The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-23

at the time sitting near the BRIDGE eating his
supper. he declares that he believed the
abutments Of the bridge were crumbIing
away. he felt two shocks, the first lasting
about eight seconds. About the time OF the
first shock the plight freight train was leaving
the deI6s. The operator at CoaIfed tele-
graphed 10 Richmond at once TO know
IL Richmond bad felt Il. He said that he was
sound asleep and 1t almost shook him out Of
bed. The conductor testified that the ope-
rator was the hardest man on the line to
wake up, and that itmust have been terrible
indeed to have aroused him. - 4
OanVifie was next called, and he was the
only man awake on the line except Coaifeid.
Dauville stated that there was no shock
there. ffa1Es 9 .aaisass .ai
The engineer OF the shifting engine at the
def6. was on the south side OF the river at
the time With his locomotive, but be did not
notice the violent shaking or the earth. The
brakeman, however, felt IL, and he thought
that the very track was giving way under
the traiD.3F The freight cars trembled
with the appalling vibrations Of mother
earth. his account of the phenomenon was
graphic indeed. - 81 f aSs.f Z
81 INCIDENTS.
The police report that citizens on Broad
street We're almost uncomfortable, and
rushed out into the street in all sorts of
clothing. Indeed, some of them made their
appearance in no garments at all save those
they wore in bed.
"a gentleman residing on CANDLES Hill
stated at this office last night that the walls
of bis house-a new brick house-sWayed
like boat tossed on the waves.
hn51Co In fho naiuhharhon1 af Rronb
avenue was said to have been thrown down,
but the lateness Of the hour at which the In.
formation was received afforded no eppor-
tunity to ascertain Its correctness.
kilograms were received at the First sta-
tion.house from the Second and Third sta.
tions, and from the alushouse, conveying
similar, information to that from all other
sections Of the city.
Policeman Skinner was at the city railway
crossing near Holly wood at the time of the
occurrence. BE thought that the end Of
time had come. Around hun moment be.
fore all things wore the stiffness of death,
when suddenly the earth seemed to tremble
from centre to circumference, the windows
ratified, and the blinds slammed to and fro so
violently that he believed some awful ex-
plosion bad occurred, and If life was spared
dispensation of Divine providence.
A hackman who was IN the neighborhood
Of fthe Church-H Hill tunnel, near Twenty.siyth
street, reported that the citizens 10 that vl-
ctnity thought that the tunnel had fallen In.
Persons from the other. end of the city
believed at first. that the CANDLES Hill tunnel
had been demolished. u,a. -.
Every body with whom we cobyersed stated
that when they felt the shock their very
bodies thrilled and tingled as though they
had received shock from o powerful electic
battery. .s..s. n-e...
The Latest-3.Ie A. NJ.
Our reporter at 2 O'clock visited the Ches-
apeake and Ohio railroad deE0. in order to
ascertain the effect of the shock on the line
Of the road. The operator there very kindly
informed him that the quake was felt severe
~ as far as Meechnm's river, one hundred
and seven miles west from Richmond. At
Staunton 1t was not felt. 50
at Alexandra it shook every building In
the city, and alarmed the citizens not q
little. At Lynchburg loud noise was
heard but did not know what 1t was
,& TIE wEATHER.
Some parties of inquiring turn Of mind, In
their anxiety to ascertain what was the cause
of the agitation Of the earth last night, ad-
vanced the idea that the weather bad some.
thing to do with 1t. That is hardly likely.
Yet the weather has undergone rapid changes
within the past few days. = -.
On the 18Th at the White Sulphur Springs
the thermometer wss but four degrees above
zero. At Richmond 1t was eighteen. Yes.
terday at 3 O'Clock the thermometer here
was seventy-one, and the heat was so oppres-
siye as to be generally complained of. Last
night about the time Of the shocks an unusual
number of shooting.stsrs were observed, and
that was taken in connection with the wea-
ther by the theorists who wanted to get up
some sort of fancful explanation.