The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-28
THE EARTHQUAKE DOWN EAST.
New England Greatly Agitatcd-Dur"-
tion and Effects Of the shock-Frevi-
GUS Earthquakes.
rhe BOSTON Adyertiser. of Saturday says:

The Boston Advertiser, Of Saturday says:
The shock OF an earthquake was felt yesterday
morning by all early riserS In TINS city anu vclhl
ty. and by many persons not "early Dlrds," VINO
were awakened by IL. Tne motion man d, i,S 'n rr
press over rough pavement, ana many peopie
attributed 1t to that cause. IL seems 10 nave eA
tended throughout this State, New Hampshire,
Maine. to and including New Brunswick. When
the awful power Of such commissions Is CONSIDERED,
IL viii excite universal gratitude that no serious
damage was done. Doors, bnnds, WINDOWS,
crockery-ware and loose nousenou areGeS u ren a
ple popped into their clothes very hastily; but
nobody was hurt, and not even glass broken.
IL is reported that gentleman living q nttie
north Of Harvard College was suadeniy tSa
out Of a sound sleep, and at first thought the
Watertown arsenal had blown up. His bed was
quite violently moved, first horlzontauy lour
times from north to south, and alterWard
mn and down the same number OF motlons
A female domestic in his family, who mad
great fear OF ghosts, and who for the first
time had been persuaded to sleep IN room Ia
which an aged lady had recently died, was so
frightened at the shock tnat sne came Wldiy
rushing to her mistress, exclaiming ION mis-
ans missus the old 'oman Is under the bed the
old ,oman Is under the bed !" s,.
. The shake might have lasted ten seconds
hardly more. It Is TO be hoped that some sclcn-
tific notice was taken Of 1t, that we may be able
to learn the direction OF the wave. Just at this
time. when the intelligence from South America
is expected in daily anxiety, on account OF pre-
dictions that will not be laughed away, IL would
be exceedingly interesting to discover from wnas
direction we received this shock, which may not
unnaturally appear as the spent Iorce Oh soine
terrible convulsion Of our continent
The shock was quite severe In NeWDuryport,
shaking the doors and windows and many mov-
able things in the houses. The people generally
were awakened by the comnoti0n. An old DITCH
mansion house, built seventy years ago, having
the thick, massive walls so common IN those
days was shaken from the roof to the cellar, rat
fling the doors and windows, and creating gene
ral alarm among Its occupants. In the interior
OF this State the shock appears to have been
lighter. 1,o.,
cord. Nashua, Lancaster, Manchester, Bristol,
Lacona and Littleton, and 1t is reported to have
been quite severe at Wells River, VT. In Concord
there were two distinct shocks, occurring within
fifteen seconds OF each other each iastng less
though beds and other articles of furniture and
even the houses themselves were considerably
shakenl In Lancaster and Nashua tne houses
were sensibly shaken, and the doors, MinaoWs anu
furniture were ratified with sucn violence rs 10
arouse people from their sleep.
Dispatchcs have been received from dozen
towns In Maine announcing the occurrence OF tne
shock at the same h9ur-hall,pasL UcIock: IN IN
earth with the usual accompanlments. III Au-
gusta the shock is said TO have lasted more tnan
q minute. Door bells were rung aud nearly every.
body was awakened. The dispatch from Wiscasset
saws the earthquake lasted three minutes; 0ut II
Is hardly probable that this village alone should
have been SO slngularly distinguished, all the
other reports confning the duration OF the shock
| to one minute or less. The earthquake was also
| felt at Portland, Waterville, Gardiner, Bangor,
| Belfast. Lewistown and Kendall's Mills, but Its
effects were limited to the shaking OF buildings
| fine rafting of windows, and the Ike. The shock
seems to have extended no further East than St
John. New Brunswick, where it 'shook the clock
| In the telegraph Office"
a dispatch received from Hartford says: "a
shock OF earthquake was distinctly felt In differ
| ent parts OF this city about O'Clock this morn
Ing. 1t was also felt in Windsor and other parts
| of the State.n 80,
On the list of June, 1898, an earthquake tool
place in the New England States sufficiently vio
lent to shake movable articles. ON the 29th o.
October, 1927, q shock, which was Of two minutes
| dnratjon took place, and was felt oil along tht
coast. February 0, 1873, another shock toot
mace. and November IS, 1855, the earthquake eX
Tended from New England TO the West Indies
damaging towns throughout the whole extent 0
the coast. On the 10th Of March, 1701, there wa
a violent shock in this and adjoining States at 2:S
O'CLOCK in the morning, and others OF note are re
| corded.