New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-27
THE NEU-YORK EARTHQUAKE.

The Buffalo Commercial Adrtrt;ser OF Oct. "A
gives the following account of the late earthquake
there:
"The,e be pailous times" Already striken by
panic from causes above ground the deep foundations
Of the earth have shaken beneath US; we have heard
tie of the pentup forces hid within this eggshel
of world and felt their pillows roll along ths solid
ground. That is we have had On earthquake.
About 81 p m, yesterday everybody knows the
time for it was Just after bank hours-fhere came a
shock apparently from the southeast which people at
once recognized as an earthquake. Those walking on
the street did rot feel it; those standing still felt the
jar Of the ground beneath them, and looked to gee
what furious driving omnibus made such noise. But
in buildings there was fright. Those on the ground
floor felt the jar and waving of the walls and saw
crockeIy dancing the dinner tables, china rafting
in The closets, stove-pipes lin instance) falling
while in another depidated chimney parted with
few OF it, topmOst bricks.
The father up from the ground the greater the
shock In the fourth and fifth stories there was sens
ble lettering of brick walls and tools rolled from the
benches of workmen to the floor. There was general
scampe to the street, aud for moment all manner OF
que stons about what hOgshead OF sugar had broken
loose what iib.boom OF a vessel run INTO water eide
budirgs, what FIRE proof safe had fallen, what boiler
had burst or what powder magazine had blown up.
But the Heterogeneous look at the dictionary mutter,
ngs rom the bowels Of our common mother explained
the thing, ard all settled down on one concluson-ne
had had an earthquake.
There we're some incidents, funny enough now, but
people forgot to laugh at them at the time. AT the
Court House trial was In progress AT that point the
shock was so decided and startling that the ast trump
could not have empted the room sooner. Ii was
general stampede. Out rushed the audience, with II
went the lawyers, ratings went me jury regard
less of their solemn oath 10 " well and truly try, and
afts them came the constables. all pouring down the
stairs into the street with pald faces and shaking
knees while in one case person tainted. 1he only
GO MS left in the court room were the Judge upon the
henCb MT Haven, one Of the counsel in the case,
inperturbabe as s his wont; ayoung lawyer who
never gets in hurry ana the witness On the stand,
VITO was bound to die at his post.
In the school houses, schoA was very summarily
Dismissed and it is fortunate that accident occurred
in the sud6e rush.
was probably fifteen or twenty seconds. 1t was BY
far the most severe felt in this region was Uni
versally duseG the city and was 90 startling As
10 spread momentary but serious consteI alton. In
afds, particularly, suffered from the alarm and eX-
element of the moment.
The Republic says:
Zone lacy. Michigan street, was go frightened
that she had 80 fits succession, ard has since died.
warehouse, on the pier had the foundation shaken
from urder IT, People were much frightened and as
ton.hed, and might be expected, speculate and talk
much about it,"
The Lockport Journal ssys:
"a dstir ct shock Of earthquake, accompanied
with rumblpg sound, occurred yesterday lfnday -,
ternoon at 81 o'clock. The inmates in many nousss
on the back streets were alarmed by the movenenss
OF utensils the rafting Of Dishes and disfuPtDL 49,
furniture generally. The shock was nS' 9.sr Town
DIRE de Of Observers in this village, IN the H%s be.I
and at Wrights Corners, and 20 far a. we na The
from in various localities througho me
shork extended over large portion OF ,ne $500 a,
will be noticed by our Geographic dlspa.s nv
Tonawancs and Buffalo II was paihcuAi'' '''''''