The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-22
THE EARTHQUAKE.

The earthquake of Wednesday morning appears
to have disturbed the slumbers not only of the
New England people, but of the subjects of Queen
Victoria, and the good folk of Northern New York
as well. We gather from our exchanges hang
from the "shaky Districts" the following state.
ments:
The Auburn Union says:
"ReSidents near the foot of Owasco lake experi-
enced quite an earthquake this morning about 5
O'Clock Mr.. Mcfarland states that the shock
lasted nearly live minutes, and caused particles of
piaStering between the ah and siding Of the house
TO to rattle down at a great rate The jar could be
distinctly felt, but noise was heard Mr..
Knapp, residing at the foot OF the lake. on the
oWaSco plank road, also ielt percepibe jar"
The Portland (Me.) Argus says
"a smart shock of earthquake was experien-
ced In our city about O'Clock yesterday morning.
Doorbells were rung, crockery was ratified, bed
steadS shaken and houses Jared in different ocali-
ties. The shock lasted about eight seconds and ap
peared to proceed from north to SOUTH
The Bangor Union says:
I'VE had right smart earthquake in this
city on Wednesday morning, about clock. Our
minute, the rattling windows and shaking walls of
the house furnishing the music'
The kennebec journal saws:
There was smart shock Of earthquake ex-
perlenced In this city about six O'Clock on Wednes
day morning. The vibrations caused the windows
to rattle, waking persons from their morning slum-
bers, in some instances causing door-belIs to ring
and producing shake up generally. We were en-
gagged In the morning sport of saving wood in the
barn, and the impression upon US was like that of
person violently crossing the chamber floor
The Hartford Times
"Two families in the northern part of the city
very distinctly felt the vbratory motion, and spoke
OF 1t, suggesting that heavy powder mill explo-
sion had occurred. But the motion lasted too long
for that, and earthquake was then mentioned as
the probable cause Probably others in this region
OF country also felt it,
The Manchester On. II. y American says:
"Just before the clock struck six this morning =,
there were two well-defned shocks of an earth.
quake, such have not been felt in this CITY since
1917. Every person in the open air had fair op-
portunity to notice the phenomenon. Those in
doors had more confused idea of matters. Some
thought the children up stairs had rolled out upon
the toor others that the new cider below had fer
mented beyond the power of hoops to hold it, and
our neighbor, Isaac Riddle, Esq. SAYS he thought
it to be the final shout and stampede of the Man
chester wide awakes on Boston common"
The Montreal Gazette says:-
" few minutes before o'clock this morning
my whole household was startled by the sudden
shaking of the house. Servants and others rushed
about in dismay. was awakened from a sound
sleep by motion like being ioted in light spring
wagon driven rapidly over a corduroy road or ra-
ther over the bridges sometimes seen in the cOun-
try, covered with small poles instead of planks.
Inc motion was rapid and more vertical than later
al.
"a gentleman residing in a stone house in Alex
ander street says he awakened at 81 o'clock
Yesterday morning by the rafting of the door and
window sashes of his house, and looked out of the
window, imagining that there was strong gale of
wind. Finding that this was not the case, and the
rafting being most violent in the rear of the
house, he went to one of the windows there and
became aware that it was an earthquake. The
whole house was shaken, and articles of furniture
were perceptibly moved with an oscilIating mo-
ton. The movement lasted about three-quarters
OF a minute, as nearly as he could iudUe F."