The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-14


hour had arrived. und expecting
every moment a. SEQ the walls ~ tlpli
dwelling fall on them, Women we've
shripking unl children huM Ing, while
men were either swearing ur PRAYING,
This was Kept up fer uUuriy "a half huur
when the comIuutiuu finally ,uhsil Il
and the police persuaded the people tn
return To ,hclr houses.
similar scenes were " ucssCd on Null
berry, Jersey and Mott streets,
Where Italians have their colonies
the fright was not So intense, and after q
iitllc their loud shouts and wild gCst-
urrS ceased, \ Few minutes after the
shock, u Eruy-hpircd man rushed into
Madison street police station aud
said several houses on Monroe street
had tumhlcd down, Ambulunces
worc called and reserve force
sent out 10y tho Sergeant, ON arriving
ut the place indicated they found the
street In front col largo tenement
crowded with an excited throng of pcn-
pie, but there was no indication of any
accident, Tho panic was caused nv
m excited man, who rushed out
Into the street shouting, "Iho house l.
iNlliugN Many other Instances of n
similar character were reported in tCnC-
mont house, u. the district, hut rs far
~ can he usu'rtniuud no damage occur
rcd NuNwNDru,
It's cuuHy WAS a matter of much Sporu.
lJtinu, especially among the more i"nO
rant Glasses, and 10 was u long time hr
,uyr many understood the real nature Ut
'Iu occurrence. In Central Park The
shock was moro severe than
in tho surrounding regions, There
were largo crowds on the
walks who were at once thrown into
state OF violent excitement by the
strange rumbling In the ground, which
WAS distinctly heard. Animals In the
were frightened by the
shock aud many of thoin were seen to
trnmhlc a. il in great fear, while they
remained perfectly still after II occurred.
operator Hoffman, at the arsenal was
thrown from his chair lui was not hpI.
Clones of lamps in his office were
The ceiling of the Tenth Precinct
was badly cracked, and a
frame house, ~ Lewis street. was
cracked in several places, aud omc
OF the women, who lived I'm
the house, became unconscious from
fright. \ street car ON Avenue
h was lifted from the track several times
aud several houses are reported thrown
down. At the drug store, corner Ninety
ninth street and Tenth avenue, several
bottles were thrown from the
shelves. \ policeman of the Brook
lyn bridge force reported the shock
felt there and that the great
towers ut either end oscillatcd yis.bly,
while the bridge itself rocked. III"
shock was felt generally. Along river
fronts piers were shaken as if heavily
loaded trucks were passing over them.
At the iron steamboat pier, structure
of solid masonry, the motion was SO v!0-
lent that ticket takers rushed from their
Offices to ascertain the cause.
Late in the afternoon boats were
brought back crowded from Concy Is
land. There the shock seemed 10 be
much more violent than here. PiaZzas
and dining rooms of .hc great hotels were
well filled when the rUmhling noise
was heard, followed by II rocking of the
ground, which made the windows rattle
and shook dishes and wine glasses
from tables. There was a general rush
for open air, ana for sometime great
excitement prevailed.
At the new piers there was a simla"
shock ace ing to the story Of me oft g
sailors. There was distinctly
felt jar noticed by all persons
travelling in street ears, and in many in,
stances the wheels OF the ears seemed
to leave the track, producing the same
effect as when they passed over a
loose switch. The bell Of the
PRESBYTERIAN church on Green Point
swayed back and forth and rang several
times loud enough to be heard
BY all the people living in
the ncighborhood. Other evidences of
the violence of the agitation in Brooklyn
may he mentioned. The stopping Of
clocks, throwing down Of high piles Of
bricks, swinging of lamps and pictures
and the like.
Many Sunday-shools were in session
al the time, and teachers had in some
cases, great difficulty in allaying the
terror of the children and preventing a
panic.
From reports received from Long
Island il appears that the earthquake
visited there with greater severity than
in this city. Along the Atlantic coast of
Long Island the schock was very
violent and vibrations seemed
TO increase in power as
they travelled eastward. In Jamaica
the vibrrtions lasted ten seconds, and
chimneys of several houses toppled
over. No serious damage however IL
reported from any place. In Long
Island City, Flushing milestone and
College Point, the trembling of the
ground was distinctly felt and the shak--
ing of houses pcrceptible. Two hundred
and fifty guest OF Long Beach hotei
the beach and refused to re
turn to the building for some
time, fearing re-occurrence of the
shock.
The alarm by the earthquake every
where was simply astounding and was
the theme of conversation far
into the night, while preachers
in many of the churches discoursed upon
the subject. People prayed who never ,
may have prayed before, only
the more. Pious Catholic women
told their beads and recited a pater and
ave, while men of the faith made the
sign OF the cross. Everybody
confessed being possessed of very Pc
culiar feeling during and Immediately
after the shock, and few there were
who envied the positions Of the occu-
pants of ten-story flats.
There were many thanksgiving at yes
per service that the present visitation
was not more severe and pray
ers offered that the occurrence of an
earthquake may not be attended
by more serious disasters. Reports
from many parts Of New York, Con
New Jersey and Pennsylvania
show that the shock felt was about as
N this city, and was attended with no
graver damage than trembling of CHM
leys or rafting of dishes. Some women
It different points are said to have
'ainted, but no one, as far as known,
lied from fright.
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Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup.
Rev. Sylvanus Cobb thus writes in the
Boston Christian Freeman:-We would
~ no means recommend any kind of
medicine which we did not know to be
ood-particularly for infants. But OF
JrS \(ipSIow'S Soothing SyruD we can