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Show English Quakes. The first recorded earth tremor In Britain occurred a few centuries after the Norman conquest, and two centuries cen-turies later, In 1274, Glastonbury was destroyed. In the ensuing cernruries over a score of seismic disturbances have been experienced in the kingdom, the most serious occurring In 1884, causing two fatalities and damnge to the extent of SjO.OOO, In the Eastern counties. Londoners have had the unpleasant un-pleasant experience on several occasions, occa-sions, but Cornwall and South Wiles have most frequently "quaked." |