New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-20
AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST
IHItEE DISTINCT SHOCKS AT CLEVELAND.
NohlHEhN ONO nrDrtY sHARrv-ALAHM iy
SCHOOL nousrs-pEHsoNs MADE SICK.

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oftVttANb. Sept 80 II bree dlqtlnct shocks of
earthquake wofo folt IN nany parts ~ Cleveland
~ s''o D. M. today the vibrations seeming 30 pasa
Ioi' W'st 70 easf Tho shock waa felt AZ tho Glove,
Nhn 'olhnbua Cincinnati aud indianapolis Rail.
ION" lrlght house. Whrrf oLalfa danced about aud
kHA'hAtnie7 sWayed violently Fnllera Garnet
b'htng Works nlnety-two foot building In Ouin.
cyst, az tho Cleveland and pttsburg crossing.
rocked 30 that persons sitting facing the north
were shaken IN their chairs and much startled.
IAIee men OF the signal Service station felt the
shocks agreeing that they were three in number.
ana lasting from fifteen to thirty seconds Ser
geah1 Line was busy at the time and was skeptlcal
at hfst' Assistant Payne timed the shock nj o:t7
local time There are no instruments at the sta
ton which would record the vibration The mass
OF telegraph wires in front of the Office window
were perceptibly agitated
+. \. Coburn, an architect of the firm Of Coburn
~ barnum in the Blackstone Block. was in the
MIN story Of the building. He said that he felt
lle snock' and be thought that the building would
lal' The shock was felt most distinctly on the
"es1 SIDE and was so as TO rouse n man liv-
ing az No. 3'l Detroit-st., from % sound sleep The
S'X-Story Lake shore Railway building shook per-
ceptloly' and coored iaultor was 50 frightened
that the fell on hi, knees and began 70 pray At
+Ic ','c oi me ie"HY Fre9s, an evening newspaper.
hefe seemed to be two or three sudden swavinas of
ue bfck binding. The tables moved slightly on
lhc moor, So as To interrupt writing. The motion
was from west To east and was confined 10 two or
a trcmOr. '' '
u he train dispatcher of the Lake Shore and Bee
Line roads received reports from all parts of Ohio
Ihulaha and Michigan conc aruing the cart hqual<c
II was lct most distinctly at Defiance where goods
"'Ic sHdheu from the shelves OI stores. At Mon /
IVet hr th" shock was severe To- create panic
IN an parts 0t the city and especially m the school
' Llu'll ms. reports from along the Lake Shore /.
ROAD show that the shock about thirty
miles from Toledo. and that IL seemed to travel I
from west to east At Rochester. on the Bee Line
a farmer was driving into town northward The f
ehrth sreend 10 rock back and forth from east 10 .
Wcst. ana ma vehicle was so shaken that he was
larry thrown from his seat. At New-l London on /
the bee Line. {. t. llealy. excursion agent of the .
Iodd was receiving message when the shock inter
fupted hW. and his chandelier swavcd to and fro
rocked aul panic was barely avertcd among the
pupils At Canton the shock, though slight.
liectcd many persons with dizziness resembling
vertigo, and one young man was wholly pros
rated He sensation lasted two minutes at Nor |
walk. where crOckcry was shaken from the shelves /
ma broken. and people rushed into the streets by
hundreds. Many suffered as from an attack of sea .
lcFnr'7. bindings were rocked violently M Dcia /
ware aud the great clock in the Court House was
displaced and lt- movement stopped AZ Lima the I
ast school binding was cracked 900 several places /
Dee bricks parting half AN inch Teachers and
iupIs Icit th" building IN cou-tcTu1tiou 4 low, |
rmblinV sound accompanied the vibration M this
'oiut. A. Ic.lelontaino lrhauo. Akron Fiudlav
nd hali hundred other towns on Northern OuO
hc shock was felt for period of ten seconds. but
O casualty is reported.