Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1857-10-28

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IN AhopA lwsaay nainntas past four aleloaA
this uaaSning, .. rather ssvaEs shoak az
an earthquaka was experienced Ia Saint
Louis, aa also id ghe Rltroundfng vieini.
sias, likewise Tor Enany miles on the HI.
ihois side. ToWagdsTnidnight sf yester.
day moisture began 10 perEadS the At
/ mospaefe, and finally somewhat of dew
was formed. -f'his did not incssase In
dsaaigy gntil about haA past 2 O'Clock
in she narning, when fog began 10
| gather OTeg the city and superseded the
dew. Itgrew gradually siekeT and thick
sr, until about twunty minutes pasa four
wksn (te give the words Of Of6eex Ne
Means and fsllOw otkesr who waa sit-
ting on third Strest, between Poplar and
Plum u door way they heard loud
ranbfing noise. They jumped up, and
had scarcely reached thsir feet before
they we're anazed at the shaking Of che
ground beneath thaiR feet, 80 tkAt thsy
could scarcely stann. The windows Of
the houses On both sides Of the street
elatseTsd loatiiy In their francs, the
blinds Asw open, and out popped the
heads OF azores oil people in their night
dresses whe occupied the houses 4 |
great number ran out OF the houses,
alarmed ga ghe oscillation Of the beds, |
winduws amd faEnitazRa Ia thar Fooma,
aud the cgy of al earthquake broke the |
silence that otherwise rsigaed as thiE I
early hour Of the morning. We may
state that tbs evidences iuas narrated /
were experienced by people all over the
city. Upon comparing all the accounts
together, il is apparent that the shock
proceeded from the southwest and 80
tFaveled along. Parties describe IL as
coming up from the river west, from
which point it was felt moSt severe, At
MeTrarnac and all points below the river 7
it was aeutely felt. Persons coming in
from there state that al the tine Of the
sheGk, the noise rasamhlsd at ona mo-
mant the rumbling induced By steam en-
deayoring to scape through a mufied
and as another as though We
hicles heavily laden, with mufled wheels
were being drawn with cypress speed
over eobbla--stona road, : The latter
soand was heard In this city. At Merra-
mac il wsa pitch dark at the time, and
the people were very much alarmed and
ran out of the houses. There was like
wise strong smell Of sulphur, and 1t Is
said upon good authority, that . sglphu-
rie meteorie ball rolled about the streets
in this city, leaving wherever 1t wvns
most unpleasant smell. In consequence
Of the early hour in the morning, very ,
little was known Of what the outside ef.
feets were; but In regard 70 the inside
ones they are visible in many parts.-
Plaster had fallen from the eeilings,
locked doors were unlocked and thrown
open, bricks knocked down, beds and
furniture displaced. The Missouri Ho-
tel and many baildings in the vicinity,
are described to us by some Of the boar
ders to have rocksd very nearly like a
cradle, and large number Of them
quickly arose from their beds in alarm.
Heads were popped out Of the windows,
and many persons went into the street..
-Four miles north from here, Just before
the shock, it was very dark. Aaaer the
frst shock and about eight minutes after
that came the second shock, which was
felt all over the city, but Was not so
strong as the first, although very psgeep-
tible, and the moon shone out as bright
as ever. This is a very strange phenon-
enon 20 be accounted for, how it is that
while the shock is in progress dark
ness SO peculiar should prevail, and THAI
no soonor has the. shock been felt, than
It quickly disappears, and gives way to
the silVsTy path Of tha moons rays. Ii
is very certain that there were shocks;
the frst is stated by old citizens of St.
Louis to have been more severe thsnsuy
other which has occurred since 1871, /
when the great earthquake which des-
troyed Caracas and othaE cities In Cen
trsi America, extended itself as near to
ST. Louis as New Madrid, where the
property was ali destroyed, and large
number Of lives lost.