Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-16
COLORADO's EARTHQUAKE.
Three shocks Felt on Election Night
Many Persons alarmed,
Denver (CoI) Ne,gs- November 8.

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About 6;25 o'clock last evening resi-
dents OF that part of Denver north of
Larimer street were startled by a sudden
trembling Of the eaRh. There were
three distinct shocks. The first one was
decidedly the strongest, oscillating from
west to east, and backward and forward.
The second andthird shocks were com
paratively light, but clearly percepuble
to person standing on the ground. The
shocks were more perceptible in the
upper stories of buildings, and caused
great CONSERVATION among many of the
occupants of rooms there. A general
stampede was caused among the en-
ployes Of the Neeos Office, espe
clally in the editorial rooms The
editors and reporters were seated en-.
gagged at work. when the floors of the
edltorlalrOOms began to tremble violently.
The first shock was followed by two
lighter shocks, and for a short time it ap-
peared as if the building was about to
tumble IN. The trembling ceased as sud
| denly as 1t began lasting only a few sec
Onds. The shock was felt at the Wind
sOr, especially in the rooms on the upper
stories. Mrs. Furst. wife of the chief
clerk of the hotel was lying i'll in her
room on TIE fifth floor. Mr.. Furst was
absent from the room at his supper. He
was startled by hasty call from his wife,
and when he reached her room, she re-
lated how the walls and floor had trem-
bled in violent and alarming way. as if
the building was about TO tumble IN. 1t
was at first supposed that Mrs. Furst was
deliriOus and that the trembling was only
60 l. !
her story. Some gentlemen who were
descending the stairs in the hotel when
the shocks were felt also cOrrOborated
her story. and explained how the stair.
cases had shaken violently. making
passage on them exceedingly hazardous
Afterward it was discovered that all
pendulum clocks, including the large
railway timepiece on the office floor, had
stopped at 6: % o'clock. This is one of
the strangest condolences of the phe-
nomenon. The shocks were also felt by
a perceptible trembling on the upper
floors of the Tabor block, especially in
the Western Union telegraph operating
room. There the operators were rocked
to and fro in their chairs in manner
that alarmed them to no inconsiderable
extent. The rocking ceased as sud
denly as it began, and they hardly had
time 20 realize what was the matter. All
along Larlmer street the shocks were
distinctly felt by occupants of ebusiness
blocks, but there were no alarming con-
sequences reported. 1t seems to have
affected the residence of Mr. Birks Con-
forth, corner of Holiday and Twenty
third streets. more than any place re
ported last night. His house trem bled
so violently that his family fled to the
street, fearing that it would cave in over
their heads The oscillations of the earth
quake appeared TO come from the direc-
ton Of the mountains travelling almost di-
rectly from west TO east. The osCilla-
ton seemed to pass backward and for
ward. Interviews with old timers last
night revealed the fact that it is the first
time in the history of Denver that earth
quake shocks have ever been felt here.
The most peculiar feature of the earth
quake is that it was felt only in the
northern half of Denver, that is the por-
ton Of the city lying north of Larimer
street On the latter thOrOughfare it was
barely perceptible. Interviews with the
clerks at the st. James revealed the fact
that it did not visit that section of the
city at all. That it was not entirely local
will be seen from the following dis
patches:
A slight earthquake shock was felt in
various parts Of GEORGETOWN at $50 last
evening. In one store the shock was
such as to cause the inmates to run out
Of the building.
An earthquake shock was experienced
IN Laramie City, Wy, at $50 last even
| ing 1t was felt plainly all along the
line of the Union Pacific west as far as
Evanston. Plastering fell in buildings
at Rawlins, Point Of Rocks, and other
points. Trains will be sent with great
care, as bridges may have been thrown
out Of place.
Three distinct earthquake shock were
felt at Louisville, Col, at $50 the same
evening.