Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-09-20
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.
ouro AND OTHER STATES DISTURBED.
Great Excitement Caused by the Tromor,
but Little damage and NO Loss OF
Lie As Yet teportsu.

in many Of the larger buildings of Cleve.
land, Ohio. At the Press office there
1 seemed to be two or three sudden swayiugs
| of the brick building, and the tables
| waved on the floor so as to interrupt
writing. The motion was from west to
east, ard was confined to two or three
BOOKINGS, finally subsiding and dying
was folt at the Cleveland, Columbus,
| Cincinnatti & indianapolis railroad
freight house, where chairs danced about
and gas fixtures swsyed violently.
Fuller's carpet beating works rocked
| violently. Persons sitting facing north
| were shaken in their chairs and much
startled. The attaches of the signal ser.
vice station felt the shocks, agreeing that
they were three in number, and in duration
from fifteen to thirty seconds. Sergeant
Line was busy at the time, and was skepti.
cal at first. Assistant Payne timed the
shock at thirteen minutes to o'clock,
local time. There arc no instruments at
the station which would record the vibra.
ton. Another operator at the office, who
was balancing his chair on two legs, IL
just the proper position, was nearly thrown
from his seat.
The mass of telegraph wires in front OF
the Office window were perceptibly agitated
by the shock. +. A. Coburn, an architect
OF the Blackstone block, was in the fifth
story of the building, aud said he thought
the structure would tumble. Several
buildings are reported injured. Large
sections Of plastering fell from the ceilings
of the new post office building. The shock
appeared To chase across the city like u
streak of lightning. On one street il was
severe, while two blocks away it WAS not
felt at ALL
The earthquake was general throughout
the lower Lake region. The shock was felt
a. Akron, Canton. Columbus, Fostoria,
Defiance, Toledo, North Amherst, Cecil,
Bsllefoutaine aud other points throughout
Northern Ohio. 1t did not extend south
of Columbus. At Toledo pictures, furn
iture and household goods were thrown
from the shelves. At Cecil goods were
thrown from the shelves, In the depot the
passengers rushed out of the building,
thinking train bad crushed into il. In
West Cleveland, tho shock was more
severe than in any portion of this city. 4
night watchman was awakened from a
sound sleep, and, fearing tho end of the
world was at hand, rushed into the street,
and, falling upon his knees, began to
pray.
Women and children ran into the streets
, crying bitterly. 4. Rockport q farmer
who was riding along 10 his carriage, was
thrown to the ground aud his wagon was
badly damaged. At New London pan.
) demonium reigned aud the public schools
r were dismissed. Reports continued to
arrive from nearly every section OF
Nothern Ohio, but mp to this time no
serious results have been reported.
tiEcInnsus experience.
A few minutes before 8 o'clock Thurs
day afterndoI the telegraph operator at
the Bee Line hpot in Cincinnati received
} dispatches from the operators all along
that road from Cincinnati to Lafayette,
Ind, inquiring if the earthquake shock
had been felt in Cincinnati, and stating
that it had been perceptIble at the offices
from which the inquiries were sent. About
7 5 o'clock, Cincinnati time, the operator
> perceived slight tremor in tho building
The same thing was noticed in various
Offices in the city, but was not attributed
{ to tho earthquake until telegraphic dis
Q patches from the West had come il.
r II was quite different 10 some of the
q suburbs i'll Cincinnati. In Clifton the
o | agitation was so violent as TO ring bells OF
: tables. and in some instances on doors
!. At Cumm:psville, in the Northwestern
I ward of Cincinnati, the tremor was felt SO
distinctly as 70 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
house of Captain Frazier of Cummins
vile, was violently shaken, 80 that the in-
mates became alarmed.
In the Mornipgto schoo. house, in the
Northeastern part of Cincinnati, an agita
tion 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 a
panic.
The Trcmor In Toledo.
= shock of earthquake was distinctly
felt in Toledo, o., at 2:20 Friday afternoon
and lasted fifteen seconds. The noise
resembled that OF a distant blast. Reports
from the surrounding towns in every
direction are to the effect that the shock
was plainly felt, in some instances rocking
buildings and displacing their contents.
The shock In Michigan.
Anearthquake shock was felt at Detroit,
Mich, at 2. As O'Clock on Friday afternoon.
No damage was done, but the shock
frightened many persons. In some 10
calities, particularly in high buildings, it
was moro noticeable than in others. All
| along Griswold street the shock was felt
very distinctly, and men rushed into the
street, looking about anxiously as if ex-
pecting the buildings to fall upon them.
The shock lasted from ten TO 20 seconds,
| and there was swaying motion that
| ratified windows and shook chandeliers.
Boat captains say there was noticeable
rise in the river at the same time. At the
telephone office no shock was felt, while
in the same building, across the hallway,
II was very perceptible. Tne employees of
the Whitney Organ company assert that
the building Vibrated at least fourteen
inches. In the Western Union building
the l)or seemed TO heave. The operators
left their instruments, and men in the
lower part of the building made for the
street. 10 the Chamber of Commerce
building the shock was felt on the lowest
floor. James Donovan, who was sitting
oo the ground floor, was shaken violently
in his chair. The shock passed, leaving
all in mentally dizzy condition.
At $3.50 o'clock Friday morning strong
shock of earthquake was felt in Adrian
Mich, which lasted nearly a minute, and
was preceded by rumbling noise.
Furniture was moved about, tinware rat
| tnled and dishes were shaken. The peo-
pie rushed into the streets, and SOM
feared that the end of the world had come.
From reports received it has been learns d
that the shock was general in the neigh.
borhood.
Other Cities Vibrating.
Other towns which felt the shock were
East Saginaw, Ann Arbor, Port Huron,