25th September 1935
Jersey is shaken by an earthquake
After several days of particularly rough seas, residents across Jersey reported minor earth tremors lasting around half an hour at lunchtime. Nobody could say for sure what had caused them or even if they were a bone fide earthquake. Some said they were actually reverberations from the firing of heavy artillery.
Uneven effects
The pier at Bonne Nuit Bay was cracked but, conversely, the observatory instruments at Maison Saint Louis recorded nothing at all. This was perhaps not surprising as the observatory is located above St Helier, while most reports came from the coast.
Although earthquakes are no more common in Jersey than on the mainland, the Birmingham Daily Gazette reported the following day that “in November 1930, Professor Charles Davidson, of Cambridge, said that the existence of an earthquake centre about 12 miles away to the east was the reason for Jersey’s seeming susceptibility to earth tremors.”
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Graeme le Saux champions Gerald Durrell
- Jersey-born footballer Graeme le Saux discussed the life of Jersey Zoo founder Gerald Durrell on the BBC's Great Lives programme.
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Lee Wilson, Gerald Durrell’s wife and co-author, is born
- Lee McGeorge Wilson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but moved to Jersey after marrying the naturalist, Gerald Durrell.
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Channel Television takes to the air
- Channel Television, which is headquartered in Jersey and has studios in Guernsey, produces regional output for the Channel Islands.
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Soldier is killed picking flowers from a train
- A soldier was killed on the Jersey Railway when he attempted to pick line-side flowers from a moving train.
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