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IN ENGLAND, AND ELSEWHERE. 343
ham, about five miles south of Dartford, sunk so as to leave
a pit about eight or ten feet over, and nearly of the same
depth, which was that morning filled with water, within
three or four feet of the top, though that spot of ground
was supposed to have been as sound as any about it, carts
having-several times gone over that very place.
April 30, 1736.—At noon, and at twelve next morning,
there was'a violent earthquake along the Ockhil Hills in
Scotland, which rent several houses, and put the people to
flight. These two shocks were each attended with a great
noise under ground.
December 30, 1739.'—In Halifax, Eland, Huddersfield,
and other towns in the West Riding, of Yorkshire, was felt
a sudden and violent earthquake, the moveable utensils
rattling and rolling about, and people fearing to be tum-
bled out of their beds. It seemed as if the earth had
moved out of its place, in a line parallel to that of the
horizon, and again returned to its former situation, with
reciprocal vibrations, which ended in a minute or two with
a hissing hollow report, and a quivering of all the things?
on its surface.
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1749—50.—At about thirty minute^
after twelve, an earthquake was suddenly felt throughout
London and Westminster, and also at Deptford, Green-
wich, and even as far as Gravesend, at Payne’s Bridge
between Rumford and Brentwood, at Coopersale near
Epping, at Woodford, Walthamstow, Hertford, High-
gate and Finchley—but not at Barnet. It was just per-
ceived at Richmond in Surrey, and Bromley in Kent-
though not at all at Deal or Canterbury. The counsellors
in the Court of King’s Bench and Chancery in Westmin-
ster Hall, expected the building to fall, and in the new
buildings about Grosvenor Square, people ran out of their
houses, the chairs shaking, and the pewter rattling on the
shelves,-—In Southwark, a slaughter-house, with a hay-loft
y y 2 over
ham, about five miles south of Dartford, sunk so as to leave
a pit about eight or ten feet over, and nearly of the same
depth, which was that morning filled with water, within
three or four feet of the top, though that spot of ground
was supposed to have been as sound as any about it, carts
having-several times gone over that very place.
April 30, 1736.—At noon, and at twelve next morning,
there was'a violent earthquake along the Ockhil Hills in
Scotland, which rent several houses, and put the people to
flight. These two shocks were each attended with a great
noise under ground.
December 30, 1739.'—In Halifax, Eland, Huddersfield,
and other towns in the West Riding, of Yorkshire, was felt
a sudden and violent earthquake, the moveable utensils
rattling and rolling about, and people fearing to be tum-
bled out of their beds. It seemed as if the earth had
moved out of its place, in a line parallel to that of the
horizon, and again returned to its former situation, with
reciprocal vibrations, which ended in a minute or two with
a hissing hollow report, and a quivering of all the things?
on its surface.
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1749—50.—At about thirty minute^
after twelve, an earthquake was suddenly felt throughout
London and Westminster, and also at Deptford, Green-
wich, and even as far as Gravesend, at Payne’s Bridge
between Rumford and Brentwood, at Coopersale near
Epping, at Woodford, Walthamstow, Hertford, High-
gate and Finchley—but not at Barnet. It was just per-
ceived at Richmond in Surrey, and Bromley in Kent-
though not at all at Deal or Canterbury. The counsellors
in the Court of King’s Bench and Chancery in Westmin-
ster Hall, expected the building to fall, and in the new
buildings about Grosvenor Square, people ran out of their
houses, the chairs shaking, and the pewter rattling on the
shelves,-—In Southwark, a slaughter-house, with a hay-loft
y y 2 over