Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10
AN EARTHQUAKE.
Severe Shocks Felt in Several Western
states-No More Serious Damage than q
General Scare Reported.

H.. yesterday three distinct shocks OF earth
quake were felt in many parts OF Cleveland.
The vibrations seemed to pass from west to
east. Thu shock was felt at the Cleveland,
Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Rail
road freight house, where chairs
danced about and gas fixtures swayed vio-
lently. Fuller's carpet-beating works.
q ninety-rwo-foot building on Quincy
street, at the Cleveland e. Pitts
burgh e.ossing, rocked quite violent
ly. Persons sitting facing north
were shaken on their chairs. The attaches
of the signal-service station agree that the
shocks We're three in number, ard in dura-
ton from fifteen to thirty seconds. There
are no instruments at the station which
would record the vibration. The mass OF
telegraph wires in front of the office
window were perceptibly agitated by
the shock. +. A. Coburn, an architect,
whose office is in the Blackstone
block, was i'll the fifth story of
the building. He thought the building
would fall, and went down into the street
to ascertain what caused the shake. The
shock was so severe Oh the west side as to
rouse a man residing Oh Detroit street from
asound sleep. The siX-story Lake Shore
Railway building shook perceptibly, and a
colored janitor was so frightened that he fell
on his knees and began to pray. The vi
bratiOns were confined to two or three rock
ings, and died away in a sort of tremor.
At Monroeville the shock wal so
severe as to create Il panic i'll all parts OF
the city, and especially in the school build
ings. Reports show that the shock was
first felt about thirty miles west Of Toledo,
and that it seemed to travel from west to
east. At Rochester, on the Bee line, while
a farmer was driving into town, the earth
seemed to rock back and forth from east to
west, and his vehicle was so shaken that
he was fairly thrown from his seat. The
school house at New London, a tall
structure, rocked, and a panic was barely
averted among the pupils. The shock
was also distinctly felt at Sandusky, Ur-
bana, Kenton, Crestline, Coldwater, Belle
fontaine and Lima. At Ottawa there was
almost a panic at a reunion being held in
the courthouse. The shock at Rawson
was accompanied by a rumbling noise, and
at Holgate it stopped clocks. Several
large brick buildings were so severely
shaken at Albany that architects thought
they were going to fall. &.
SSttNhboS, W., oCpl. ~O.-tA SIjOCh VI
earthquake was felt here at 2:42 D. m. yes
terday swaying objects percep,ibly toward
the south and back. There We're two vibra-
lions distinctly marked, and some report a
third more gentle. The two motions occll-
pied a second each. They were felt in
every part OF this city. In the high
and large buildings the shock was
worst. In the upper stories of the State
House, city hall and the asylums the occu-
pants got out as quick as possible. at the
insane asylum one chandelier was swung
so much as to fall and break to pieces. An
arch OF a church in the course Of construc-
ton was Jared so that it fell. Dishes in
cupboards were displaced, windows ratified,
and desks and floors moved. No serious
loss 10 life OF property.
CINCINNATI, o., Sept. 20-About three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon a slight tremor
was felt in a number of larger buildings in
the city, but was not attributed to an EARTH
quake until Geographic dispatches from the
West came in. 1t WAS quite different in
some of the suburbs of Cincinuati. In Cliff
ton the agitation was so violent as TO ring
the bells on tables. and in some instances
Oh doors. In Cumminsyitle, a northwest
ern ward Of Cincinnati, the tremor was felt
so Distinctly as ff66 cause a deal of alarm,
lnor OILY in the public schools, where the
pupils were with difficulty kept in their
seats, but in private N0nsts.
TOLEDO, o., Sept. 2O.-Reports from va
rious points in this vicinity show that the
shock Of earthquake which occurred yester-
day afternoon has been quite general
throughout northwestern Ohio. The dura-
ton OF the shock was from ten to
thirty seconds and the course apparently
from southwest to northeast. 1t was
most violent at Defiance, O., where
the swaying of timbers created much coli
sternation. The people hastily aban-
doned their houses, and Il Methodist con-
terence in session at one Of the churches
Immediately adjourned to the street. No
serious damage was done. at Cecil, O.,
goods in the store were thrown from the
shelves, and passengers at the railway sta
ton ran out, thinking a train had struck the
building. AT Napoleon, Clyde, Bryan,
Archibald, Fostoria and Intermediate points,
the shock was distinctly felt, but as far as
reported did no material damage. Noise
which was similar to that produced by a
distant explosion is said to have been heard
in some parts of the city, while in othe,
portions the shock was unnoticed,
IN INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Sept. 2O.-A yery
pelceptiole SHOCK Ol eartnQuake was felt in
this city yesterday afternoon. In some To-
calltles it was so severe as to cause a TEN.
porary panic. At public schools Nos. 10
and 90 the children rushed pell-lnell into
the streets. The officers in the court house
were badly frightened, and the
fireman in the watch-tower says
it swayed SO violently that lie
thought it was going to topple over. AT
the United States Arsenal the globes were
Jared from the chandeliers, and windows
were broken in several parts of the city. AS
near as can be determined there were sew
enteen distinct waves, lasting about thirty
seconds. Reports from Lebanon, Westfeld.
Noblesvllle, S~lelbyville, Frankfort. Dan.
vile, Greencastle, Muncie, Elkhart, Union
City, Portland, Hartford, and many other
points show that the shock was distinctly
felt at all of them, and in some was yery
severe.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 20. "A severe
earthquake shock was felt here yesterday
afternoon about 2:40 The undulations are
estimated to have lasted from five to ten
seconds, and apparently moved from north
to south. At Winchester, Ind, a car on
the brand Rapids Il Indiana side track
was started, and at Auburn. forty miles
north, glassware behind the bar in a saloon
was shaken down.
IN MICHIGAN.
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