Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-20
A WESTERN EARTHQUAKE
PEOPLE BADLY FRIGHTENED
BUT NO DAMAGE DONE.

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PEOPLE BADLY FRIGHTENED
BUT NO DAMAGE DONE.
The Duration of the Vibrations Less
Than Half Minute-PeopIe in High
Buildings Rush Into the Street in
TerrOr-Many Cities Feel the Shock
But Escape Unharmed.
CINCINNATI, Sept. ia few minutes
before O'Clock this afternoon telegraph
operator at the Bee Line depot in Cincin-
natl received dispatches from operators
all along that road from Cincinnati to La
/ tayette, Ind, inquiring if an earthquake
shock had been felt in Cincinnati. and
stating that it had been perceptible at
/ the offices from which the inquiries were
/ sent. About O'Clock, Cincinnati time,
/ the operator perceived a slight tremor in
the building. The same thing was no.
/ ticed in various offices in the
/ city, but was not attributed
/ to an earthquake until telegraphic dis
/ patches from the West had come in. 1t
/ was quite different in some of the suburbs
/ OF Cincinnati. In Clifton the agitation
/ was so violent as to ring bells on tables
/ and doors. In Cumminsville, the north
/ western ward of Cincinnati, the tremOr
was felt so distinctly as to cause quite an
/ alarm, not only in the public schools
| where pupils were with difficulty kept in
tneir seats, but also in private houses.
CHmD's TERROR
The house of Capt. Frasier, of Cum
mlnsyllle, was so violently shaken that
/ the inmates became alarmed In the
/ Mornington school house. in the north
| eastern part of Cincinnati, an agitation
was felt, which was recognized at
/ once by the teachers as being
caused by an earthquake. Here, too, it
/ required all the authority of the teachers
/ to avoid panic. The shock was so slight
In the business portion of the city as not
to be noticed by a majority of people. In
/ COylngtOn, KY, Mr.. WOrthington's resi-
/ dence on Fourth street was so yio-
/ lently shaken that his little daughter
| lying sick in bed screamed with terror,
| saying that some one was moving the bed.
| The family of August Haven, next door,
were at dinner. The shock was so severe
| as to spill water from glasses on the table
and the family sprang to their feet i'm
alarm. The assistant observer at the
/ United states Signal Service station was
/ reading the thermometer for several min
| utes between 2:3O and O'Clock. and he
/ says that he noticed 10 agitation
| OF the mercury III the glass at that or any
| other time during the afternoon.
THE TIME OF THE DISTURBANCE.
! The time of the earthquake, as reported
! by those who noticed it, varies from 2:3O
to a few minutes after O'Clock, and the
| duration of the shock is variOusly report
| ed at from 10 to 20 seconds.
| Advices from Indiana report that the
! shock was felt at Seymour a few minutes
! before O'Clock, and that it was also felt
/ with great severity in LaWrenceburg
/ In ba 1oe
! ter place the shock was so vio-
! lent as to be recognized bv every
| one as that of an earthquake.
! 1t caused great alarm in the school
! house, which was soon vacated by the
/ pupils. A clock was thrown from shelf
| Many of the children, in their frantic en-
! deaYOrs to get out of the building iumped
! out of windows. No one, however. was
/ hurt. The tremor, where it was not Sc
| we're, resembled that caused by a heavily
! loaded wagon passing along the street. or
a railroad train rushing by. The indica-
/ tiOns are that the wave passed from the
! southwest to the northeast.
IN THE TOLEDO REGION.
TOLEDO, o., Sept. ia shock of earth
! quake was distinctly felt here at 2:20
/ O'Clock this afternoon and lasted fifteen
! seconds. The noise resembled that of a
/ distant blast. Reports from the surround
/ ing towns in every direction are to the
| same effect, rocking buildings and dis
/ placing heir contents.
Reports from various points in this
/ vicinity show that the shock of earth.
| quake which occurred this afternoon was
/ quite general throughout Northwestern
| OHIO and Southern Michigan. The duration
/ Ofthe shock was from ten to thirty seconds,
| and the course apparently from southwest
| to northeast. 1t was most violent
/ at Defiance, Ohio, where the swaying of
! buildings created much CONSERVATION.
/ People hastily abandoned their houses,
| and the Methodist Conference, in session
| at one of the churches, Immediately ad-
| jOurned and the people rushed to the
/ street, meeting of the Ladies' Mission
! airy Society, in progress at the time, was
| also quickly dismissed. Glass was broken
in a number of buildings but no serious
damage done.
GOODS THROWN FROM COUNTERS.
! At Cecil, Ohio, goods in stores were
| thrown from shelves, and passengers at
/ the railway station ran out, thinking that
/ a train had struck the building.
At Napoleon, Clyde, Bryan, ArchbOld,
/ FOstOria and intermediate points, the
| shock was also felt. rattling windows and
| crOckery, but, so far as reported, doing
no material damage.
In this city a large building occupied
/ by the MIlburn Wagon Company was per-
/ ceptibly shaken. The employees supposed
1 the vibration to have been caused by the
moving Of a heavy piece of machinery.
| The noise was similar to that of distant
| explosion and is said to nave been heard
in some parts of the city. In others the
| shock was unnOticed. The shock was
/ strong in Bellefontaine.
ALMOST A PANIC.
1t shook the largest building in the
town of Ottawa and ratified tableware,
and almost caused panic at a reunion
| being held in the court house.
At Dupont the shock was plainly felt.
| CrOckery-ware was Knocked down.
At Findlay, Ohio, the shock was severe.
The shock was quite severe at NOrwalk,
| Ohio. Windows were shaken and timid
persons scared.
At FostOria, o., great excitement pre-
vailed. Everything was shaken and the
| jars in the drug store were knocked from
| their shelves.
INDIANA TOWNS.
Reports have been received from the
following towns in Indiana
At Portland the shock was slight.
At Red Key there was a slight shock.
Several business men ran into the street
to see if their buildings were falling. and
to ascertain the cause of the vibration.
Great excitement prevailed for amoment.
At Albany large brick buildings shook
so that the inhabitants thought that they
were going to fall to the earth.
At Beaverdam, Pa, there was very
severe shock. Everything was consider
ably shaken up, and there was great eX-.
citement. No damage was done, except
to glassware and kindred articles.
At PainesvIlle, WillOughby and Ashta-
bula no shock was felt.
At Youngstown slight shock was eX-
peIierced.
TWO DISTINCT VIBRATIONS.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, Sept ia shock of
earthquake was felt here this afternoon
at 2:f4 O'Clock. Objects were swaye1
perceptibly toward the South and back.
There were two vibrations distinctly
marked and some people report third
more gentle. The two motions occupied
about one second each. They were felt
in every part of the city and in all sur
rounding towns for a radius of
100 miles. In high and large buildings
the shock was telt the worst. In the up
per stories Of the State House, the City
Hall and the asylum the occupants got
out as quickly as possible. At the Insane
ASYLUM a chandelier fell ana broke in
pieces. An arch in church in course of
construction was Jared so that it fell.
Dishes were displaced, windows ratified,
pictures and chandeliers were seen swing
ing, and desks and floors moved.
A sWAYING MOTION IN DETROIT.
DETROIT, Sept. 19.-An earthquake
shock was felt here at 2:45 O'Clock this
afternoon. No damage was done, but the
shock frightened many people. In some
localities, particularly in high buildings,