Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-10-22

the timbers crack and could not make out
what was the matter. The shocks on Mum
joy were quite severe; SO much so that peo-
pie were frightened into the streets from their
dwellings. On Deering's bridge the top Of the
chimney of the mill was toppled over, In
several parts Of the city the shock was not
felt. The Argus says that the earthquake
seemed to move from north to south. The
Press says it went from northeast to south
west.
In Bangor there were about the same dem
onstrations as here. The Wing says; "ln
many cases people rushed into the streets,
evidently thinking the houses were coming
down over their heads. The Supreme Judi
cial court room was cleared of occupants in a
hurry-the gentlemen of the law having no
faith in the foundations of the court house.
Nobody was hurt, however, though several
persons had narrow escapes from bricks
| shaken off the top of chimney in Patten' 5
store on Main street Persons were com
pclled to go along the streets '.close reefed. y
One man had his whole set of upper teeth
blown out of his mouth by the force of the
wind They were false however, and were
recovered"
In Wcstbrook the shock was very sensby
| felt, and produced more excitement than that
of Oct. %, 1869. In one of the school houses
the pupils rushed from their seats bt ing affect
ed, as was the teacher with nausea as if sea-
ei, L. al,
ptation, and with his fellow workmcn ran
from the shop, expecting to see the walls fall
about them.
The mail agent on the Portland & Kennebec
railroad informs the Portland Press that a
small house in Bowdoinham was prostrated by
| the shock.
At Winslow's Pottery in Westbrook quite
a quantity of ware was thrown down and
broken, and at the Kerosene Oil Works the
shock was sufficient to scare some of the men,
causing them to rush out of TIE works, fear
ing they were going to fall.
The damage on the Z. & o. Il. r., was not
so great as first reported. The bed of the
road is sixty five feet high at that place (from
the bottom of the pond) One side cf the
road bed sloughed off, which it will take two
days perhaps to repair. At any rate the reg
ular trains will be running over it on Monday.
The earthquake occurred in about fifteen min
utes from that time. and soon after the slide
occurred.
The Lewiston journal says that the shock
was the most severe that ever visited that
place. Its duration was from thirty seconds
to minute, and it was accompanied by IL
rumblirg sound, such as is created by heavy
team or train passing. The shock created a
general sensation of mind as well as body. Its
direction seemed to be from northeast to south
west. A few bricks were shaken from the
Hill Mil, and other buildings. The opera
tves in the mills were greatly alarmed. The
sensation experienced here were felt at Lew
iston.
In Auburn there was good deal of com
motion. People scampcred from shoe shops
stores, and the children from school houses
as though the buildings were falling. In one
school some children standing in the floor
screamed out with fright, thinking the floor
was falling beneath them. They ran out of
doors, and to use their language, found
nothing out there" Persons on the fourth
floor of Messrs. A Cushman and Co.'S. Shoe
Factory, say that the oscillation was exceed
ingly powerful. The gas fixtures shook and
the windows rattled-scores of men End
women pushed down the stairway pellmell.
| At VIM. Crafts & Cos. Shoe shop there was
a similar retreat-the water in the leathern
tanks being splashed about by the shock.
At Richmond bells were rung and crockery
ratified; in Boston, of course the shock was
greater and block of granite in building
on State street was cracked, and another
block forced from the wall three or four inch
es; at Waldoboro the people were frightened,
and furniture and other things were percep-
tibly moved
In Dexter the earthquake lasted nearly a
minute. 1t caused buildings to rock like
cradles, and created considerable "uneasi-
ness" among the natives.
In Smithfcld, gentleman informs us,
barns shook from ridgepole to sill and cattle
were frightened. In the stores goods were
shaken from the shelves
Daniel Pratt the Great American Trayelcr..vlsIt to
Mater'ile.
| WATERvILLE, Oct. 20, 1870.
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