The Great English EarthquakeR. Hale, 1976 - 219 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 53
... seemed to rise and sway . " There was this rumbling noise at the same moment , just like distant thunder , " he said , " and directly the platform beneath my feet seemed to heave like the motion of a wave . I felt dizzy in the head and ...
... seemed to rise and sway . " There was this rumbling noise at the same moment , just like distant thunder , " he said , " and directly the platform beneath my feet seemed to heave like the motion of a wave . I felt dizzy in the head and ...
الصفحة 99
... seemed about two per second . I lay perfectly still , instead of looking at the watch . Two servants , occupied in separate rooms on the same floor as I was on myself , heard the noise , and complained that they were seized with ...
... seemed about two per second . I lay perfectly still , instead of looking at the watch . Two servants , occupied in separate rooms on the same floor as I was on myself , heard the noise , and complained that they were seized with ...
الصفحة 116
... seemed to mirror the experiences of so many people in the area of impact . He wrote simply and effectively : I was ... seemed as if it were falling to pieces . All the bells also began to ring . I rushed to the staircase to entreat my ...
... seemed to mirror the experiences of so many people in the area of impact . He wrote simply and effectively : I was ... seemed as if it were falling to pieces . All the bells also began to ring . I rushed to the staircase to entreat my ...
المحتوى
Preface | 9 |
The Destruction of Wivenhoe | 20 |
A Year of Intense Disturbance | 42 |
حقوق النشر | |
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Abberton alarm April 22nd began boat bricks British buildings caused ceiling Charles Du Cane Chelmsford chimneys church Colchester Congregational Church cottages cracked crash damage debris destruction devastation disaster district disturbance earth East Anglian East Anglian Daily East Essex England English Earthquake escaped Essex Chronicle Essex Field Club Essex Standard Essex Telegraph experienced explosion eyewitness falling feet fell Fingringhoe fissures floor ground Hall happened heard High Street Hugh Green Ipswich Langenhoe Layer Breton Little Wigborough London Lord Alfred Maldon masonry Mersea Island miles morning newspaper occurred oscillation parish Peldon quay Raphael Meldola rattled recorded Rector reports Reverend river Colne rocks roof Rowhedge rumbling noise rumbling sound rushed seemed shaken shock was felt smashed spire story struck suffered terrible thrown tiles tower town tremor Tuesday upheaval village violently walls wave West Mersea Wigborough Wivenhoe wrecked yacht