New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-11
A SENSATION AT THE HOTELS.
A w1DrsrRrAD SUSPICION or ELrvArors-rE

A WIDLSPRIAD SUSPICION or Ili.N Al'''' ii---'-
GRAPH OPERATORS GOSSIP.
Nowhere was the shock felt more severely than
in the large hotels The experiences in all of them
We're about the same. First came heavy umbliug
sound. increasing in volume. and then vibration
of the building The swaving motion was much
more violent in the upper than IN the lower
stories. although plainly perccpub.e Oh the ground
Hoorsand III the Easements. here was NOT SD Mu'n
felt by the guests as might have been expected
The duration of the shock. from twelve TO niireu
seconds. was great enough TO acqualnt most
porson, with the character Of the visitation
Those who were the eround-Hoor III
most cases went into the street the movements OF
some being considerably accelerated One OF the
ruest, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel ran down from
an unre, floor and into the street without his coat
and hat He was the only one who made so un-
Identified an exit. some timid persons ran into
Madison square, thinking that if there was to be
oanoraI ov,rturu that there they would be safe from
falling buildings. Many of the hotel guests came
down and discussed the details of the shock. A
resident of California, guest at the tlith Avenue
Hotel was talking with Clerk Carr whom the hrst
rumblIuCs were heard
That is very much like an earthquake ne
said
| lie ar once tool, his watch from lis pocket ami
| announced the time as 2:iO pm.
! Clerk Carr ,iid
Tie shock y,a- per- opubv felt a through the house.
+ was ,u0 rcntv marked here m te office 90 cause lhe
,o1.- on the chandelier. 10 rattle The rlmolu- no-'
% a ne. ezra2g{ ,, ou' M ' .,,a.. , er a. te oc1toas
wer' ID mira-I. Inc I'D Pc violent .n, being li-a.rup.
The clerk at the Hoffman House SAID:
Ourpxrerence w1s p.o' 'tuy ahou the same as that OF
our ueig Ibos. IN re wa NJ rimon- n"1.' as II
/ heavy track wac passing along tne sIe,4 Len i-e
noise med 10 be overhead ana t-en ien '-e "-e'1
/ uons.
THE cler, of the Victoria Hotel one of the high
| est buildings ia Broadway, SAID;
We have ben max NJ some % rrpar. on eT mi.ngy ,
caused by IN f. Then tie chandeliers BEGAN to Iii IT,
3IaL nook TI, wave seemed pass diI on lly acro-,
Inc Office T.er not much aiafm anoaa our 5te,,' 49,
altbnu h 4 the sh ck and Ve'" ANXIOUS To o" ill
/ c,use MANY thought 10 was cue to an explosion
The clerk ON duty i'm the Gii-cy House, said;
When first fell th, shock thought that thc elevator
d nro en- loose a'd W., conn Z ,.Wi' , ,,,re
bnck to the desk just tu time 10 srr the cmn''l.I,
| of th guests came down-thrs 10 know VIII" Wa. t'r
matter. III vib auHn "1s strong en- u-u lo a" h.h Il
1oo,s rep-r ma, the vibration wee marked and that
| there was mo- m staaiug thc oscillations -.
Secretary Nroomau, of the Rrpuhlcau Sljte
| Committee was dining I'm the restaurant OF the
Gilscy House. Tie SAID that The vibrations were s'
violent as to rattle pie OF dishes near MN. u'
glass globes on the chandeliers were also ,on'.u'I-
On he West Side of tho city in the vicinity Of
EIghth-avc. and Twenty -turd-st. the shock was
strougy felt There was hrst rumblng sound
and then q motion aS If heavy objects were being
moved ON the floors above. Al. tne residents were
soon ON their front steps or n the street anxiously
iuouirlup of their uc gLoors what the unusual eI-
/ pcrlencr meant. y, -
A. The Windsor Hotel there were the same expe-
rieuces the same sensations and thoughts as To tAe
c.ii,c of the trcmOr and rumDhng sound. h'
| number of transient guests was small llel' "'lI
oniv about 100 registered. and tie inquiries As 10
The cause of the unusual noise were few. he buid-
| ing itself was not injured apparently, but mos,
Who were the upper floors sa4d that II sway 60
/ peTccptlDly.