Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-02

TIOcI<ingAThe Population Rush
into the Streets General TerrOr
| Nobody Hurt-Accidents and
incidents.
Our telegraphic dispatches of Thursday
morning ngapnopnced the occurrence of ter
rible earthquake shocks simultaneously at
! stLeaFenwoEth, junction. City, Lawrence
i Kansas City, st. Joseph and other points of
Western Missouri and Kansas. The Leav-
enworth and Kansas City papers give addi-
tional and deeply interesting details:
IFrom the Leavenworth Conservative, Thursday
The-Qniyersal topic of conversation last
evening was the earthquake shock expert
| enced In the afternoon. It was phenOme-
! non so utterly unlocked for, so sudden in
its coming and departure, natural convul-
sion Of ewhichso little is knowp,in this lat-
itude, that OF course all were more or less
1 startled, and indeed frightened. Conjec-
Il lures as to the possible duration and sever
4 ity of theswift coming shocks fitted like
i lightning through confused minds, and all
4 seemed to anticipate, after they realized
the cause OF the commotioh,T that further
and more severe shocks .ls4sE n4iisght sht SUCCEED.
i M ct .i53.e5 .sa sssl i1ieI
few minutes; perhaps fifteen, before three
4 o'clock, and but little attention was
i given to the matter. Persons up stairs i'm
agined that the jar was produced by some
/ thing down stairs, while those belowifae-
counted for it on the .supposition that the
cause, was, above. The effrst shock is vari-
ouslyi sdescribedsi but generally as resem-
bling the passage of heavily loaded rail-
road train driven at a high rate of speed
There was very perceptible tremor OF
trembling OF the earth, lasting possibly hall
a minute. Windows ratified Slightly, and
| lighter articles were visibly agitated.
i Then ensued rnonnentary pause, during
! which time, we presume, brief as it was.
the matter passed from mind. But it wa
! only momentary; and then came that rat
tlihg sound in the air. that subterranean
rum6ling SO inseparably connected with
ing and rocking of the earth which has so
often presaged the destruction of cities,
and the death of thousands. Suddenly,
fearfully, came the second shock; and as if
by preconcerted action the entire populace.
rushed into the streets.9sgyVhat is sit?'1
/ whats the matter ?" were fnterrogations
that fell from tremulous lips, while faces
were blanched with fear of what might
come after such terrible grumble, and
rumble, and roar.nTzIts-c continuance was
brief, perhaps not more than fifteen seconds,
and all was quiet again. In that short time,
however, an experimental knowledge of
earthquakes was gained, which viii not
soonsp from mind. 2E3Asks slss&,S
| Brick buildings, the foundations of which
were deeply laid, experienced more fully
than frame buildings the effects of the
shock. The vibrations of such were gem
eTaily from three to five inches from east
to west, and even the Planters House rock
ed to an extent net calculated to assure the
| lockers on Of the security of IFS walls Onr
Office was rather .rougi1Iy shaken and was
| it may be s1rnised, evacuated with much
greater alacrity than the rebels exhibited
at either Richmond or Charleston.
E5ikAt IaWrence Kansas CITY! ST JoseT,h
Weston, and we presume ali along the fiv-
er and throughout the W est, the same con-
vulsions were exDerienced. with the SAM
startling. effects. The occurrence was stele.
graphed from st. Joseph to the Eastern
press at once, and Passengers from law.
renee report that it was very similar In
approach and ,cnlmination ito the Cescrin.
ton we have endeavored to give. w.
emIpht fill a column with q 20
- - - : -. 80
D1-lN = Az Efs ~
seLne SO .oi geleh VASTLY amusing ana others
OF serious nature: we shall content our
serves, noweyer' WIN a Iew!J Jj5 5sl
sae spoVe-plpe was Iorced apart some of
5ne Jolnes ogeriapplng Iour lnches.g go
In pulldlng near the corner of Fifth
ana e1 = shawnee , tne plasterlng was cracked
ano an Ine piaster 6nrown from the ceiling.
Ihls was tne, case IN several instances, but
generallly IN prick Dullolngs. 9.l1J |
IN the Flelnlty OF the catholic Church
seVeraI cnlmneys were overthrown and the |
erlek scattered spromlseuousiY below. In |
several restaurants the tables began danc-
ing an animated jig, and the dishes were !
distrlPnted. 10 e without regard to propriety, |
over yer tne noorsi SSol So -, 80
= In tle OoMlherclal Blllard Hail the |
plasterlng was oadly cracked, and the balls |
caTomeo unaloeG on Ine tables.
,s!9he In 9he PosIoInce tne vibration OF the /
cunning was SO severe mat some OF the /
n1sol
delivery yiTdo1 J1. fb,.e;,t; ot S,1o .s
fioor and the clari'S tI u, o11es
riedly into the hack ward. Dt goofls ,.,ora
incontinentlv removed from, sbelyoS onS
niles Of sheetino tonnIed dow f,.ors, e, th
Counters In Short aporv th;ro, roo1,oT Ino
Sas more or iess o0;tatod St..SS,. saDio .i
M srn "a = 60 :; anI 1ln-
Gers and hpoLs ~ G" Ie,,, ~ tne 5 Ian
the b0rizontoI in the dst, 80; bninz
the ebeie,asF f1Is;+fS, 1,,;srI,r bo',a 80" :
nieodig for IL
e. :, "a ~ - hSI - ~, uIC
d;vosfod 81, ,,,S auu
tahIe" ~ 81 20 !" u Aov oie uuuer Cne
%" 1lSa ,,ast 80 ,,o, 80, 80, = - -. 90
d:nu no mGs' 70; s5M sene5al al c0rsCernaClon was oc-
I;tei, f2Tils % III G ny anu eIle
aS a. ones' ln-
Evon TIC Ie~o1 frotn ,';tr. ~ ,Hn. "lr. =
Even Gne legal Irate. nifty were not ex-
Itoud Sue seIieIai CefIoI, anu IL Is SAID
ior Iaplolty Oh
-S ~ "a
e9e ssatss r .,t At Ealngs han. Inc veteran
eoiSor vi Cne asn.eS Degan 70 phlIosopnlse,
anu :'s9 ga -
& ar az ~ py MT. LARK, OF the
nrl1 ot oo z; y. 1antley go, crockery deal-
ers, ~ Detd .h"t sereet' uiaethe shock was
Sb oI,oS were G;snIaced SoI5SSSI 0ti Snei. -;
sue elseS S, MoiS uioPiaoSSu' peIe[dI crates IN
Ilie LILA, 1iltuplopeliz PIieu loEiaWang OF
Iooui, W. Cnro"n uo"n' puC WlGnout
serious u"ni"se'
[From the Leavenworth Bulletin. w Wednesday, P.Msl
We were sitting at our office window, In
tI,a ri ct0rv ~ hrio lr-hnildfnu oo,,o |