Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-02-03

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The Virginia (Nevada) Enterprise gives
the following account OF the earthquakes in
that territory:
might before last dec. 26) was a night
OF terror to the people OF this city and oil
the neighboring towns and villages, owing
to the heavy and alarmingly frequent
earthquake shocks experienced throughout
the country. Many persons remained in
the streets all night fearing to remain in
doors, while those who remained in their
dwellings were unable to sleep, and we're
dressed and prepared for rush in case of
a heavy shock coming.
"The first shock occurred about 6 O'Clock
in the evenina and was heavy one, 1t
lasted ten or fifteen seconds, and thor
oughly alarmed and aroused the whole
city. Its coming was so sudden and unex-
pected that people were for q minute or two
/ completely stunned and bewildered Eyery-
one rushed pell-mell into the streets. The
shock was preceded by q sort OF rumbline
sound of very short duration when down
came the main quake in full force, and
after shaking us up for a few seconds il
went rumbling away. 1t appeared to come
from The southwest, and pass away towards
the northeast. This shock took a bite of
about forty feet in length out of the fire.
wall of the B street front of the Old TAYLOR
building. cosner of Taylor and B streets.
occupied as a hardware store by Smith &
Wagner. A gentleman who saw the fire
wall says that the whole building appeared
to be pushed some two feet to the west
ward, then was suddenly drawn back, when
the fire-wall stayed behind and fell to the
pavemcn mt in an unbroken mass
'.AtDr. @. G. Green's Office, South G
street, a heavy bookcase was thrown into
the middle of the floor. and all along down
the street, bottles and jars dropped by
dozens from the shelves of stores and sa
looms. The streets were everywhere
crowded with men, women and children.
all in momentary expectation Of a second
shock, and afraid to venture back to their
homes and places of business Some even
cast glances toward the summit of Mount
Davidson, half expecting to see the peak
break of and roll down upon the city,
AT about ten minutes to ten o'clock came
another shock, and there was another
grand stampede for the streets. This shock
was neither SO heavy, nor did il last so
long, as the first, yet no one knew what il
would turn out to be, and no one car, d to
wait and see. Again the streets were filled
with people. This shock seemed 10 coma
more directly from the west than the FIRST
Between these main shocks there were
numerous tremors, scarcely amounting to
distinct shocks. In TACT from six o'cleck
Sunday evening until three o'clock Monday
morning the earth was at rest scarcely ten
minutes at a time-so say close observers.
''At about fifteen minutes past two
o'clock Oh Monday morning there occurred
a very heavy shock, or series of shocks
causing most of those who had retired to
arise, dress and seek the open air: this was
particularly the case with persons lodging
In brick buildings This shock or earth |
quake wave appeared to come from about
the same quarter rs the other, and was a |
long heavy fellow.
About twenty minutes past three o'clock
came villa most persons agree was the
heaviest shock of all. Ii was, PERHAPS. no |
heavier at any time than the first one was
for second or two. but it lasted much |
longer, and its vibrations were much more |
eccentric Ii shook up and down, SIDEWAYS |
and 0ery other way, and caused a great |
falling OF plaster, smashing of bottles and |
othsr brittle ware, but did no serious dam
age. After this there were a few thrills
and thro5s, and all calmed down for time.
though it is said that there were two slight |
shocks yesterday forenoon, one about six
and the other about ten o'clock.
"A great many ladies were so badly /
frightened that they tainted; children cried |
and clung to the garments of their parents:
dogs howled, and the horses and mules in |
the stables broke their halters. and crowd 1
ing together raised a terrible hubbub In |
one hotel up town three ladies tainted at |
one time; one made n dash to jump out OF
~ NJ fI,Gr r,. el.
night clothes. made a break out into the
street. with her husband IN full chase. In
the big hotel down town the ladies got Into
the parlor and held a grand pow. WOW.
which was about half prayer meeting and
half lunatlc asylum. The prisoners in the |
county Jail were terribly frightened, as they |
well might be, for the Jail is on the frst
foor OF the Court House-a very tall build.
Ing.
AT Dayton tue shocks were very severe.
shaking bottles and crockery iron, the
shelves, and creating q general panic. A
drug store was set on fire by the falling of
a coal-oil lamp. and the stock damage to /
the amount of $500. At Empire City the
shocks were very severe. A coal-oil lamp
was thrown down in the City Hotel. when
the building was set on fire and totally
consumed. We did not learn the value of
the property destroyed. In Carson CITY
the shocks were also very severe. and brit
tle ware had to suffer. On Six Mile Canon.
a short distance above the Empire State
Mill. boulder, weighing some tons. rolled
down of the mountain into the road, where
it now lies.
la the vicinity of Steamboat Springs the
earthquake seems 10 have been more severe
than In any other place in the country.
At the time of the first shock Jets of water
fifteen or twenty in number and of great
volume, we're thrown up to the height of |
twenty feet and during the night twenty
SIX shocks were felt-four of them very
heavy ones.
The mines were not in the slightest de.
gree injured by the earthquake The men
working below felt the shocks, bnt were
little alarmed, and continued working On
the surface. at each shock, all the boilers at
the works would blow of steam, though not
enough steam, by twenty pounds, was
N the boilers to raise the safety-valves.
This circumstance at FIRST caused some !
conformation among the engineers and
others, as they supposed an accident had
happened to the boilers. At the Savage.
the engineer stopped the big pumping en-
gine, and this in turn frightened the miners.
and for some time there was much confu-
sion"
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