Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
THE EARTHQUAKE in MAINE.
Remarkable Atmospb eric Phenomena
Three Tidal Waves at Portland.
IFnm the Portland Press. OF.

frt the Portland Press, Oct. ID
A severe shock of ar earthquake was ex-
perienced IN this city yesterday morning at
80 O'Clock, end lasted about minute.
Beds rocked bells lang, gasehers were
swung to and fro, and the general sensa-
ton was that of being on board n vessel
when there is quite sea- Some people in
obliged the speculation that the powder
mills at Gorham had blown up, but the
agent here WIS not aware of anything OF
the kind, and dispatches from different
parts of the State soon dispelled that illu-
sion. From The accounts We have gathered
from different persons living III various
parts of the city, We should be inclined to
the belief that the shock was strongest in
the most westerly quaeter of the town, and
down near the dump. One gentleman
stated that his bed was moved on its cast
els, while the house shook, rattling the
blinds and causing the door bell to ring.
Another states that one of the ladies in
his household was rolled out of bed and fed
to her sisters room in alright. All the
statements coincii, as to the swaying Of
the houses and ringing OF bells. in great
er OK less degree. The motion seems to
have beer. from east TO west, for those per.
sons whose beds were placed lengthwise
with Congress street felt backward anu
forward motion. while those lying at right
angles with the same street were rocked
sideways. a gentleman who was awake al
the time says that the approach of the
earthquake sounded like clap of thunder,
and, gradually passing off III the distance,
decreased to the same amount OF noise ear
riage or heavy team would make rumblng
over the stretched. We hear that there
were three tidal waves swept past the
breakwater at the time of the shocl-, and
that the tides yesterday were very high. A
stage driver from Belfast informs us that
just before he felt the shock of the Garth
quake, he and his passengers noticed a
hvid glare suddenly appear In the sky, al
though the heavens at the time We're quite
dark and it raining. A gentle man
from Dexter, Me-, makes the same obser-
walton. pitcher, he says, was thrown
upon the floor, and windows shaken. Sim
liar pher omena were noticed in Bangor,
and the young men Of the State Conyen.
ton, Just leaving that city, were half in
clined to connect these physical move
ments with the demonstration of moral
and spiritual power to which the convoca-
ton had borne witness. Earthquakes in
New England are happily OF rare occur.
renee. We have the record of them as FOL
lows: June 1. 1898; October 20, 1877
February 6. 1736; November IL, 1855
March y, 1871.
From the Bapscr whig. Oct. o.
What with floods, hurricanes, typhoons,
cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, oui
staid old City of Eangor is getting decided
I ly to putting on tropical airs. To complete
the list of phenomena which have till OF
late been rare to US dwellers of away
down East we were visited yesterday
morning by an earthquake which even the
most sceptical would hardly dare to say was
ssno great shakes AS we were among
those who heard and felt the unusual sem
satidn, We are able to state from our own
observation as well as from the report OF
others regarding il. At 5 80 o'clock a. M, as
indicated by our watch, though others call
il 35, we heard sound and felt jarfing
as if caused by heavily-loaded team
driving over a rough and frozen road. This
sound seemed to come from the northeast,
faint at first, and increasing and passing
away III the southwest. The rumbling anc
jarring quickly increased, so that doors
and windows shook, pictures suspended on
the walls ratified, house bells were rung,
glass and china jingled, and stoye-covers
beat a tattoo upon the stoves. The sleep
ing inmates of the houses were suddenly
awakened with sensation as though some
one was violently shaking their beds, aud
those who were up and awake saw shutters
and doors swing to and fro. The whole vi
bration lasted abont thirty seconds,
though some set it down as one
minute in duration, but the former
We believe TO be most nearly correct One
gentleman reports that he was lighting a
kerosene lamp and had placed the chimney
upon the table, and the Earring threw it up
on the floor and broke it. Another gentle
man reports that bottle of whisky which
stood upon his bureau was thrown down
and broken, but it may have been s'spirits'
and not the earthquake in this Instance
that did the damage. A gentleman resid.
ing on Third street states that his shutters
were Jared open. and three panes of glass
in his csllar windows shivered to atoms.
This is the most that we have heard Of in
the way of damage. Almost every one
who was asleep was awakened, and
some weak nerves were considerably
shaken. At the Muzzy Iron Works, a
heavy hosting gear attached to crane,
weighing some $50 pounds, was swayed to
and fro like pendulum, and when the
workmen entered the shop an hour after
wards. its oscillating notion had not ceas-
ed. We are told that gentlemen residing
in Que of the towns back of us. states that
several lights of glass had been broken in
his house. Dsspstchesfrom various points
north and south of Us, and notes from cor
respondents in other TOW ms, speak of ex-
perienciDg similar snock at the same
hour. 1t il said that no such shock has
been felt Lere during the past six years. A
| gentleman, many years resident of Cali
for1ia, informs rs that though he has seen
more damage done there, he has never felt
the shock Of an earthquake there more sen.
sibly than be did that of yesterday morn
ing. 1t was quite shake. At the Brews-