EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10319, 19 December 1896, Page 5

EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND.

; . , ,?rrrf7^;' FEW in SEVERAL UNTIES. HOUSES HQUKED. \i -rrrrr, HE.PFPJtD '.04TPPIUI, DAMAGEp. DEATH FRO,III FRIGHT. Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.Copyright. LpirppN, December 17. A reverb earthquake shock, which was felt over a Japge extent of country, was experienced yesterday in a number of equips, iqclijidiug Grloficpsfcer, Hereford. South Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire,• War'wfcjj, Wprppster, ' Shropshire, w d Derbyshire. " Although no serious damage appear? ! |tn have been done, the unusual occurrence created considerable alarm, and it is reported that one woman in Hereford jjiejj fronj' the .effects of fright.

I At Stroud, a, toyyu of some importance in Gloucester, the shock was so violent as to cause the houses to rock, ape} the occupants in their terror rushed into the street, and. for a time the greatest consternation ppoyajlpji At Ledbury, in Hereford, a similar state of things prevailed. The Hereford Cathedra], one of the finest buil,dings of its kind ii] England, dafcipg as far back as 1079, suffered so.me damage.

Tife shock was also experienced at Cardigan, in South Wales, along the Thames Valley, at .Chester, and also as far north as' Lancashire. Early this morning further shocks occurred, but though ' they were severe no serious accidents so far are reported. Four shocks were felt in some places, lasting a minute and a half, the severest being at Birmingham, Worcester, and in Shropshire. The quake was preceded by a rushing noise, Jike a hurricane, At Daj'ley, in Derbyshire, some workmen were thrown to the ground. The earthquake was only slightly felt in the vicinity of London. London, December 18. The worst of the earthquake was felt in Wales, and west of the Midlands. It also reached Denham, Bucks, and Lincoln. The shake was felt over a hundred towns and villages. « The tower pf Windsor Castj.e rocked.