The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-13
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lfrom the st Louis Democrat, VIII
TN tic morning of yesterday, al twenty
minutes past four O'Clock, nearly the whole
population II thi. city and region wcrc star
tied frnla repo~c by The roar and commetlon
oi y violent earthquake. The iir-t prc,non-
ition j. sa.d IT, have been given by slight
conc,issinn about midnight but at the
time stated those who were awake heard
low and distant rumblinr which failed Ia
arouse attention I'LL II rap,dly increased Ia
| the volume oi the sound ni heavy trains of
cars laundering through every street II the
city. Some liken the na,-e t. protracted
| rcverberating cxplosinn others a. the mere
| passing of market wagons hut all agree
that IL was tremendous. When at its height
the buildings began IL rock appaiiiagly
Thousands sprsng fran their beds la alarm,
and rushed into the streets. The northern
-ky was clear, bu, irom the southwark a
heas, INST wa, swift, advancing, aud IN a
mn,neat nearly ui,~cnrea the street la,nls
In many Instance the lamps were in an IN.
slant unaecountably ckiingui-hed Tho
violent shock lasted full three -ipurths ii a
| minute, and was instantly succeeded by a
second rear and attendant shack IL les se-
verify Many describe bath a. one, and
even that the heavy shock lasted full three
the noise and Conclusion were repeated with
comparative mildncs-, but very perreptibly.
We eonssr-ed With inans on the occur
renee. and their statements, of course vari-
Gus, attest and corroborste the above. A
citizen living ON ,sratint and Fourth streets,
IN a heavily built house, whose walls are ol
eighteen inches thickness, and who was
sleeping ON the first iioor, describes the
shock a. excessively violent, and the motion
a. n horizontal Vibration from east Ca west
A mirror hanging on north and south
wall, swaycd from and towards the wall,
through an arc of several inches lie ran
into the street, expecting the fall IL not oi
his own house, of Trailer wall near, and
found dense log swiftly ruling from the
sonthward, and shortly enyeloping every.
thing.
An intelligent gentleman, living on Center,
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets,
states that the heavy rumbline, - II by q
host III roal wagons, proceeded from the
southwark, that things sheok from north 10
south, aud with an appalling violence, that
then dense mist appeared, and In ten min
utes occurred another shock, the accompany
ing NOISE bearing more from the eastward.
a well known physician in his vicinity, was
ahrighted u hearing tbs brick walls VI his
residence positively cracking and swapping
around him.
We are appr'sed that slight shock wa.
felt ON Monday, the court house being per-
ceptibly Jared, though no vehicle was at the
time, passing.
At hotel ON Third street ,hici was en-.
gagged in extracting the sum of thirty cents
from boarder's pocket, when the commo-
ton 10 agltated his conscience and person,
that he dropped the dimes and called upon
the waking owner of them To flee, for the
house was falling lie, of course, lied
a gentleman from Bridgcton, fourteen
miles from the city, says that the shock
there was also excessively violent, and that
the motion was al undnlating one, accom-.
panied with vertical vibrations Of the earth.
The river, Of course, was not exempt FROM.
the comm0tion. Waves several feet in
height sre aaid to have suddenly risen and
dashed upon the banks, rcceting and again
returning