Of course the "great earthquake" so very mild' affair compared th earthquakes in other countries, it was nevertheless one of the widespread and violent of retimes in this country. Tt hay ned at 5 o'clock on Sunday ning and it extended from riff to Peterborough and from eter to Derby, being most rent along the line of geological iit which runs from the Bristol annd to the Peak district of} rbyshive. A slight shock was yin London. In the most ome cases beds were moved, apers were thrown to the floor, niture and crockery rattled, money-pots were upset, ceilings re cracked, and terrified people 1 into the streets. Three tremors re observed in some places. They re acedmpanied by noises varying loud reports to the sounds of shing wind, distant thonder and wy lorries sound of.a: mighty roar which came rolling "along the main street: from forth to south, like the rumbling of many heavy lorries, Then there} was a momentary pause. Suddenly the sound as of a' violent explosion rattled the whole town. People leaped from their beds and rushed in their night clothes to the streets. Down by the "side of the River Tome is a row of modern cottages. The earthquake vented its last tary there, bringing down temas of heavy brickwork chim-noys. The bricks crashed through the roofs, but fortunately their course was checked by the rafters of the lofts...
Since Sunday we have been reasurred by. the declaration of experts that in their opinion the fear that earthquakes may become more frequent and serious in England ts ridigplous.
Strike to Come have had less reassuring rows about the possibility of future general strikes, since the Home Secretary has informed the country through a letter he has sent to the chairman of the Conservative Association in his constituenc; hope you will not think that this strike is the first and last of its kind. Preparations ate even now being considered for future strikes. In the House of Common: ber of the official Labour one of the leaders of the Trades Union Congress, said last month in presence, It is only the first; there will be another and another and another general strike until we achieve our object.'
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