The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-28
EARTHQUAKE.
The New England Shock.

The New England SnccA'
From the Boston Journal, Friday EVENING"
At $50 o'clock this morning there was
one (some say two) distinct shocks OF
an earthquake, which was so manifest
as to awaken people of sound sleep, to
lar the doors and windows of buildings,
and to shake articles in houses so much
as to attract attention to them. Below
we publish q record of the earthquake,
so far as it has reached us:
Mr.. Patrick Dsnahoe, who resides on
Boylston street, was dressing at the
time and heard, "a he thought, a move
ment in his entry, and went from his
room to learn the cause, but, of course,
found no explanation.
A gentleman residing in Pemberton
Square felt the shock very perceptibly.
He describes the undulating movement
as very decided. -.
In Chelsea the shock was felt by
many, who thought at first that an ex-
plosion of powder had taken place.
Several citizens who were not aware
of the fact of the shock until they came
down town, were awakened suddenly,
but could not find any explanation of
the disturbance, and fell asleep again.
A gentleman who resides iu Highburn
Place, Parker Hill, was awakened by
the shaking of his bed, which continued,
he thinks, nearly half minute, and he
heard distinct rambling, as if a heavy
cart was passing along the street. His
daughter felt the shock so much that
it awakened her, and she got up and
dressed. - -.,
4 Oh
tible at about o'clock and wasnoticed
by many.ss
Shocks of the earthquake were dis
tinctly felt shortly after 5 o'clock, this
morning, in Waltham and Maplewoed.
A gentleman who resides at the Pa
Wilton Hotel says he was awakened by
the shock, and he noted three distinct
shakes sufficiently marked to induce
him to think that it was time to dress.
A domestic in q house on fremont
street arose at $50 and awakened the
household declaring that some one was
under her bed, and had lifted it up.
The shock, was very distinctly felt in
East Boston by various persons, who
were suddenly awakened from their
slumbers by the shaking of beds, doors
entire household was aroused by the
unusual phenomena. One gentleman,
whose occupation often calls him upon
the sea, on being shaken up from a
sound sleep by the strange motion COM
municated to his bed, and his returning
senses convincing him he was not on
the "heaving MAN, deliberately
charged his spouse of rudely disturbing
his slumbers, but the general testimony
of the family as to tho cause of the agi-
tation caused him TO retract the charge.
The shock was quite severe in New
buryport, shaking the doors and win
dows aud many movable things in the
houses The people generally were
awakened by the cOmmition. An old
brick mansion house, built seventy
years, having thick massive walls so
common those days, was shaken from
the roof to the cellar, rattlng the doors
and windows, and creating general
alarm among its occupants. The PEG.
pie in their beds were very sensible of o
vibrating motion beneath them.
Boston, October $3.50 A. NJ.
To the Editor Of the Boston Journal
Ten minutes ago l was in my room
alone, in the fourth story of brick
building, near the Boston Post. office. i
had been awake an hour or more, when
| suddenly felt the spring mattress
beneath me was swaying to and fro;
this continued perhaps half minute,
until was fully conscious of the mo-
ton, when it ceased, and then after an
interval of few seconds, was repeated,
ana the last time l could hear the door
OF my room gently swing to aud fro, |
should think three o. four inches. |
Immediately arose, found that nv door
had been left ajar, which was unusual.
L at once called to mind the articles
in the Journal supplement for Septem.
Der %, 1869, The Great Eartho uakes in
New England in the Nineteenth Cen
tury," the first of which occurred Octo.
ger &c, l727, at 1880, IL a. NJ, and II =.
NJ, and at and the next morning,
and continued at various times till No
vember ~, it having been proceeded by
terrific thunder 81 rm and gale Sep
tember IL, aud the second and greater
of which was felt November lc, l745, at
Ais A. NJ, at 5:29, and again The I'D, at
S:27 p. NJ, and ~ 7. NJ, December 10,
1855.
The motion this morning was easterly
and westerly, l should judge nearly par
Ailel with State street. The time occu-
pied by both shocks might have been
only minute, including an intermission
oil perhaps ten seconds.
Inc conclusion of the article in the
journal alluded to is as follows: 1--WE
nave already had experience of a wind
stotH as terrible as that which over
swept New England September IL 17l7
Is the earthquake to follow the temnest
or Will Heaven avert the more drsa6 fn1
BLOW 1ours, &c, H.L.H.
10 Lindall street. ~
li'rom the Boston Post. October al
Agentleman who lives near the F.s,
ern railroad station, on Washington
avenue, while lying in bed and entirely
awake, for the space of nearly minute,
was. startled at the sudden rafting of
the house doors aud blinds, and the de.
cided oscillations of his couch. Elk.
cepting the gathering of doors and shut.
tiers, he heard no rumbling or other
noise. Another Chelsea gentleman ex-
perienced the same thing at his dwell
ing, but not being entirely awake,
Thought it possible he might be dream.
ing, until his mother came rushing into
Tue room, frightened at the yioI.nt