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sith difficulty persuaded 10 return TO the1 !
work. Men working At the type-czetiuE ms
hines found 4 alu,o%t impossible 70 turn tne
,1arks Of their machines. Mr.. Garence h.
nd ese stTteted ri:h = aatad1y sickness in
The stouseh," which lasted for several min
atee. At = slatfuner'-, In William street,
ple Of books 70 | over into the lap Of the fose-
xpInap, VINO vss At work upon them, n1uca 70
hi sstpf f-hmeut.
1t several OF the Bro,d~ay storea. persons
WHO were up slair. ,5s~riug lLat they con1d not
get down TO The street quick enough, took 10 /!
The roof In consternat.on.
Captain Kennedy, OF the sixth fteancs
Folfee. fell tho she ck IN tho corner OF Gensfe
and ELM streetp, and Sergeant Douslsss. OF
the e1ms Precinct, in bis home on Whse
street Wardt u St.con, OF the Toombe, pAsa-
tnE through Certre street, also felt the shocx.
III the Third, Fourth. Fifth, and paris o. the
s11th, Seventh, Teuth, aud Thirteenth watds
the e.1tbquake eaIkd CT the attention and
discussions OF the people from the political
questions and nominations Of the rival PsHles |
10 itself. The - Oldest inhnbltant," who has
been "iuterviewed," !" does not remember any
thing like II IN this region. He Ia NOT, how
ever, srrrri.ed 1t the shake, because New
York 10 based on , very low stratum, Ano
mere shell sepazsses htr from tho intcrna!
fi1es OF the earth. Many persons were OF
the opinion, yesterday, that thrae were
bat the beginning Of 4 sucsetaon o.
do much damage Hre. In straet-oo1nef eau
cures siugularity Of opinion 10 very rarely 10
lie found: but In the present instance no ono
lssr4l 10 dispute the allappAsent fact TINT ap
earthquake thock had been experienced, how-
ever slight OF attended By no serious results
It may b. In the liquor atoree nothing else
was spoken Of, and many related mishaps
which Of course were ret down to the earth
quske. One nan said hi. wife in gong down
her back-s.oop, was suddenly thrown forward,
81. r1+A Iv1r rkn ran
kettle Of water placed Oh the stove 70 bod fell
on without any apparent cause. at seemed
10 nc" said an imaginative Individual, "thaf
an e]e1 liant rnuet have been scratching him
eelf ag&it Bt the foundation Of my house.
"Iwxs taking drink" said another, "and
had the contcu,s Of my glsss sent down my
throat quick, I good DC ii than liked, thoog'i
ccrfese hAve 10 ohjec' 'iou to wlli.key." anu
tpt.r,1, tho spt akei'- ilose bore evidence that
| the lxttef statement MAS not onlrue.
Three facts, slight thousA they %, snos
that .ba tilet f4ini &idlnGs Of the coming
| mo,rttr has Ecti, heard, and. in view OF the
ehitty condition Of tho city, the citizens have
| much CAUSE for alarm.
The shock was rividly experienced IN the
editorial Office Of the Turf. Field i Farm.
peared to threaten the landing Of The occu-
nnte Into the park beneath, a. tremulous
movement succee5 ed .hat caused ths open
slopfs Of the desk and bookcase to visibly
vtEate. One of the editors Of that papeE,
who had experienced similar shocks in the
Vest Indies and in cauaas. recognized the
u1ueual agitation ~ sensible conyuisiou Of
the easth's surface.
Earthquakes are generally preceded by N
unnatural and quiet stiffness OF eu1tIy air that
orpleeses both man 1nd beast, aud such IN
aimospherc WIS noticed yes.erlay morning.
pany these e,rth.thakings in other parts OF
he world we're absent here, 50 fsr ~ We hara
| been able to a4ce11ain. Two dist;nc. SHOCKS
were felt in the editorial rooms Of the Times:
Mr.. Davenport, at No. 81 Nassau street, hoard
the scurh and telt tho vibrations 30 distinctly
that he thought barrel Of -four must have
been tlroNn down the cellar, but upon going
down gt1irs lie found everything unchanged.
Fipdirg that those WIN we're in the room with
| him did not remark the phenomena, he dis
Ly a number Of gentlemen who convorsed
, | with him upon the subject during the after
ueep, and testified to si1a.laz experiences.
Ascending porthward, the sensations were
much feebler than they were down town. and
not hes.1 ot my person a'oyS sas Ixso
sensation Of the earthquake. In the st.
James Hotel, one gentleman profcsscd to
, have felt it on the top floor. In the Metro.
ro],taD, st. Nicholas, and Astor HonHe, the
tActks were eo apparent Us to ftightcu every.
body int'abitirg roons on the upper hoore,
!. End became the topic Of table conversation
afterward. The eensasiou Of sickness At the
. | stomach seems tc have been experienced b.,
n them all. but, though heavy bnEesus,. chui1e
,, tatlee, &C., were v.=iby affected, nothing w5'
abeolutely displaced. At Polce ueadquaf
a tcre, there we're manr persons on the uppe
i doors Who aeters, unequivocaly, that the
!, felt the shock of IN earthquake at H. oclecl
~ yeaterday morning. On the b&eement an
% flrtt tioor no ono experienced any sensation Q
4 tie henomenon, but on the sceond doos
rff, ri tnn
= Grief Clerk srd the Boara Of Health are sit1
u, ateti. tho1e were many parsons who ina1.tc
% ,hat they had felt tile immense building trers
lie, while others ssw the Nalle os,iltate, an
IA many we're sure the doors had been waved
nt snd fro before their eyes without hums
ID agc1cy. One Of the clerks in Mr. Haw!ey
of cffiee ran ra!1.d md trembling to the low
~ floor. xh1le on tho floor above, the sten
q graphers Of Alr. Mellish suddenly found the
Ut Ptnc;ls travessing tho paper .ithout thi
~ buillipS. FASTENED into the next room to ii
- ! etcrckeeper Raymond what was the matte
n. Int nc u,,, not know. At this m
se mint Mrs. Ew1n, The Janit1ess, ran do'
10 from tie Top floor, wherc .Iu5 SloFAss'
"a seemed TO have Eeen more decided than els
IT. wbere.. aed was certain thas the building "
shaking under her feet. The writer WAS {
Tho second hoor at the 1nomant the shock VI
said TO have beeu felt, and felt nothing wis
ever Of it, He Nas, however, At the Nc
| eireet Eide Of the building, where no ono q
g: peared to have experienced the sensatio
Ill which, in TIL. case. Was confined to tho III
berry Htrecs side. There dozens Of pesso
% unite in asacitirg that they so distinctly II
liz it that the idea OF IN earthquake waa inAtar
70 lot Is suggested to their minds ~ the cause
y, the unusual perturbation. At the 1seve
"a. 1iouse. in tEe immediate vicinity, It was Il
n even mora wildly at the satne Moulent. a
ny n the day progressed rumors Of tho wendc
y. which had been seen and felt in the Tatiu
IA parts nf tho city multiplied At an alAt1n;l
" rate. bnt none Of them became tangible in
IN Police eenec ty heing transmitted from I
y" precincts az actnel occurrences. 49,.
70 in Lorri 4 Ia! 'or'r, in Grand street, q
Ns keNug machines we're, In como instance
us thrown over. much to the alarm OF the q
". operators.
ao5 In Forsyth. Christie. and contiguous stre.
leu the people ran ont Of the tenement houses
g. e. great alarm, and many German women woI
~ ~ not return until the police had preced
m atn them and assured then, thAt al wss tafe-
w, Of eomis Destruction, was interview
At | yesterday, hy reporter. and asserted Il
nl7 this vas hut tie beginning OF the eut, ,
~ ~. The doom Of tho wicked was approaching.
!Ae On the water tho slotk was also fslf,
.m- the North River particularly. Tidal wAv
ne. the uhr,al accompaniment of the phenomeE
AL was not noeiceatle. Along the decks
-, water presents queer appearance, A. II
pa. r1ud at the bottom uf the river had been p'
-. ~ ty we'll stirred up.
PIC An earthquake Of rather diminutiva I
.s on portions visited DtooA1yn yesterdas morn'
tas tns but zrart trcm general shaklnS up OF
veg day homes around the City Hall, there Was
oi particular sensation created.