The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-29

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Tho Cali Txke Herald in recent Issue
saws There il no longer any oouu, %
We have had visItst!on OF oa.sulunne. -,
few persons IN this CITY noussy us''a .', oS
Thursday night that tney nae ueeh ssou '.eo
by an earthquake shock wnl.e osu sh .s "no
had been awake, as stout'y ue"'y1 s"e 't Tr,.
meut, and rldictled II heartily. nu. on Fiji
day morning persons Iiving 10 o ~. sstsn
irons of the CITY Anfiounceu .ue s s.sAus
they had received, and those VINO 9aa no.
felt It gradually began 10 to'ns .uey
had been remarkably dull, put were
positive they had not noticed II. how
ever, testimony not to be questi0neu Is W
the effect that about 10 O'CLOCK on Inursuas
night, or q few minutes after, snoek OF
earthquake was felt. In some houses !. rat
tied dishes, shook beds, and banged aoors'
while In Others 1t was sufficiently ooserV-
able to arouse persons sonnd'y asleep.
How long II lasted Is unknown, as no one
seems TO have bad sufficient presence Vi
mind to note the time. IL pretty
certain, however, that the earth quivereu
little first, in a second after there
was pretty hard shock. and sec
ond later one still harder, ana tnen
all subsidized. Persons who ieit IL Tue
keenest assert that the sensation 1t produced
ar first was like that one feels from an eiec-
trio shock, while some II turned quite SICK.
It's cour,e IL not known, but those VINO 1elt
il state that it seemed to run from the SOUTH
west 10 northeast. IL was not felt on Main
street at all, and appears to have been con-
fined from that portion OF the city running
from the northeast corner TO the southwest
corner, the other portion missing II entirely.
No damage was done, but In one house
short distance from the theatre IT raised the
ends Of the flooring until 1t looked Just as
il 1t were warped.
II was also felt at Alta, Bingham, Sandy,
West Jordan, Toquerville, South COTTON
wood, and other settlements south OF TINS
city. At Alta, a gentleman states. 1t shook
the houses so roughly that those asleep were
awakened, windows and dishes ratified,
doors banged, and 1t seemed as though the
walls were falling. This was also about 10
O'Clock, while there and in other places
mentioned a second shock was felt about
half an hour later, though much
lighter. In these places, also, the
shocks were preceded by low, rum
bling noise, not unlike distant thunder, eX-
cepting that ii could be felt The rumDling
was in the earth. In South Cottonwood
it was probably more severe than anywhere
else. There the inhabitants were nearly all
in bed, and it was so heavy that many ran
out OF their houses in their night-clothes
into the streets and into other houses.
At Provo, also, the sensation was deci-
dedy manifest. One young gentleman
lust up from there, states that IL was dili-
cult to MAINTAIN ones feet while 1t lasted.
Ii seemed as though the walls OF the build
ings would fail on the citizens, ana the
windows appeared as il they would fall IN !;
the tables, chairs. and beds shook. and the
dishes ratified very heavily. At Provo two
shocks were ielt-one about O'Clock. The
first shock was felt at the same time In all
the places mentioned.
So far as has been ascertained, none OF
the settlements north Of this city have eX-
perienced the iavorite shake, and thus Og-
den suffers another injustice which her
good people will yet resent.