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thunder was heard, accompanied by a vibration of the ground, and 
alter an interval other distinct vibrations without any rumbling 
noise.—‘ Herts Express,’ Nov. 26. 
About 8*20 a.m. I was standing in the porch of this house 
looking at the sky, S.E., when I was startled by a low rumble, 
which was preceded by a sharp crack. Then followed in an instant 
a trembling of the ground, like a wave from N.E. towards S. The 
sound had also come from the N. (the back of the house). Another 
moment, and then followed a fainter wave, or earth-trembling.— 
Henry A. Harper , [. Eagle's Nest,~\ Offley. 
Stevenage. —Heard here.— W. M. 
Walkern Park. —My nearest neighbour heard it, and two men 
not more than about half a mile away heard it distinctly.— A. 
Menhinick , Walkern Park , Stevenage. 
Wood End, Ardeley. —Heard very distinctly.— W. M. 
Stagenhoe.— Most of the people in the house of my cousin at 
Stagenhoe felt or heard the disturbance distinctly. One man, who 
was walking under a wood close by, heard it, and the pheasants 
in the wood all uttered cries. Another man, who was watering the 
horses at the pond, says that they started at the sound, and a dock 
of sheep in a boggy meadow close by rushed about the held in a 
very excited manner. The sound came from the direction of Luton, 
which would be about W. from Stagenhoe. It appears to have 
been heard distinctly all up the Mimram Yalley, at the head of 
which is Stagenhoe.— Thomas B. Plow, [E.L.S.,] Welwyn. [Luton 
is 8° S. of W. from Stagenhoe.] 
Whit well.— Heard here.— W . J \ I . 
Knebworth.— The shock was very loud, and perceptibly felt by 
several people. The report was so loud that my wife thought a 
small outhouse in our back yard was falling down, and ran out 
of the house to see. The sound caused me to look up quickly to 
the ceiling, for it appeared as if something had struck the roof of 
the house. It caused it to vibrate but slightly. To all appearance 
the sound seemed to reach us from the S.E., and travelled N.W., 
and that would be in a direct line from Hertford to Knebworth. 
Other people in the village who heard it describe it as a muffled 
“ bang.”— John Kipling, The Gardens, Knebworth, Stevenage. 
[Hertford is S.E. of Knebworth.] 
Watton.— There was a sort of vibration, disturbing the birds in 
the woods, and causing windows to chatter. Many believed we 
should soon hear of some serious explosion.— D. Peck, Watton, 
Hertford. 
Codicote.— Two men [here], without having seen each other, 
agree in regard to the direction of the sound they heard and its 
character. They were both in the open air at the time. They 
agree in stating that the sound came from the S.W. of this village. 
If you draw a line shortly south of Ayot St. Lawrence and going 
towards Harpenden, that is the direction they are both very precise 
in stating the sound came from. They also say the sound was very 
peculiar, something between the sound of a distant explosion and 
