Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-11-05

TnE EAnTnQUAKE.--At n 4 before fac on
Tuesday afternoon last, there WIS shock.
followed by rumbling that seemed like the
rapid movement of a heavy train Of cars, and
accompanied by n vibration that shook yio-
lcnlly the windows OF our Office, which being
new, have as little play as any usually have,
Started from an inclining position at the
desk 10 an erect one and being in the third
story, our position was favorable ono for
feeling the motion and vibration. This was
very sensible. The building swayed from west
to east, aud the movement the body was too
palpable for doubt or Imagination. The vio-
lcnce of the shock and jar was such, that the
people went out from their places of business
along the street to examine the brick walls and
take a general survey 10 ascertain if there had
been any perccptibe effects produced People
ran from their homes and gathered in knots
upon the sidewalks TO tell their experiences
Clocks were stopped and doors swung back
and forth. The conclusion arrived at by all,
without an exception, as far as we could hear,
was, that there was no longer any room for
question about the fact Of veritable visit oft
earthquake.
Later in the evening the wires brought the
news of an explosion of glycerine at Fairport
and opinions varied os to such an occurrence
being sufficient TO account for so severe a shock.
The announcement that it was felt in Buffalo,
seemed 10 urge the conclusion that IL was an
earthquake shock. Wednesdays papers set
tied the matter, that there had been tremcn-
Gous explosion at Fairport, and said nothing
OF an earthquake. A shock, was, however felt
at Buffalo, that, as here, was supposed to be
an earthquake, but from the correspondence of
time leaves the conclusion In favor of the
Painesvillc catastrophe. A correspondent of
the Cleveland Herald, gives the following ac-
count of the explosion
AT about AZ o'clock, p. nj. two magazines
ofglyccrinc exploded at Fairport, supposed to
contain 10000 pounds, and four persons were
blown to pieces Whole sides of buildings were
blown in, and window and door castings and
windows were demolished IN nearly all the
houses on the east side of the river. Where
the magazines stood are two ponds of water 40
or so feet across and from so to IS feet deep.
The loss to the glycerine company will not be
ASoo bioh S~o,oOO' lhC pSOplC vi Il dlIIIoIt arc
much excited, as this is the second explosion
within the last two months.
f.IH From the Cleveland Herald.
We publish dispatches showing that a
severe shock supposed to be an earth
quake, was felt AZ Buffalo at six minutes
past five OH Tuesday afternoon, and at
about ten minutes to five at Amboy, in
Oswego county, New York. The nitro
glycerine explosion at Fairport is report
ed in our dispatches to have been "about
half past four" The nearncss of these
reported times to each other, and the in
exactness of each, taken in connection
with the difference of longitude of the
points, suggest possible connection be-
tween the explosion at Fairport aud the
concussions in western New York,
though nothing was noticed here, very
much nearer the scene of the explosion.
At least, it was singular coincidence.