The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.
Michigan, West Virginia, Indiana
and Ohio Shaken Up.
The Force Extends to Kentucky, Iowa
and 0ntario--Thrae Shocks Felt.

Dispatches from various sections of the West
have given accounts of an earthquake shock
which disturbed the equanimity of the peoples
but was not nearly so alarming as the pro
onged shock which frightened the res
dents of the Atlantic seaboard
some time ago. Details of the shock are
given in the following dispatches from vari
GUS Western points, sent Immediately after
the upheaval:
Chicago ILL.,: Dispatches received from
points in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio indi-
cate that the Western attempt at an earth
quake was but weak imitation of the recent
shalIeup in the East. No damage to prop
elty is reported from any quarter, and the
shocks were very slight and brief, last
ing from twenty seconds to about a minute.
In Michigan the shock was felt at Ann Ar
hor, Schoolcraft, Adrian, Grand Rapids,
Hisdale, Hudson, Jackson, Lansing, Mar
shall, and other points AT Schoolcraft
three distinct shocks were felt The time of
the shocks is variously reported from 2;l5 to
3P. NJ. Three shocks were felt at Angola,
Ind, at 1858 p NJ, and between 2:15
and 325 p. NJ. shocks were felt at Auburn,
Aurora, Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Ligonier,
Marion, Michigan City, Muncie, Madison,
Indianapolis, Danvlle, Anderson, Wabash
and other points in Indiana. In Ohio the
shocks were felt at Cleveland, Delphos Mans
field, Norwalk, Tiflin, GAINESVILLE, Mount
Vernon, Columbus and Coshocton. As
, far as reported the time was from
reported in Illinois or other States in this
section. The tremor was accompanied at all
points by noise resembling thunder Tall
buildings We're perceptibly shaken and plaster
shaken from the walls. A second shock was
felt at many places. College students school
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alarm at many places and people rushed out
of their houses and stores.
Cleveland Ohio: At $50 o'clock this
afternoon an earthquake shock was felt
swayed slightly to and fro, and hundreds of
people rushed into the streets anXiously IN
/ uuiring the cause of the sudden vibration
Three attaches at the Signal Service
station felt the shock-three short
and distinct vibrations of the earth's sur
face The first one was timed at 2:47, local
time, and the other two followed in quick sue
cession. They lasted from five to ten seconds
The mass of telegraph wires in front of the
Western Union Telegraph office and also in
front of the signal office were noticed to sway
considerably. The compositors i'll the PtdiH-
deuier office experienced the shock, and many
compositors lett their cases, thinking the
building was going to tumble, The shock was
felt III the interior of the State, and it APP
parently extended over a large territory. In
F NOrtn Amherst l0t SHOCK was LEU al ABOUT
2:40. In Belefontaine it was also noticed
shortly before o'clock. From Cecil comes the
report "A violent shock of earthquake rocked
this town at PHI, throwing goods from
the shelvings in the railroad station. The
passengers rushed out. thinking "A train had
struck the building. 1t lasted ten seconds
In Archbold, at 2:l3 p. NJ, standard
time, shock lasting about twenty seconds
was felt The buildings shook, but
no damage was done In Fostoria the time
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few minutes before o'clock very percep-
tible earthquake shock was felt
indianapolis Ind: The earthquake shock
was distinctly felt in indianapolis, but no
damage was done. Its manifestation was
much more decided in some places than in
Others and in a few instances occupants of
] buildings were terror-stricken by the nvisi.
, BILE force The Vance block is one of the
highest buildings in the city, and in
the upper floors the vibrations
were so pronounced that the occupants ran
into the halls on the lower floors. The sensa-
ton induced feeling of lightheadedness. In
two of the public school buildings the chill
dren We're almost panic stricken and one of
them tainted. City Librarian De Hooper
was the only statistically inclined OBJ
vibrations, lasting four or five
seconds. All high buildings were shaken,
but the visit was unsupported by the great
ma iority of people.
Wheeling, West Va; At 2;52 o'clock this
afternoon a severe shock of earthquake was
felt in this city. The movement was most
apparent to inmates of tall buildings, the
upper floors of which swayed sufficiently to
jar lamp shades swing pictures from
the wall, and displace light articles on
shelves. Many, people supposed boiler
explosion had taken place, and
there was considerable excitement and much
inquiry to the location of the accident,
until the real cause was explained The
motion was from northeast to southwest, and
lasted from three to five seconds. No serious
damage has been reported. Bellaire, Martins
Ferry, Bridgeport, Cadiz, st. Clairsville,
Steubenville, GAINESVILLE, and other points in
Eastern Ohio report about the same state of
affairs
Cincinnati, Ohio: A few minutes before
o'clock this afternoon the telegraph operator
at the Bee Line station, in Cincinnati, re-
ceived dispatches from the operators all
along that road from Cincinnati to Lafayette,
Ind. inquiring if the earthquake shock had
oeen felt in Cincinnati, and stating that 1t
had been perceptble at the offices from
which the inquiries We're sent About
) o'clock, Cincinnati time, the operator
perceived slight tremor in the build
ing. The same thing was noticed in various
Offices in the city, but was not attributed to
the earthquake until Geographic dispatches
from TIL West had come in 1t was quite
dlift rent III some of the SUBURBS of Cincinnati
IN Chiffon the agitation was 50 violent rs to
ring bells on tables and in some instances at
doors In Cumminsville, the northwest
ern ward of Cincinnati, the tremor
was felt so distinctly as to cause
quite an alarm, not only in the
public schools, where the pupils were
with difficulty kept in their seats, but also in
private houses The shock was so slight in the
business part of the city as not , be noticedby
n majority of the citizens. The time of the
earthquake, as reported by those who noticed
ii, varies from 230 to few minutes after
). and the duration of the shock is variuusly
exported from ten to twenty seconds. Adj
vices from Indiana report that the shock was
felt at Seymour few minutes before 5 o'clock
and that it was also felt with great severity
in Lawrenceburg, Ind, about the same tlnie
In the latter town the shock was so violent as
to be recognized by every one as that Of an
earthquake. 1t caused great alarm in the
school-house, which was soon vacated
by the pupils. The clock was thrown
from the shelf Many of the children in
their frantic endeavors to get out of the
building jumped out of the windows of TIE
lower story. No one was hurt, however
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