Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-09-25

Stantly snrlnkl0g rom loss OF neat
But we have a. yet no record to indi.
cate what may b. the interval Of time
between DISASTROUS earthquakes. There
are, however, indications that the dan.
ger point 10 near at hand somewhere
along the line Of upheaval. The mex,
disaster may occur at or near New
Madrid, 1t may come 1T q point In q
northeasterly direction from that place
or it may come at the southern end o.
the line in Northern Texas. Now
what are the indications that
DANGER is NIGH?
First-Until within the last four OF
five years occasional tremors have beer
experienced along the line OF upheavaI
as far north as Ohio. No tremors have
been reported to have occurred within
that period. About four years since
mountain in the state Of Georgia OF
North Carolina, I cannot now state
which, like q train of cars In the dis
lance. Steam was seen issuing from
the mountain and there were occasional
reports like heavy artillery. Later in
the season, four years the coming win
ter, similar phenomena were obser " ed
in q mountain in Northern Texas
which was repeated for q period o
some weeks. Since that period all has
been silent, or at least no report of such
action of the seismic has been made
public.
MAINE TO MARYLAND.
Secondly-The precursor of more
violent seismic action has already oc-
Cured. It was experienced on the 10th
Of August Of the present year on a
parallel line from Maine to Maryland.
The sevsrest shock is reported from
Sea Bright, N. j., where the depot was
shifted to one side, shaking up the con-
tents and alarming its inmates. At
Philadelphia the shock was of ten Sec
onds duration and extended in north
east and southwest direction. The
strongest buildings in the city were
shaken, rickety chimneys toppled over
on the roofs Of the houses and tumbled
down upon the pavements in all parts
of the city, the plaster fell from the
ceiling of the houses, chinawarerattled
in the closets, bells were set to
ringing, glasses clinked lively tune
up1n the sideboards. and the clocks
were set to running down. In some
instances the people were Frustrated
upon the floor, and nervous people
were frightened to such an extent that
many thought the destruction of the
world was at hand. The shock at
Philadelphia was but little less severe
than that which occurred at San Fran.
cisco 10 October, 1868. And it was ex-
perienced in q section of country where
no perceptible agitation has beeh OBJ
served since July 9Th, 1867, about fif-
teen months prior to the shock at San
Francisco.
If the danger point is near at hand
in the Mississippi valley. the upheaval
is most likely to occur at the conjunc-
ton Of the moon with the sun IN the
coming months Of October, November
and December. But, as before stated
the data 10 insufficient for determining
when the disaster must come. It may
be deferred until another year, and fol
aught that now appears it may be de.
ferred for q series Of years. There
seems, however, to my mind at least,
sufficient ground for expressing the
fear that there is danger In the near
future Of . disasters exhibition Of the
seismic. F. A. HERRING.
LEwIsrowN, Me-, Sept. 8, 1884.