The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-22
THE SHAKE.

Further Particular. of ff.e shock Of
she Earthquake which was Felt
Al Around as Day Before Xe>ter.
day.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
The following is from the Couacil Bluffs
NonpdSiei with regard TO the shock felt there:
About fifteen minutes TO II O'Clock yester-
day a number Of our citizens, as well as the
teachers and scholars in our High School
building and IN the Pierce street school, ex-
perienced a severe shock, sudden and terri
BILE, as though the earth was being shaken TO
its center. The high School building shook
SO that teachers and scholars were struck with
terror. The desks swayed to and fro for an
instant and the entire building rembl' d.
There was q scene OF confusion among tho
frightened ones, but by csolnessSand pres
ence of mind, the teachers managed 10 dis
miss them I'm pretty good order, SO a not 10
create panic by a rush for the outside, and
fortunately no ore was injured in the exit A
number OF our citizens experienced a similar
snocx or trembling Of the earth. The desks
in the Fist National Bank were shaken, and
one I'm the postoffice bookstore at which one
of the proprletors was sitting was said
to have rocked lively for a moment. All in
all, the sensation WAS an exciting one though
the shock here was not felt as greatly AS 1t
was in Omaha and farther west. In a place
some distance west of Omaha ii Is SAID 10 have
rung bells and caused a worse snock to the
citizens tlan cocid have been experiences cy
the combined cases OF ague all over the L nIt-
ed SlStes had they centeied an one man. 1t
IL the H. II time a shock OF the kind has ever
reached this part of the country, We believe,
and We only hope IL Will never get IL worse
than son yesterday. The real shock, wher-
eyer IL occurred, had about spent Its force
when this far, and merely the uenior OF The
earth was felt. II has likely occ IsIoned con-
siderable excitement ana CONSERVATION
wherever II was felt, aud has again demon
strated she fact that the globe upon when we
felt TIN ough Western Iowa, and perhaps tue
entire country west.
NKANsAs CITY.
Kansas City papers say the shock was sufii-
ciently strong there 10 cause several brick
walls to fall and a number Of chimneys TO
tumble down.
AT OMAHA,
The Bee relates the following: The latest
sensation is an earthquake shock which Wis
tied Omaha and vicinity at about twenty-five
minutes to twelve O'Clock this morning. 1t
was pretty generally felt all over the city,
both by people on the streets and in buildings.
In the large buildings especially the shock
was very distinctly felt, creating intense ex-
element among the occupants ana causing "A |
rush for the doors The shake lasted nom |
half minute TO a minn.s and half, accoI ding |
a genuine shake up as thousands OF pe"sons |
can testify.
Probably the most excitement occurred at |
the post Cffice building. The United States |
Circuit Court was i'm session in the large court /
room on the third floor. The pro rati Case OF /
the kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific rail-
roads VS.. the Ulion Pacific railroad was oc-
cupying the attention of the court. Judge
Usher was Just opening the case for the plain
tiffs when suddenly the large clock, on the
wall. back Of the Judges seal, swung To and
fro the large chandelier, suspended Irom the
ceiling, swayed this way and that, and a gen.
eral Vibration of the whole building was no.
ticed. A general panic ehsued Judge Usher
stopped short In his argument. The numer-
Dus crowd sprang TO their feet and starte. for
The door.
AT military headquarters the shock caused
he inmates of The building 10 make "A start
FOR out OF doors.
At the Smelling Works, in the lumbe;
Yards in the Bee office and in The Union
Pacific headquarters building il was very
strong, especially in the latter stluclurc;
where many of the employees in the second
md third stories ran out OF the offices think
@ the second story had fallel, and "A few OF
he clerks thought the building was tumbl-
ng down and went outside to satisfy them
elves.
IN ArcHIsoN
The Champion says the first warning came
- ,1.
iock, ana IL came IN the shape oi an e"-tii-
uake. There was no mis;aking the tact (; !.
very two story buiIdiny i'm town syayed .
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ackward ana forward, anu In several OuiId-
ngs there was a grand rush made for the |
treet. II was noticed very distinctly in
very department of The CHAMPION bull
nj i,.i; the yibrai:on In the Wagner bufId.
ny on the corner of Fouuth and Comme: ciai
lees Ihe occupants vacated .iis s,Iucaule
,snia, naif nell down the Stairs IKE the
'afer comes down at Ladore. Another build I
Dg In which the effects were distinctly ieIt, ,
NICE the desks sWayed oack ana loitn as ii
npelled by some motive power, and me gas
xtdies trembled ana shook Ior zen minutes. 4
Leu niock, ana the blair anu oalDrain
iock, tne SHOCK was also accuteis iei'' put !
o damage done.
AT ST. JOSEPH La
The Chronicle has the following: St joseph =
al O natural sensat,on this mornipy Al
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'Iy minutes past eleven o cioch' the shock a
an earthquake was perceptlble in various
ara of the civ AT Goodliye,s buiIdinp |
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'rher oi ihiru anu Hoihohu slfee's' IL was s
violent as to lrighten out the occupants OF 4
he upper stories. AT the Buchanan Bank | q
uilding tine shock was quite strong, and
ARMED the lawyers in the upper stories 50 |
rat they made for the street. At Armstrong /,
B.'o.'s the jars on the shelves danced around 1