, 1860-10-23

We kavs cloud Of Witnesses touch;no III.
nature Of tho phenomsuou. but the story Of III
il - EeaEtJ the ssue tie. it Is no. ucr,h rb;ls
70 h1rdea ous colauns with may narratives
oae ot the conductors Of this jo:rnal distinctly
teit the shoek, At about quarter 10 six A. n.
II ahook The bad sad TIE house. i friend vbo
lirss in 3tsIhrooke street tails Is that Ia r;a.
le7ce rang the belt il hia house, :n2tnc o1a.ss.
and dseaasefs, and CAUSED shayi9x riass
which hung on mirror in his he'd room tn
strike 1t with considerable force. From anottes
resident in Sherbrcck street wo h.ar OF 6ecac.
tera aad bottles being a..ruingf, shakea ia.
Eeiher. Another professional friend tells us
tha. he heard accompanying toe shock IL uoi,o
Ike the ra:tliag OF n1il on tin rocE but rnnch
loader" A friend Hho lives in Mountain arreat
writes to rs - 70 lows:
=" 4 few ninu,es before six o'clock this morn
lEg my WhQto household WIS atar.led bT tha
saddsh shaking Of the hours. Servants aEd
Others rushed about thu hnu.e in dikuay. I
+ wss awakened from sound a!ce2 t7 9 motion
like being joited ID lght spring wagon driven
rapidly over corduroy road, or rather over
the bridges Eonetimes sean in the country.
covered with EMAIL Felez, instead Of pranka.
Tbs motion was rapid a@d Hors rerticxi than
lateral.
Another into.man: Eta:es that he was reused
from aleep by tho 7iolent shaking Of his bed.
which ha described ss rocking up and down.
No Idea o1 an ea.thqaska eatsrinS his mind, he ,
rot up to sec If the beds:sad Wsa looze, or in =
1haky condition, but found it immoyabis.s
ahoeks ct es1t5q taye bs=n before ts,t
IN Montreal "a they hare in almust every part
Of tho world both in ancient aEE Eodsra tifuea.
According to Jcbnson's map, Montreal and the
country u far west ss Kingston and D4llevills.
with Ill the eou7tET doHn the St Lazreaes en-
path oaaE!, and up the esast Of Labrador ~
taking In ths Island Of Newfoundland. a.d The
Atlantic Ocean, dcwu Amy South ~ far A.
Trinidad, CONC within the probable ,imjts ~
agitation Of the "WaYes Ct The esrthouata of
Llabon, which made such fearful dsss.ccticn
OF hnaasn Life in the last century. Hat it Is to,
be okserTel tAst Ibis limit OF 'tMeyas Of aei.a.
don,p is far beyond the 'siim.t Of coneu5Ion."
aud il the shock that wss no.icsd Ia tbs civ
yesterday, IN 3ny TRJ refults. Is it Is posaibIe
tha: it msy, tScsa tho rolcknic aaenciet whieh
caused the calamity to which We ks5s iuat allu.
ded, no any feel assured that aoy reeut1anse
Of the phenomenon is n! nkely TO be sewers
1t II, however, impossible to eey thst it has
rot as1ssn hoa voiszate agencies much nearer
home.
IFsca tie Quetee chsoale41
About ten minutes before six o'clock ve.ter.
day morning, the citi1sna of Quebec we're
startled b{ shaking ct part Of the earth's sur
fsse, which was felt, With uo1e OF lass violence.
throughout tie CITY and district. The phezou,-
enon was preceded bJ lon sound, precsely
similar 70 thzt oauled by hearty laden ws9on;,
and the durkton Of the principal shock is raj.
oualy estinated at from thirty to fifty seconds.
Immediately after the scund, the vibration of
tho earthquake conmtncad, aad w.ssutfsitn,iy
strong TO Cause itssf to b felt erea III ia
largest buildings in the city. The sensation il
deseribed, bJ taose who Experienced ii, as rons.
wnas sm.inf to shss fsit bJ passenger IN
railway car Just scummeac,ng to moye. and IA
shock subsided gradually INTO m nadolaiiua
motion which could he fell, within doorz, teyer.
II secouds after Il had ceased in the streets.
We have rot laarncd that any serious dam.
age "as cansed, but tho eifact WIS sufficiently
pefeepuhie to ca-se considerable alarm md
excitement. In Grant street, St. Roeh's,
9aaatitJ Of stones mere detached from chin.