Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-15
The Earthquake at Sacramento.

From the Sacramento Union, October o.
The most violent earthquake ever ex-
perienced in Sacramento since the founda-
tion of the city occurred yesterday at about
twelve minutes before one o'clock P. NJ.
This shock was felt by almost all our res
idents who were in doors, and especially
by those who occupied second or third
stories. Of those who were on the streets,
and particularly those who were walking,
very few were conscious that anything I'M
usual had occurred. All unite in describ-
ing the shock as being of a compound char
acter. After several violent vibrations a
second or two of time interviewed when the
shaking wa repeated, more violently than
at first. Nearly all say the vibration was
east and west, but a few with whom we
have conversed feel confident the points
were southwest and northeast. In many
instances men and women ran from the
buildings into the streets, and especially
were they inclined to vacate in haste
the rooms of upper stories. In the third
story of the Union office the cases ratified
against each other. the gas fixtures swung
to and FRO, the INK In the mkstands enacG-
ed a tempest in a teapot, and everybody
experienced a sensation of dizziness. De-
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witnessed throughout the city. Doors
and windows were shaken, a large number
of clocks were stopped, chandeliers and
pendant g~as-burners were swung back
ward and forward, crOckery on shelves
was set in motion, buckets and basins
filled with water were relieved of
portions of their contents, cow-bells
and door-bells in hardware stores
commenced ringing, picture frames and
mirrors were ratified against the walls, and
all things movable were moved bytheun-
known power. The feelings and sensa-
tiOns experienced were almost rs varied as
the number of those who were affected by
the phenomenon. Generally, a feeling of
alarm was created where the shock was
most fully experienced. The feeling of
dizziness produced caused someto suppose
they were bilious some that they were
nervous; some that a rush of blood to the
head was approaching; and others grew
actually sick and were relieved only by
vomiting. In many instances, where
men had just drank lager or brandy at
drinking saloons, they were astonished
that so little liquor should make veteran
drinkers so rapidly drunk and in some
cases they sat down in silence for the pur-
pose of Disgusting their condition from
their friends. Such men were, on rising
in a few seconds, equally astonished and
bewildered to find themselves perfectly
sober. One gentleman, who was engaged
III instructing a class Of young ladies at a
Sunday school, conscious that he was a
temperance man and not drunk, conclu-
ded that he had experienced II slight at
tack of vertigo. He preserved silence for
a short time, but the very next verse of
Scripture which he read treated on the
of earthquakes" He could no
refrain from stating that he thought
he had Just encountered one in school.
Every one in his class pleaded guilty to
the same experience. Each had previous
ly silently attributed the sensation to
dizziness in the head. Another young
lady who felt the shock thought it was pro-
luced by "the spirits" Spiritualists say
that the waving and rocking motion of
chairs and tables, caused by the earth
quake, was much like that produced by
spirits in the presence of a medium"
E Iaserffff ase at al %% Wind Is experienced by
.he members of manifestations" For
.unately for the city, we can truthfully say
hat no damage whatever was done to pro-
or life, which is quite remarkable
the severity of the shock.