The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-09-26
AN EARTHQUAKE.
States-No More Serious Damage than q
General Scare Reported.

quake were felt il many parts of Cleveland.
The vibrations seemed to pass from west to
east. The shock was felt at the Cleveland.
Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis RaH-
road freight house. where chairs
danced about and gas fixtures swayed VIC
lently. FulIer's carpet-beating works.
ninety-two-foot building on Quincy
street. at the Cleveland & Pitts
burgh crossing, rocked quite violent
ly. Persons sitting facing north
were shaken on their chairs. The attaches
of the signal-service station agree that the
shocks were 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 oil
telegraph wires in front of the office
window were perceptibly agitated by
the shock. T. A. Coburn, an architect,
whose office is in the Blackstone
block, was ia the fifth story ei
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 on the west side as te
sound sleep. The x-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 sort of tremor.
At Monroeville the shock was SO
severe as to create panic in all parts OF
| the city, and especially i'll 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
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
| sch0ol-house at New London, tall
structure, rocked, and panic was barely
averted among the pupils. The shock
was also distinctly felt at Sanduslly, Ur-
bana, Kenton, Crestline, Coldwater, Belle
fontaine and Lima. At Ottawa there was
almost panic at reunion being held in
the courthouse. The shock at RaWson
was accompanied by rumbling noise, and
at Holgate it stopped clocks. Several
large brick buildings were so severed Y
shaken at Albany that architects thought
they were going to fall
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 20.--A shock OF
earthquake was felt here at 2:42 D, m. yes
terday swaying objects perceptibly toward
the south and back There were two yibra-
lions distinctly marked, and some report a
third more gentle. The two motions occul-
pied a second elch. 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 aud 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 TO life or property.
CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 20.-About three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon a slight tremor
was felt in 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 Cincinnati. In Cliff
| ton the agitation was so violent as to ring
the bells on tables, and in some instances
on doors In Gumminsyille, northwest
ern ward of Cincinnati, the tremor was felt
SO distinctly as to cause a, deal of alarm,
not only in the public schools, where the
pupils were with difficulty kept in their
! seats, but in private houses.
TOLEDO, o., Sept. 20.-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 con-
sternation. The people hastily aban-
doned their houses, and Methodist con-
/ ference 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 train had struck the
building. At Napoleon, Clyde, Bryan,
| Archibald, Fostora 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 other
portions the shock was unnoticed.
IN INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Sept, 20.-A very
| perceptible shock of earthquake was felt i
this city yesterday afternoon. In some To-
calities it was so severe as to cause a TEN.
porary panic. At public schools Nos. 10
and % the children rushed pell-mell into
the streets. The officers in the court house
We're badly frightened, and the
fireman in the watch-tower says
it swayed SO violently that he
thought it was going to topple over. All
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, WestfieId,
Nobesyille, Shelbyville, 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 very
severe.
Fort WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 90 "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, car on
the Rrand Rapids & Indiana side track
WAC otditcu, duO dJ AuDuFn. DprGy miles
north, glassware behind the BARN saloon
was shaken down.
IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept 20.-An earth
quake shock was felt here at 2:45 yesterday
afternoon. 1t did no damage, but fright
ened many persons, particularly those in
high buildings. The shock lasted from ten
to twenty seconds. Boat Captains say
there was noticeable rise in the river
at the same time The employees
of the Whitney Organ Company say
the building vibrated at least fourteen
inches. In the Chamber of Commerce
building the shock was felt on the lowest
floor. James Donovan, sitting on the
ground floor, was shaken violently in his
chair Advices from Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti,
Marshall and other points in the State say
the shock was distinctly felt in each.
IN IOWA.
DUBUQUE, Ia, Sept 2O-An earthquake
shock was felt here at 2:05 yesterday morn
ing BE- the printers in the upper story of The
Herald office. The building was felt to
tremble and waver
IN KENTUCKY.
CovINGTON, KY, Sept 20-Quite a Sc
we're earthquake shock was felt here yester-