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if a volume of air struck tke windows of the house, which rattled. 
It seemed to come from S.E. by S. Time 8*20 to 8*25 a.m.— 
Henry Raises , Ashwell Brewery. 
Noticed also by a man (John Lee), who was in his garden near 
the Spring Head, and the sound appeared to him to come from S.E. 
by S.— H. G. F. 
Royston.— (See Cambridgeshire, p. 38.) 
Therfield. —Eelt very distinctly.— ‘Herts Sf Cambs Rep' Nov. 25. 
Bygrave. —Sound appeared to come from W.— TF. M. 
Barkway. —Heard here.— R.P. Greg , [E.S.A.,E.G.S.,E.R.A.S.,] 
Coles, Buntingford. 
Baldock. —About 8*20 the shock was plainly felt and heard by 
many persons in the town. In some cases windows were very 
violently shaken, and beds were also felt to move. After sifting 
the reports of those who heard it there seems no doubt that it was 
a slight shock of earthquake, the rumbling noise being unmistak¬ 
ably underground.—‘ Herts $* Cambs Reporter ,’ Nov. 25. 
It was thought that the gas-works had blown up, as windows 
were shaken and beds were felt to move.—‘ Herts Express ,’ Nov. 26. 
I have several lines [of direction of sound] on the map from 
Baldock, Bygrave, and just round, and most of them go very near 
to the [Arlesey Lunatic] Asylum ; two pass a little more W. One 
person was quite sure [the sound] was thunder; another, wlio had 
resided in China, was sure it was an earthquake. One was sure it 
was a fiery meteor, for he had heard one before, and helped to dig 
one out. The curate, the Rev. G. W. Griffith, was conducting 
service in the church ; he says [the noise] sounded like something 
heavy falling on the lead roof, and that one of the windows shook. 
— W. M. [The Arlesey Asylum is W.NAV. from Baldock.] 
Buckland.— Our letter-carrier heard the explosion distinctly, and 
was much alarmed. He was on his rounds at the time, and thought 
the sound came from the other (southern) side of Buntingford. 
The noise was also heard by one or two women in the village; and 
one, I believe, said she felt her house shake. —Henry F. Burnaby, 
[rector of Buckland,] Bucldand Rectory , Buntingford. 
Chipping. —Heard here.— R. R. Greg, Coles. 
Clothall. —Shock distinctly felt by several labourers.— F. Fox - 
Lambert, [rector of Clothall,] Clothall, Baldock. 
Pirton.— About 20 minutes past 8, I heard a sound as of distant 
thunder, accompanied by slight crackling of slates overhead and 
considerable trembling of the ground under my feet, which lasted 
perhaps some three or four seconds.— Azel Young, Rirton, Hitchin. 
Throcking.— The explosion was very distinctly heard in SAY. 
at about 8*20 by several people in the parish.— C. W. Harvey, 
[E.R.Met.Soc., rector of Throcking,] Throcking Rectory, Buntingford. 
Buntingford.— Several persons here heard a noise described as 
[like] the sound of a large gun. The sound seemed to most to have 
come from the direction of Cambridge, though opinions widely differ. 
— J. S. Butcher, Buntingford. [Cambridge is about N.N.E. of 
Buntingford.] 
