
the sound came all round them. Some that it died away in the E. 
The sound is described as “like a volley of big guns.”— W. M. 
[Ampthill is slightly S. of W. from Clifton and Shefford.] 
Ampthill.— [One person] heard a loud report. [Another] heard 
a noise like an explosion at a distance and felt the vibration of the 
earth. [And a third], in a cottage a short distance to the S.W., 
also heard a report and felt the earth tremble, and said the crockery 
all jingled. The result to this house most noticeable was that 
afterwards the doors of the rooms at each end of the house would 
not shut properly, neither would the shutters; all the locks got 
mis-placed, and a marble mantel-piece was cracked, and the back 
of a stove.— [Miss'] II. E Field, Fielden Mouse, Ampthill. 
Noise heard and vibration felt, supposed to be due to a distant 
explosion.— 1 M. M.’ p. 167. 
Clophill.— The shock was felt here.—‘if. M.,’ p. 168. 
"Westoning, Elitwick, and Elitton. —The shaking was so very 
distinct, that almost a panic, for a time, seemed to seize several of 
the people, who knew not how to account for it. Its character 
may be correctly judged of when it is stated that the bulk of the 
people inclined to the belief that what they had heard and felt was 
the effect of an explosion somewhere or other.—‘ M. M.,’ p. 167. 
Silsoe.— Boors, windows, and in some cases slates on buildings, 
were made to rattle. The shock was felt by many persons about 
20 minutes past 8, and from two or three places there are reports 
of a second shock at a later hour in the morning.— 1 Beds Times’ 
Nov. 26. 
Lidlington. —A loud noise, apparently caused by an explosion, 
was heard; it was generally supposed to be due to the explosion of 
a boiler in the neighbourhood of Brackley.—‘ M. 31.,’ p. 168. 
[Brackley is 25 miles distant, slightly S. of W., from Lidlington.] 
