New-York tribune., 1874-12-12
THE SHOCK UP THE HUDSON.

GREAT CoMMOTION CAUSED AT YoNKERs. TARRY.
TOWN, NYACK, SING SING. AND ELSEWHERE.
The news of an earthquake Ia Westchester
County Thursday evening reached this city yesterday
through the passengers on New-York Central and
the Newnaven Railroads and the Northern Railroad OF
New-Jersey. From Peeksk along the Hudson River,
passing through Sing Sing, Nyack Tarrytown Hastings,
Yonker to the upper part Of this city, severe shocks OF
earthquake plainly felt. Houses shaken.
furniture moved the inhabitants reused from their
sumbers and In several places much alarm and excite
ment caused. The severest shock was probably expo
renced In Tarrytown and Nyack. in Rockland County.
lady In Tarrytown stated to TRIBUNE reporter last
evening that there seemed to be four distinct shocks
She could compare It only to the noise made by trunk
a carpeted stairway humping every step as 1t went
down. Her house and certain articles Of furniture In
the room which she sitting we're shaken so yio-
leny that she afraid to stay indoors and went out
into the street. Another lady said that che sitting
at table sewing and seemed to her all at once - II
there o smothered thunderclap underground shak
ing and jarring the ground and making Q low
rumbing noise. The kerosene lamp tipped over.
and would have fallen to the nOor II sue
had caught hold Of It In time to
prevent II. The first thought OF tho people
that one Of the locomotives had exploded, and soon
the railroad station filed with men, some IN their
shirt sleeves and others hastily dressed anxious to find
out the OF the supposed explosion and to learn
what damage had been done. The passengers on the
milk train felt the shock and greatly alarmed.
imagining that some accident had happened to the
train. thousand conjectures made but the peo
pie gradually dispersed, and the town became quiet.
There also considerable excitement IN Yonkers.
The baggagemaster stated that he was In sound sleep
when the shock OF the earthquake awakened him. and
the building shaken violently for o few seconds.
porter who in the passengers room, came run
ming out crying the building about to fall
The porter stated that the shock and the movement OF
the earth seemed swell and break like the waves OF
the ocean. Many OF the residents Of Yonkrs came down
the station thinking that there had been an accident
on the railroad, or TO steamboat on the river.
At spuyten Duyvil and ut Hastings pictures were
thrown down from the walls aud articles Of furniture
were moved from their places At Sing Sing the first
impression IN many families that the boiler Of the
ktchen-range had burst that the heating apparatus
was in some of the disturbance. At the
tue explosion Of . large powder.ml had caused tho
shock The site OF the powder-ml. however. could not
be ascertained
At Nyack, Rockland Lake. Piermont, TepaHy. and
other places Rockand County the force OF the sboek
caused the greatest alarm among the Inhabitants Tue
fright general TIE sudden shaking or their houses
with the fall OF ceilings and the displacement or the
furniture caused the occupants to run into the street
safety All Of and stories were current.
darkness of the night Increased the general fee
ing apprehension and ALARM The shock was of very
short duration, ami compared by some TO the v0-
lent arrDg Of railroad raE suddenly stopped others
said that it seemed II the earth was being plowed
through by heavy machine. Others again stated
that the motion was slow and wayeke. The excite
ment did not calm down for several bouis espeely IN
Tensfy and Nyack the vibrations were most pow
euly experienced 1t believed that no serious damage
has from the shock except In the destruction ot
glass arc ana cr0cAsry.