The Great English EarthquakeR. Hale, 1976 - 219 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 66
... tower sited on the highest part of the town at Balkerne Hill . This structure , some 140 feet high , supported a tank capable of holding a quarter of a million gallons of water and provided the town with its water supply . Because of ...
... tower sited on the highest part of the town at Balkerne Hill . This structure , some 140 feet high , supported a tank capable of holding a quarter of a million gallons of water and provided the town with its water supply . Because of ...
الصفحة 81
... tower was one of the old beacons used in days long ago , and a portion of this , together with some of the tower itself , were hurled on the roof of the nave through which the masonry crashed into the Church below . Huge pieces of stone ...
... tower was one of the old beacons used in days long ago , and a portion of this , together with some of the tower itself , were hurled on the roof of the nave through which the masonry crashed into the Church below . Huge pieces of stone ...
الصفحة 87
... tower , near the flag staff . Here they felt the tower still vibrate , and they immediately fled to the ground , where they reported the matter , attributing the shaking of the tower to the wind . They were informed that no wind that ...
... tower , near the flag staff . Here they felt the tower still vibrate , and they immediately fled to the ground , where they reported the matter , attributing the shaking of the tower to the wind . They were informed that no wind that ...
المحتوى
Preface | 9 |
The Destruction of Wivenhoe | 20 |
A Year of Intense Disturbance | 42 |
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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