The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-04-18

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There-lncsdenss Of abe Shsek.
From the .acrameLto Union. March al
1t is generally conceded that the shock |
which took place At 1:2l A. M, and lasted |
a Ii;tlc over a minute, IVES one Of the most
severe e-er felt in the city; still, II vas 20
even ard regular Il at property vas not dam
aged as it would have been if the undula- |
tons of the ground had been more .harP
and frequent. A. near IS we can arrive 1t
il. the motion wa, in the commencement,
from north 10 south, but changed and finally
vas from east TO west. Two or three light
shocks were felt between 2:2l and 6:O6 .. NJ
at which latter time another heavy shock,
but not by any means equal to the firet, oc-
CURED The FIRST shock created great con-
s,erna,ion among newspaper men and others
who happened TO be MP, and maze hasiy
rush for the street, and their example was
followed az speedily as possible by hundreds
Of others who had been in their bets. In q
briei period the streets in the lover portion
of the city we're filled With people DESTROYS
of ascertaining whether any damage had
been done, and especially anxious to hear
from San Francisco, which town II was feared
had been almost ruined. They presented q
queer sigh, as they marched through the
center of the street in the bright moonlight,
stunning the sidewalks altogether. The
telegraph offices were speedily thronged, but
San Francisco could not be heard from. One
man, in his anxiety, fearing that the place
had sunk, desired a telegraph operator to
inquire Of the Oakland operate. whether
any lights could be seen in the locality where
San Francisco should be seen?
1t was generally conceded that the theory
of earthquake weather. had exploded, IS
the sky during the previous night had been
unusually clear, while the full moon shone
as brightly as it ever had been known to.
Some people appeared to think that the
shock had come As an illustration OF Frank
Stewart's lecture at the Assembly Chamber
on the previous evening, reported In yesser-
days Union.
A slight shock was experienced yesterday
afternoon about O'Clock, but was probably
not pe.ceptible below second story floors.
At Turner Hall, when the earthquake put
in an appearance, the Purim calico p1rty
WAS revellins in enjoyment. Suddenly,
while dancing, the ladies looked in an aston
ished manner at the gentlemen, and the gem
tlemen at the ladies, each apparently having
suspicion that the other had been indulg-
ing too frequently in exhilarating beverages
| word Earthquake" passed from mouth TO
mouth. The dance suddenly stopped; many
. Of the ladies tainted, while others Of the &C.
cupants of the ball room, male and female,
chung to each other in terror, not knowing
what to do. One young lady who had started
to decend the stairs leading from the gallery
to the main hall, was preciptated from the
top TO the bottom, but escaped unlnJured.
| 10, off no
'front.' entrance, but were checked by officer
Stevens. who feared that they would tumble
down the steep steps in front Of the building.
or be injured hy the cornice in case II should
fall.
At the County Jail the prisoners begged,
and some prayed, with tears in their eyes, to
the jailer in charge TO let them out, which
he was unable to concur in. Their fear was
net altogether gronndless, as the building
shook and worked in such q manner As to
give forth sound similar TO that which
would be made by carriages driven through it
A gentleman named Tabor. correspond
ent Of the San Francisco Alto, became so
frightened that he jumped from his window
| in the third story Of the Orleans Hotel to
the roof of water-clcset On level with the
second floor, and from thence sprang to the
roof of shed in Wells, Fargo & Co.'S yard
below; the roof happening to be Of Light MAJ
terial, he passed through il and alighied up
On ! wagon. He was in due time rescued
from his unpleasant position, and escorted
| to his room, TO which he was confined yes
terday BY his bruises. He was injured at one
time by an earthquake at San Francisco, and
was anxious TO get ont Of the way Of other
demonstrations OF that nature. II he adopt
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injury as he did here it is no wonder he got
hurt.
Joe Harris, who has a room in the Rail-
road Exchange building, corner Third and
! K streets, was awakened from sound sleep
by the shock, and sprang from his bed,
shouting ''Murdcr" under the impression
| tina, there was some one under hrs bed shak-
| ing it. He ran out of the room clothed with
q brief linen garment and his Righteousness,
shot down the stairs 10 the street like bob
| tailed comet, and was only brought to 4 stop
by the voice Of friend who suggested, "Joe,
il amt murder-only an earthquake"
The compositors employed in the Caioa
Office consider that they can vacate three
story building in shorter space Of time
than any other force Of Ike numbers. One
of them is gentleman who has the nisfor
tune to he quite lame. When the shock &C.
Cured he declined to demand the start
usually allowed to parties suffering under
disabilities like his, but took even chances
with the other boys, was neck-and-neck with
the most advanced rs they sped down s.airs,
and beat them all on the race up the alley to
Fourth street.
| The shock was not felt on the steamers en-
route to this port, but the Waterman on the
hulk rear the foot Of K, street jumped
ashore hurriedy, under the impression that
the craft was about to sink under him.
Parties who had opportunities Of observ.
| ing state that the earthquake was preceded
BY a rumbling sound, and also by a noise like
that of high wind.
While the shock prevailed, the trees in gar
dens acted as though dancing Horticultural
qusdrille-bowing, advancing, retreating,
swinging ETC., in the most weird.like man
ner, under the bright light of the moon.
As an exempli6cation Of the fact that the
shock was singular one, We may mention
that the new rear wall OF Gulnean's addition
to the Arcade Hotel, which stood unsup-
ported about eight fee: above the top Of the
original building was not injured in the
least.
| Men, women, and children turned out of
| their CetiS IN WndtcNex UiSutCOt iAAA$ lucy
happened to wear, and, at the hotels, e.
pecially, there we're many remarkable de-
velopments. One stranger in town, who
was stopping at hotel, jumped from his
bed, gathered up his clothing, boots. valise.
ETC., and rushed into the hall, where he met
several ladies, nearly all of whom were ~
much disrobed as himself, which is to say
considerable. One of the women cried, "Oh,
my children, my children" to which.
though usually gallant individul. he re-
sponded: "To HI with your children;
show me how to get out Of here" Many
persons we're seized with nausea, and we're
i'll all day. Others we're impressed with the
idea that they felt shocks every few minutes,
, and frequently created sensation by their
shouts Of There! Feel it?" At late
hour in the evening We saw an individual
upholding a lamp-pos', gazing about in .
most helpless panner meanwhile, and heard
him as We passed remark apologetically,
| ugh, h-n earthquakes"
DlAn's ~ n.
Bret Harte was credited, by a correspon-
dent OF the New York SANFORD, with some
verses to Darling Kathleen" written for q
church fair several years ago, and he doesn't
like to accept the honor. 81 certainly" he
says, shave no recollection of ever writing
any such verses, or, indeed, any verses in