, 1874-12-22
GOTHAM.
Tho Earthquako-Shock as It Appear
cd to 4 Veteran in Such
matters.
The Rumored Escaps Of "Boss" Tweed
and tho Fright It Caused.


Preparations Tor ChrlstmnS---Tho M1s-
- r.h., .c e. porr,ho.
b4on oo"oo4 VI o'' A1"1 Asso"o'
u,..
NRW fohK oec. lo lot4'
rhe waning yoar has giron l1B Got!,amltes
rourIno ney nensation, aua aH astonishing Us
,,r,o,r1 NJ hoInc nott,nr toas t1,au 4l,o vtolout
~'' 'ss .ee -. ~ = .rS,,a,z,r,,
hAooA w ~ A"@A"eo"AL'
10 tho rcsldeats in tho far uptown rogiona
lying on and noar 10 tho I1arlsm Rivor, and In
nil ndincout towua. wing alonu tho Hudson
'of' ~ me4, .uo e''ueA |aa .os 'o.y l1'sup
Day, "not III n'a..s efess "As"nso' ,Afseo aoosh
and windows, fAttlcd DOM pictures and ornn-
ments from tho wallis unti mantos, and gont tho
frightened inmates flying .ont OF doora oFton on
tS"s - su,.s. o., w. ~. ..,s.u 1T-.....s
toncs' "Nhat caa 10 Ito mattor1" Having
lived for homo years In South A'noron, waa OH
tiroy accustomed to tho pcculinr phenomenon,
aud, as / was spending tho night away nm town,
t., nor,o,n i,,or 49, avon ,.,,t In t,..vr
.n., ~ "nyn .s,',o ~ .u """1 ano nen's
1u"phLV' wv anuaeu ileaF5 J"ft tAo "AtlHk
wind, nnd tho oacatory motion, indoatcd.
And. explaining to my frightened friends Tint 1t
r.I, mn m ~ thc str,ct ~ NJ, a;rf,or ao,a
,"'n oa' w " Wv 1s1'o" 10 W a''ut oe.'soa
nhVe aono IN soutl Amoflea' 10 oscapo FROM tao
falling buildings Bht, IN this instance, tho
shock, though worry decided, was Of Bhort dura-
tion: and though it greatly fortified Now Yorl-
ors mt t.ood ~ Ito uoc,,liar rncnrt,;r horr,r.
eto' "o' Naou ~ ~ toe"'' 49,. w.. A0.4''"
Soe aa I'll oid So'osa" III suoa au"fs' 1Foa1ed IL
with indifference, as only an attempt ut scaro.
To SEQ, aa hayc dono, tho grornd open and
sl,ut throu;np I'm stonoa md dirt At nach nm
s.s,,s, ~ ,a a,t,.a T., 49,. ror ,,ar,, ,;rn -. ~.
t'a'~'' :" " op"seu " 4"o ~ Wy nv - t,,o
noafess n't-s!do' "n'e 1no 6Eound rollS hna 1atla
i'll long, billowy undulattons to hear tho hiss Of
tho t,inu1tuoug. boiling sca, aud tho frigltouod
vail of cyorv animal, md nf nil nnmato nntnro.
~ 80 - 49,, 49,, ...,,..,. s.S..z s,ss
70 aeo 1'o ponos VI tno ueaa com.ns itoia '.lelr
ghaatiS sopuschro a1n!a tlo 'oEraolo throes or IN
timlcrs kill thoso flea,ng to tho mouutaius, al-
u,o.t ~ ronr a1o -thoso ,ro aorno ~ th' a.
cnr,ns";nouts NJ n vcr,tahlo oarfhn,,ato INT
wrra mt fonnd in our Nav York .iiatt,rhenra
tLn otrnr n;,ht A,d vnt ott tho wrigl,hcra
e,ont . % M ornmci oouajly ~ alarmod M tho lax
utoical Snntl,- -Amrr,cn,, rosidcuts. Of tr7,t1,
~, m onr.ho,n1.c. .soclr io It of eortcr mr. 1nnrcr
fimration in snnntl,nt ono can ,,oyor bocnmc an
tiraIy nca,,stomo,I to. ~"
''o'' r,lg unMonrp Esoapr or TWEED.
wo have h.1 anntLar ecnu,no fri.ht from n
t,,nrrn', scrt IL lin ~onnrai ofirn r. Tia nnI,.o
srn,' Wans,rnH.a Ya5nnI tSnt ~ rn,nn,pv ~
noljcn warn nnpdnd nj nnco nj tho perftont;arv It
!,,a r,a;,, wiroa of ho tntarra,,i, ho;cet c,t no
{t1EfnHT f1Dft1Ell1fH GGk1GtHI. Il
sn,,n1ir,,1, of T,nIico cmhart1nr IL ho,.a o,e
man armed viii royoIyer. at,t1 grim rcstlntion
sta,n,,ed yuon i,ia faco immediately rnyo cn,,-
frnatior 70 ti,o r1,mor TINT DosyI Tweed l,ad
n.canni; mi, That thc cnnvo,n wnr, IN nnnn un ~.
Leiiinn. Com,nIssionor Laimbcor las bocn in
nonrs of terror tost tho ienioncv shown tn ain
fn11af1 rammnnv lander shon1d rosult IN
liza cacnrn- ami. nwitl,out act,,o1lv con,i,,c tn
j,iovs M the suGlent viii, tho othnr ComnniaSon-
cts 1,o Ina henaro W, nmrI,;ly nn,sitiya ~ tne
sia.,,or - Tmon1, o,oorn t1,nt ~ ,nu .n,{,.ns.t
W;,nn tl,ia aoroud runner cnr,n cI,cnr ovor fin
w;ros INN Tn rnnorn} n;hrn Mr. I,n;mhnrr fn.t
na II lin ovnnt hn hcI 1nno annref,cndni ,,ad At
i.at - cn,no tn nass IIastic trinr n nn,.if t,not
n1 nn1 cnunle XII ~ stronT n,on to raw In n,,il.I
awlftly uwnv from !na foot of Ninctv. .rcrnna
ssroot AMI !,osnito TIM dnrs1,caa arrival nj lin
e.Iasona a,,Nost ~ snor an tIsn rtnc,ne,,t ~
ai"n ~ ti,js 10 ,yi,ot thnr ,,u,,I ~ ,,isl M
tmrsncc. uru, T M a;tnmntod cncana: and 1f,oss
'Ywras,' tho aw,tn esnnh.ntS pf tho c,tv, cs,m,v
isrsn vn s1, '''I oor % .s snr,, " ~ ~.
III 1;e n,nnd and lila forncr rrcntnnaa iii at