Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-06-30
The Earthquake 10 baltimore,

Out Baltlmote dsppycb, p0bllshel Yesterday
motbiuy, slated that The people q thai Guy were
tetdbly alatmed on ThQtsday Hotolpe Dy Etea'
shock, supposed 10 have bsea tbat o. an Eat'''
quake. The PatdOt tof Thutsdiy evening sires
,he following account Of the occurrence. The
s,,tcIe reads ysty much like lie Description Of an
eatbquske, viii HE exception Of The last pata'
snphS which would lead tlls teadst to suppose
tbsl ths matter was viewed W some In tashet q
hunofJas light:
The citizens or Baltimore, with but few ekeep'
ionS. Wete Startled ami aroused from theft sluIll'
I4tslast flgh,, 1T tatlttt this morning, by slnGu'
lSEnhbIihR noise anil osetllSIoly movement OF
thteat,h, resembling on earthquake. lwtsIAo
iSfaSwe have been able 10 lehtn, heard and telt
IN an hatts Of ltH city. Many, whom VIC hsye.
seen tbs morning, we're SiaIllel rom Soma
sleep, almost inStaataUeously, In aInaEemelI'-.:
Pett6hs rushed In theit windows AMI doofS, aS u
wokiag ltoM rlIeaR scatcely able 10 realize what
hAl Startled Them, The shock commenced al pre-
,:isely haltpast twelve O'Clock, as noted "
Chroohptet watch, not yalylns ole minute ION
tme lime for Ten months, II was preceded 6y
,iten tulnblins 1olse, slight EemIlolSnesS Of lhe
esib, anrl this succeeded ny two shVcks' Ihe
Third and last, EetY seytEe. so much 20, IAI houses
wete shaken 10 theft foundations, WINDOWS anu
doors tatsel illfiousy, lutnltute shaking, anu' "
some instances detached AtlIcles slightly removed
from thtgt places. In yefy lew minutes aver
iii, singular phenomenon, though at an eatlY hour
when oas BALI the void is wtapPt'l In sumbeFS'
ntobably l@olhitd Of our Inhabitants were awaSe'
anxious 10 divine The cause OF 50 novel seSatloh'
Some, who happenel to lie 10 at the Time ds'
scribe The shock ss remarkably Sevete Tile eafl'
evidently Yibratel distinctly, and seemed 70 10
labolns under some powetlnl c0nVu'S!on, ehhes
Of hct internal OF vxletnal elements. Tue ulta'
tlon Of the StocES WAS probably hol1 lIn"W ,'
tlylng OF In deep toned, rambling sound Ike
distant ihundef, Ut The rolling Of iwavY car up
IN ths payrnenl, losing itself III southern dice
ton.
We have heard Of many that wete seriously
nlarme.I, In apntthensi0n OF a succeeding shock,
81 pending deSttuc,Ye calamity. Withsnch, hight
brought no mote sleep. ThH woEld'S END, wtecE
81 meter and dissolution VI NATURE, were lnlasll'a'
.iyA view, and they deemed II ptOper to make Sc.
rious ntenatatioas, One gentleman asserts that
he obStfsel 4 npCulat btllltanCy ~ The heavens
Immediately piiot 10 this sllnck, which was Soon
followed BY mote than usual gloom and latkneS'
Another, q Sea.cortain, OF sailor, states that ~
alw an immense Enutet0, appeaEanlly as large as
shin, nas athwatt the sky and explode, eau nBs u
TenoIi like heavy artillery, making all nalle tteIn'
be. This solution Of The mysterious occurrence,
howeyeF wants confederation. Tie utusIIll IL
Illumination would, II II Oc1utted, have O:en Oh
served by Others Some, who hsd the best oPPoF'
tuniIy OF fUElning an opiHiOn, being awake al t!e
tine, asset that The RNtt appeated 10 Use ShghY
and then sink, subsequently, oscIlIaling to anu lto
quickly TOT Tile Sp1cs Of ten OF iE1est seconds
The rimbliDg noise oppeltsd to roll and FeVet3Tf'
ale ftnin eatlh uIl IL nights uzlite Oillv. when
lie shock llnL noise had ceased, d0gS were leatd
IL howl aud bark In all objections, thing
which they have always been known to ~ IN
earthquake counties, Subsequent 10 one oil ll1eSe
th.Ots Of lalute.
Previously lie night was unusually SnIttY Sni
still, anil afltt lie shock quite as'fonE OleS re
Gtoss, we had supposed II might have been the
EXPLOSION Of nowtlet mill III our own vlcInIlY,
bit gentlemen from lhe tegton IT these mills Oh
the Genital Railroad, Arrived here, state that the
shock ives distinctly felt III Baltimore county, and
DC tat a. Yo.k, Pa, and that the powder u Ills ate
0nintutet. We tnfef, therefore, thut Thy pbenom'
zion OF last night, might, In all probability, have
heeI, The effect If an eat lquake Of some distant
loinl, ptobaUIy In SOME VI The Wesl India islands,
We shall doubtless have futthet accounts ~ due
time which will give satisfactory solution Of That
which Is now Q mystery, wonder aud topic VI gen.
Cf4l conversation.
AnStly Of gentlemen who were out setenading
al franklin Square last night, when The Eatttl'
qaoke orcutted, fell II distinctly. The SibtatiOn
w6s so great as to stake down tlleit lamps aHd IN.
atnlment stands.
Persons who we're on boaM Of VESSELS IN the
hatbot, wele yety SenStbly asiated, causing ships
10 rock and chafe considerably.
In all objections II was "bselSel that dogs howl
ed loudly, and The chickens commenced ctoS'
ing, having been wakel (tom theIt slnRbetS' The
mystery sill remained unsOyel at The toat Of our
going 10 ptess.
Tslestaphtc repotts state that no symptoms Of
an earthquake was fell either Of Washington,
philadelphia. OF New YOtk. Vatious sltIlSts
have been aAoat all lie morning, With Eefetencs
10 this supposed earthquake. liy some !! has been
attributed 10 The firing OF cannon by The Demo
eats Of ibis ely, III honor u the arrival Of Ptesl'
dent Piecej others sgsin regard Il as quite likely
TO have bten occastonel BY the DoinbatInent al
utey'rown II, howeyer after oil, the Pierce 81.
Lutte Prove 10 be Tic tue solution Of the trHltEy,
~e respectfully aSk the almIfeiS Of The President
to conhile then explosions Of enthusiasm, ~ lII'
tnte, 10 any ohet hour than thai III which II Is as.
serted hy Tradition that "slolIS walk aud chlEcII