Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-22
THE EARTH0UAKE.
EXTENT OF COUNTRY AFFECTED.

EXTENT OF COUNTRY AFFECTED.
Interesting Particulars of the Phe-
hOmenOn.
The earthquake Of Thursday seems TO have
been generally felt throughout the New Do
miDion, as well as in New England and New
York, and slightly in Pennsylv ania and some of
the Western States. The course Of the wave or
shock appears to have been northeasterly and
southwes,erly moving from beyond Cincinnati
and from New York to Montreal.
SEVERE SHOCKS IN THE NEW DOMINION.
In Montreal, according to later dispatches,
the shock was severe enough to ring the bells in
public buildings. The judges and Others in the
courts vacated their rooms precipitately. In
Quebec some chmneys were thrown down aud
two persons were injured. The people rushed
into the streets, and great alarm prevailed. At
Toronto, the steeple Of st. Georges Church was
distinctly seen to sway to and fro. The walls Of
from its place. At st. GATHERINGS il was noted
that the vibration lasted from 80 to 40 seconds.
NEW YORK CITY FRELs 1T.
The New York Nail OF last evening says: +" In
this city the shock was very sensibly felt, and
genuine fright was experienced in many local.
titles, especially by the occupants OF high build
ines. In Chatham square q slight Tumbling
several buildings yibrated to and fro, Causing a
sensation OF dizziness to the inmates; in Null
berry street articles of furniture, in one or two
buildings, were disturbed; while i'm other parts
OF the city houses tTembled for some seconds as
If being actually removed. In the grammar
school IN East Fourteenth street the shocks
were 80 severe as TO cause panic among the
children, who were with difficulty got safely
into the street. In another place q clock was
suddenly stricken with paralysis, while else
where incidents equally surprising startled and
bewildered all behOlders." The effects were
distinctly visible on the Heights Of Brooklyn.
THE POPULATIONS AT THE WEST.
cat Detroit the undulation was felt percepti-
tly shortly after II O'Clock, just about twenty
minutes before Montreal was shaken from its
staid prOPriety into bewifdering amazement.
vailed, while at Poukeepsie, Troy, Albany, Sar-
atoga, and other towns in the interior OF this
State, the fright was almost universal. At War
Of
ring door bells-buildinRs seeming to vibrate
several inches. In Albany houses were shaken
to such an extent as to set in motion all sus
ware ratified q weird accompaniment TO the
rumbling oscillation. At Hudson the stsaples
were set a-nodding, and several chimneys bowed
tor
Nsw ENGLAND TRKNBLEs
New England appears to have trembled a.
never before, At New Haven the walls of
buildings were cracked; in Boston a block OF
buildings were forced outward three OF four
stopped and crockery shaken down, while six.
miles from Portland the bed OF q railroad set
tied ten feet N tbe course of a fe~ seconds
Everywhere the shock occasioned great charm
but no serious. danger appears to have been
DONE"
"FgK HUB" SHAKEN.
Boston has teen shocked before. The first
earthquake recorded there was in 1898; there
/, Is 49,.
in lI2. when the stone walls and chimneys we're
thrown down; and tie greatest one was on the
18th OF November, I7s5, which lasted A.. min
9tes, doing considerable damage. This one OF
Thursday last is thus described in a special dis
patch 10 the New York Times "In ali the tall
enthusiastically in the Newspaper ofices-the
shock was very disasreeabiy felt. The glass
shades OF the gas fixtures ratified audibly:
the desks and chairs were tipped and iostied
hany of them out OF their accustomed Positions
in several instances the doors OF unlocked SAFES
were thrown open, and in some places ma
tlinery was thrown ont Of gear and Its working
stopped. All through Congress street the build
hgs were yisibiy shsken., Scollsy's building
Wa badly shaken, and nearly all its occupants
rushed into the street, notwithstanding the
tact that it was raining steadily at the time.
The upper stories OF Sears block, on the corner
0fWashington and Court streets. were especially
favored, and the stone over the arch of the
Washington street door was cracked. The
buildin.. known a. Carriers block, on the corner
Of Water and Devonshire streets, opposite the
several hours after the earthquake it was sur
rounded Ivy greahcroWd Of persops, who half
expected 10 see il fall. In the courthouse a
steady vibration was perceptible to every person
within Its .walls. The Flynt dress making case
was in progress in the Superior Court room. and
the reporters first accused each other Of Juggling
the table, and then resumed their writing. The
shaking contibuiDg, they loekedat each Others
legs under the table very suspic;odkly and again
turned their attention to their pencils. The
vibration not yet ceasing, they made third in
vestigatiOu, wheR one remarked, sit IL an earth
quake" simultaneously all the people in court
rose to their feet and some twenty Of thirty left
the room. People went out also from the other
courts in the edifce. The vibration in the Su-
perior Court room is said to have lasted full
sixty seconds"
UNIVERSAL ACTIVITY DOWN Below
Recent intelligence from the volcanic basins
Of the Pacific indicates an unusual activity in
the eruptive forces; one or Two submarine vol.
canoes especially have been for two months past
in a state Of violent action. Whether these com
moi tons have any relation TO the earthquake OF
yesterday; whether that was the spent force OF
an exceptionally powerful earth-waye set il.
motion at some remote point on sea or land
from which We have yet 40 accounts, time PEI,
haps will determine.