Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-08-15
SHAKEN UP.

New York City Visited by an Earthquake
The Shock Felt Along the seacoast.
New York, Aug. 10-At about eleven
minutes past two O'Clock this afternoon
New York was visited by an earthquake,
which gave the at present blase metrop.
oils veritable sensation. The shock
lasted from two to five seconds, though
many persons estimated it at much
greater period, and was perceptible not
only in New York proper, but in all the
adjoining cities from Long Branch aud
Jersep City to Brooklyn and Coney Is.
land and up the Hudson to Yonkers.
There were three distinctly perceptlble
detonations proceeding in lateral di.
rection from north to south. Men and
women hurried into the streets and on
the tops of houses, while windows in
every direction we're filled with anxious
and excited people. Many women
tainted, others ran into the streets wiring
ing their hands in the most hysterical
manner. declaring that the end of the
world was at hand. At the Brevoort
house, Fifth avenue and Eighth street,
the shock was perceptibly felt The
night clerk, who was still IN bed, was
awakened by the low rumbling noise,
which Jared the furniture in the room
sufficient to break his sleep. Mr.. Murat
Halstead, OF the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette and the new evening paper, was
engaged in writing in an upper room in
the same hotel. Mr.. Halstead says the
vibration was perfectly perceptible, but
thinks it did not last longer than two or
three seconds. His first impression was
that an elevator had fallen or an expio-
sion had occurred in the engine room.
Thinking then that it might be an earth
quake, with newspaper mans instinct
he glanced at his watch and turned to
the window to see if he could see any
falling walls. At the New York hotel,
on Broadway, Mr.. Samuel ] Randall of
Pennsylvania, and few political friends
were lunching. Suddenly there was q
rattling of glass aud general shaking
of dishes which brought the ex.speaker
to his feet in jiffy. A South American
gentleman in the party recognized
the sensations at once. "Why, that is
an earthquake!' he exclaimed, and the
room was vacant in less time than one
can count one. Two blocks above at
the Vienna cafe, the shock caused quite
panic. The house shook from TOP
to bottom, and three of the globes on
the chandeliers fell to the hoor and
were shlvered into thousand pieces. A
bachelor occupying $4,000 year rest.
ing place on the seventh floor Of the tall
apartment house at Twenty eight street
and Broadway reported that the shock
there was very marked. At the Windsor
hotel Mr.. j. G. Flood, the California
millionaire, and family were the first tc
recognize the cause of the trouble, which
was shaking the chandeliers and rafting
the glassware. "We don't notice thos,
things much in San Francisco" he said
but l never expected to be disturbed
by anything of the kind in New York.
, Chairman b. F. Jones, of the republi
can national committee, who lives at tn,
hotel, was sitting in bis room reading a
the time. Il felt three distinct waves
as it We're" SAID he tonight, and nov
that 1t ls over, l suppose it is to b,
interpreted as corresponding to the thre,
candidates which are shaking the coun
try. was not alarmed" he added, 40
it was all over before realized what ha,
caused It,"
Gen. Coils. of the brokerage firm o
Coils & Levy, who lives at Fifty.thirs
street and Madison avenue, said:
l was sitting at dinner with my wifi
and daughter, when we discovered tina
there were marked detonations Irushe,
to the tube and asked the enginee
whether there was anything the matte
with the elevator. We we're all some
what troubled but it was all over befor
We could realize our DANGER
The disturbance at the adjoining sea
\ side resorts was more perceptlble evel
than in the city. At Manhattan beacl
the bathcrs we're thrown into the great
est confusion and the beach was file,
, with excited men and women. Th
crater rose high above its normal stage
There was no actual damage done t
property beyond the shatte1ing of glas
globes and crockery. At the Pavilion
hotel on Staten Island the shock wa
very decided, and something of pani
was threatened. One colored boy jump
ed through window and received
number of painful wounds. A Dime
, party on Twenty.fifth street was inter
rnpted by the hostess rising from til
table with the startled exclamation
What is that?" A gentleman said
"That's one of our California earth
quakes," and then second shaking 0
the wall caused HIM to remark, 1T i
quite as successful as any of them." A
the foot of the inclined plane peopl
were seen to rise in the seats of thei
cars and almost spring ont, but the shoc
was over in q second.