The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-20
THE SHOCK ELSEWHERE.
The Effect Produced in Northwestern Ohio
and Southern MICHIGAN.

The Effect Produced in Northwestern Ohio
and Southern Michigan.
TOLEDO, o., Sept 19.-Reports from various
points IN this vicinity show the shock of earth
| quake, which occurred this afternoon, to have
been quite general throughout northwestern
Ohio and Southern Michigan. The duration Of
the shock was ten to thirty seconds, and its
course apparently from southwest to northeast
1t was most violent at Defiance Ohio, where the
swaying of buildings created much consternar
ton People hastily abandoned their houses,
and the Methodist conference, in session at one
of the churches, Immediately adjourned to the
street A meeting of the Ladies Missionary
Society, which was in progress at the time, was
also quickly dismissed. Glass was broken in a
number of buildings, but no serious damage was
done
At Celina, O., goods in stores were thrown
from the shelves, and passengers at the railroad
station ran out, thinking train had struck the
building,
At Napoleon, Fostoria, Clyde, Bryan, Archi-
bald and intermediate points the shock was dis
tinctly felt, rafting windows and crockery but,
SO far as reported, doing no material damage
In this city the large building occupied by the
Milburn Wagon Company was perceptibly
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caused by the moving of heavy machinery A
noise similar to that produced by a distant ex-
plosion is said to have been heard in some parts
of the city, while in other portions the shock
was unnoticed.
At Cleveland three distinct, but not very
| heavy shocks were felt at 2:4T p NJ The largest
buildings rocked slightly. The motion was felt
| plainest in the upper stories. Telegraph and
other wires quiyered so as to attract attention,
and many people felt sensation of dizziness
peculiar to such terrestrial connections The
vibrations extended over period of nto fifteen
| seconds. No noise was noticed, and no damage
resulted. Cleveland seems to have been near
the eastern border of an earthquake extending
as far as central Indiana, at least
Reports received from Akron, Genoa, Ft
Recovery, Rayenna, Sidney, Marion, Sandusky,
Urbana, kenton, Crestline, Coldwater and
Upper Sandusky, O., Union City and Muncie,
Ind. say that all these places felt the earthquake
slightly The shock was violent at Bellefontaine.
At Dupont it was felt plainly; at Findlay it
was severe Hogate reports that it was felt
plainly and stopped the clocks. Norwalk says
it gave us good shake At Clyde the shock
ratified windows and scared women. At Rawson
it was plainly felt and was accompanied with
rumbling noise. At Bluffton the shock was
plainly felt; houses were shaken, making win
dows and doors rattle, and people were badly
frightened; there was sound like distant
thunder. Arcadia reports a similar experience.
At Toledo o., the shock was distinctly felt, and
lasted fifteen secoLds The noise resembled
that of distant blast. Reports from surround
ing towns in every direction are to the effect
that the shock was plainly felt in some in
stances rocking buildings and displacing con.
tents
A shock of earthquake was felt at Columbus
at 2:14 standard 242 local time, swaying objects
perceptibly toward the south and back. There
were two vibrations distinctly marked and some
report third more gentle. The two motions
occupied about second each. They were felt
in every part of the city and in all surrounding
towns for radius of one hundred miles. In
the high-school and other large buildings the
shock was severest. In the upper stories of the
Statehouse, City Hall and asylnms the occu-
sane sane asylum one m chandelier was swung 50 much
as to fall and break to pieces An arch Of q
church in course of construction was Jared so
| that it fell Pictures and chandeliers swung,
and desks moved There was no serious loss.