ENGLAND SHAKEN

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 133, 8 June 1931, Page 9

ENGLAND SHAKEN

SHARP EARTH TREMOR HOUSES DOWN AT HULL FALL OF CHIMNEYS United Press Association -By Electric Tele eraph Copyright. (Received Bth June, 3 a.m.) LONDON, 7th June. An earth tremor was felt throughout England at 1.30 this morning. No damage was reported, but some sleepers in upper floors in the provinces were thrown from their beds. Crockery was broken, and people were much alarmed, especially villagers, who rushed out of their houses in their nightclothcs. Tho shock was apparently most severe in Yorkshire. It is believed to be the strongest experienced in England in 23 years. The motion was felt clearly for a minute, and lasted altogether for seven minutes. The city'of Hull was shaken. Two houses collapsed, and many chimneys fell down. The Manchester police and Fire Brigade headquarters shook violently. London felt tho tremor generally, but it was insufficient to awaken the great majority of sleepers. There was no damage beyond a burst water main. Anxiety as to .the safety of St. Paul's was dispelled, when examination revealed not a trace of damage. Thunder and rain and a curious sky colouring preceded the tremor in many parts of England. The shock was also felt in France, Belgium, and Southern Norway. There was no damage. At North Allerton buildings were shaken to their foundations. Miss Christabel Pankhurst and sundry clergymen declare that the earthquake portends the second coining of the Redeemer.'

The sea end of the Southend pier, a mile and a half long, heaved as if driven by a gale. A heavy swell was reported soventy miles off Scarborough, following a disturbance like the explosion of depth-bombs, which listed a steamer.