, 1873-07-12
EARTHQUAKE At BUFFALO.
Il Pretty Lively "ShnlktnE Upn OF
Gllnf{s Generally.

From The Dugaio Cons,ncrcial Advertiser, .Juiy7.
"Some sny tho earth WIS fovernuB and did
ehako, " hereahbout, Yesterday morning, and thoy
who Hay no toll nothing moro tfInn the blessed
truth. Things wore shaken mp ut q worry do
ciied1y livoly ratio, and we presume Tint nobody
having tho slightost regard for MI earthquake
or regard for fact would presume to my tint
TINT OF which no had throo several touches waB
no groat Bllakos.
Tic first shock was foit about o'clock in thu
morning, aud was comparatively light; tho Soc
ond, also light, about Z; aud the third about 20
minutes aflor @. Tho Inst was OF much greater
violence than either Of tho Others and probably
tho heaviest shock Of M earthquake ever felt IN
this portion Of tho country.
Many people who wero sitting qnietly at their
Sunday. bseakfast, getting realy for church, Or
otherwise engaged, wcro suddenly startled by
the trembling Of tloir tenonents and the shak-
ing Of household effects generally. Donbtloas, in
tliogroat majorityof cases, ,at tho instant, tho cn
motion was attributed to anything but m earth-
quake. But the real cause quickly became ap-
parent, and in almost eyory locality. ttoro was \
gnnoral rushing to tlo doors and windowg, oael
asking his or hor ueghbor II ho or sho !" felt tho
earthquake ?"
Thoro ia q diversity of opinion as to the d.
rection Of tho wavo and the duration OF tho
shock, Our Impression is that II ran from north
to south. After tho violont rlmblng nllocl there
appeared to bo aort Of receding tromor, the
whole lasting probably hnlf 4 1ninuto. Many
structures In the city wore shaken "from tErrct
to foundation atone," and no snall conHtornation
wnB croated.
In St. Paul's Cathedral tho shock appears to
have boon folt with groat severity. It was DUR
Ing tho session Of the Sunday School, aomo 160
ch1ldron being in attendance, aa wo arc told. AS
coon rs tho truth was realized that tho sensRtion
the children rushed from their classos into the
street, the tcachors following with hardly losa
haste. Tho general impression was TINT
the towor had fallen, aud that
Children returned to tho church tho color Ind
forsaken tho checks OF most Of tho,n. We aro
told that tho assistant rector, DGr. Hale who ia
in charge of tho Sandny-Bchool, Ind retired to
hla room for moment; to ,dccipher badly,
greatly aatonishod on entering tho body Of tho
church again to find 1t deaorted. 1t ,yns rerort-
cd that Homo Of tho arches Of st. Paula wore
cracked, and tho steep1e damaged, but thig, We
aro ElRd to know, WIS not the case.
Tho earthquake " was tho absorbing tonic Of
conversation yesterday, and a dosailod account
OF tho experience Of tho mornbors OF this alockel
community would doubtless bo worry interesting.
~ tenoment nt tho corner Of Clinton a,i1
Union streetp, two oil lamps were shaken from q
mantolplcce iii MI upper room, tho lamps broken
anu their cont0ntH scattered over tho room,
decidedly singular fact in relation to tho
earthquake is tint tho shock appears to hayo
been fol- nowhere except in this immediate vi
~'".'J' Ato AHoociAtGA 11Ghd IopCILb 1IOHl Lu9
various parts Of tho country say nothing at all
ABOUT It. At 10 o'clock last evening one Of tho
editorial statf Of this papor cailod at tho West
ern Union Telegraph Oilice and ut his requopt
tho gentleman in charge very readily and cour-
teonay consented to inquire Of thuso at tho
principal stations within radius of 250 miles OF
Buffalo, If anything in the way Of an earthquake
shock Lad been experienced, and thu anBwer
from all points was III tho onegatiyc.
We are told by parties III tho city that the
water herenbout rose some two inches yesterday
morning.