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Damage to Property. TERRIFIED MINERS CEASE WORK. Collapse of a House at Maesteg. A severe shock ot earthquake was felt ihroughout South Wales on Wednesday Homing, and from all parts of the affected j ireareports are to hand of alarming experi- ences, accompanied in some cases by per- sonal injury, whilst in a large number of instances considerable damage to property was done. In some of the schoois there was little short of a panic, the buildiog3 being besieged by affrighted mothers de manding their children whilst at many of the collieries the men wero seized with fear of impending calamity, aod were brought to bank. The shock occurred between 9.47 and 9.50 a.m., the tremor passing from north to south, and the duration being variously estimated at from two to three seconds. For some hours before the shock thare had been a steady fall in the barometer, and immediately before the tremor passed ihere was an uncanny stillness in the air. to most of the colliery districts the resi- dents attributed the disturbance to a mine axplosioD, and people hastened to pit mouths, there, fortunately, to be assured that no disaster had occurred. In the large commercial centres, however, people At once divined the true cause of the ahock, for there were the usual symptoms af earthquake, snch as the rattling of windows and the swaying of chairs and tables, in many instances a shock was experienced of a severity unexampled locally within living memory. At Cardiff Docks scores of people ruabed headlong into the streets in a state border- ing on panic, in momentary fear of seeing she buildings tumbling down upon them. In several instances walls were cracked. Passengers travelling from Barry to Cardiff declare they felt the whole train being swayed back and fore by a seismic motion. At Swansea chimneys fell over into the street, and at Maesteg a house which was being demolished was so severely shaken that it utterly collapsed. The tremor3 were so distinctly felt at Merthyr that the children in St. David's School became panic-stricken, and had to be dismissed. Reports from Bridgend show that pedes- trians were almost shaken off their feet, and one street—Coity-road—was strewn with fallen chimney-stacks. At the Rock Hotel, Neath, a chimney crashed on to the roof. Captain F. Gard. ner, who was walking towards Neath from the direction of Pencaera, declares that he felt a strange motion of the earth, and a.t the same moment saw a number of chimneys literally crumble and fall. Edwards, of the Neath Borough Force, had a marvellous escape. He was standing Dear Williams's ludgmg-house iu Wind- street, and saw some slates fall, and got out of the way. A minute later a chimney tell on the very spot where he had been standing. Dr. Seyler, the Glamorgan counly analyst, was in his laboratory at Swansea, when he observed thebottles on his shelves dancing in a peculiar manner. Looking out of his window he saw" roof tiles fall- ing iu a veritable shower. At Abercynon heavy ornaments were thrown off furniture, A heap of boulder stones in the centre of the town of Ammanford became as if alive, and rolled about in extraordinary fashion." At Kidwelly the shock was accompanied by a rumbling noise, the inhabitants were terrified, and a part of the Nelson Inn chimney collapsed. At Port Eynon the inhabitants rushed out of houses in great alarm, the schools were closed, and the children hurried home for safety. Similar startling reports come to hand from the Ogmore and Garw districts. At Tondu the vibration was severely felt, reminding the populace of that terrifying experience on the occasion of the Tondu explosion. At Brynmenyn the Rev. Eynon Lewis hastily left his study, thinking that the furniture was about tumbling over him; while the family of Mr Arthur Davies, in the same village, were alarmed at breakfast by a number of bricks falling n through the chimney. Ystradgynlais night workmen asleep in bed hurriedly jumped out of bed and rushed towards Pantmawr Colliery, where it was believed an explosion had happened. At Porthcawlthe report ofthesbock was likened to that of a strong wind. Mrs Best, of the Queen's Hotel, had a terrify- ing moment. The crockery on the dresser came rolling over her, and she rushed into the street screaming. A second later the chimney fell iu through the roof. A similar incident took plnce next door. At Wells- treet, Porthciwl, Mrs Pearce, an aged invalid, while dressing was literally thrown back on to the bed, while her daughter was hurled against the furniture. The shock was slightly felt in North and Mid-Walea, and as far south as Lundy Island. Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire appear to have been only slightly affected. Shocks- are also reported from the West of England, the neighbourhood of Birming- ham, and other places.

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