Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-08
THE EARTHQUAKE.
Eureka Considerably shaken Tin
RuS Not HUuch uurs

ND.
Bus Not Much Hurt.
The earthquake that occurred here last
evening is an event that will not be soon
forgotten. No lives were lost. nor was any
property seriously injured by the shock,
yet 1t brought a terror with it that will be
long remembered. The fright which an
earthquake shock inspires is entirely Diff
ferent from any other fear. There is no
refuge from |. and IL takes possession Of
the strongest and bravest. Men who
would walk up without finching to the
canon's mouth sicken with fear when the
earth becomes unsteady under their feet.
There comes q sensation OF mental and
physical prostration which many are apt
to ascribe to the motion of the earth. but
which, il the sufferers would acknowledge
It. comes almost invariably from fear.
We have to be thankful, however, that
earthquakes In Nevada are not dangerous.
While 1t is estimated altogether that 49,
100000 souls have persisted by earthquakes,
n the law is for IL to IS shocks more or
less destructive of life and property to &C.
u every year, nobody need fear being
swallowed up or crushed in Eureka.
The shock occurred here, as nearly a.
can be determined, at 5:45 p. NJ, sun
time. 1t was felt differently at different
places. There was first o shock, q tfem-
bling which lasted only q few seconds, fol-
lowed by an undulatory motion from east
to west. Eureka has not been 80 moved
for a long time. Everybody has his W
experience TO tell, and the whole story
would make a book
A. tba rD,etlo,a. u1..l -
pected would be roughly shaken, the
shock, it seems, was hardly felt as moro
than a mild tremor.
The Jackson House was pretty severely
shaken. The chandeliers ratified for q few
seconds and then, though screwed into
joists, swayed afterward six or seven
inches east and west Of their plumb, show
ing plainly that they were giving way to
the motion OF the building itself. In the
Jackson House Restaurant the ceiling
above the entrance door was shattered and
fell to the floor.
At Jack Perry's. where some gentlemen
were standing waiting for the be~fore-din-
ner cocktail, the bar fixtures started out
on a jig and the clock came To q dead
stand-stilL.
The Odd Fellows Hall was violently
shaken and the ceiling was cracked in sew
eral places. In several other brick houses
similar slight damage resulted, but no in
jury was sustained by stone or frame struc-
tures; though in the latter small articles
were shaken from shelves and fell rafting
to the floor.
The shake or rigor, as the doctors call it,
has passed by aud nobody has been hurt.
Hence il there is anything pleasant that
happened during the few seconds OF excite
ment which prevailed, we are entitled to
ii. Senator Perley seems to have been
struck by an earthquake before. At any
rate he was not going to have the Jackson
House tumble down on him. As soon as
the first tremor was felt the Senator, swift
Of foot, had bolted through the side door
Of the saloon and WAS hugging the ground
in the middle Of the street. He got up saved;
but little Oracle Jackson thought the Sena-
tor had been shot, and. being his friend,
called loudly for q " gun to go to his
rescue. Her father did not know what
was the matter, but was staggered for fear
that something had been done at the Land
League meeting in Chicago which would
get out and put the English On their guard.
From all accom- not less than eight or
ten ladies tainted. One young lady, in a
paroxysm OF fright, jumped out OF a win
dow some 10 feet ~ the ground, and es-
capped fortunately with only a sprained
ankle.
pramenko 4 Ballich's corner restaurant
was filled at the time Of tho shock, it being
dinner hour, and the whole crowd Of men
and women tried to get out Of the back
door at once, effeciually closing the outlet,
so that they were piled on top OF each
other ten deep in a struggling mass.sT
Main street presented 9 very animated
appearance. In two seconds after the first
shock had occurred every business house
was emptied, and hundreds of people were
standing on the sidewalk looking in every
direction for something to turn up, aud
many Of them gazing above as though they
expected the heavens to fall.
The SESTISEL's Ruby Hill reporter sends
word: eve felt q slight shock here as Of
an earthquake"
At Palisade the shock was not felt ct all.