The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-12
SUNDAYS EARTHQUAKE.
New England Frightened Out q
It's Boots by Earth's
Antics.
The Shock Pronounced Of Regulation Dr.
mensions by Old California Campaign
ers-Death From Fright
Painting and Praying-Panics in thE
SIeets-The End Of the
World.

New YORK, August ll.--At 2:0j yester'
day afternoon there was sudden shak'
ing Of build Dg, throughout the city
The windows ratified, buildings trembled
and in some quarters people were thrown
from lounges and beds on to the floor,
and persons standing were made to dance
as if under the influence Of Miss Lulu
Hurst. The sun had been obscured by
clouds during the greater palt OF the
afternoon, and violent thunder
storm Sc med ready to break, but
it did not come, and soon after the
earthquake the lowering clouds hoated
away. Opinions vary as to the length
OF the shock some say ten seconds, 9TH
ers four. The widest excitement pre-
vailed on the East side, where the
Hebrew population mostly dwell,
they supposing that the end OF the
world had arrived. Ludlow street and
the streets round about were nlled
with household effects, and it looked
as If there was to be general exodus.
The services of squad OF policemen
were needed to restore order, and even
after the real cause of the disturbance
had been ascer.ained, it was dill
cult to compel the people, who
were badly frightened to return to their
homes Although there was great eX-
element 10 one was seriously hurt, and
the bulance returned to the hospital
empty. In the Jewish synagogue, Is
and b Pike street, several hundred per-
sons
RUSHED OUT PELL-MELL
10 the middle of the service. In Market
street, East Broadway Catherine and
Henry, there was much Commotion. The
police thought there had been an eXplo-
siOn but being unable TO find any they
return ed to their stations. People who
were arrested by the shock in the differ
eut building, of the city experienced ter
ror, iuteu,in~d by the sensation that the
walls were about to fall. Massive struC-
lures like the Postotiice and the Equlta-
bic building seemed to sway gently
back and forth, while ter
I rible rumbing sound gave IN impress
sIon OF thunder trying to burst
through the roof OF the building or
| through the solid ground below. The
duration of the shock was not above
twenty seconds, and good judges say
| seven seconds, but it seemed Il long time
| before the earth became solid, and men
| found their legs and their voices at the
! same time. That it was a very severe
/ shock was admitted by people who have
! passed through earthquakes In California
and South America, and had it been but q
| trYlie more Intense, great damage to
property and loss of life might have en-
! sued The shock was most severely felt
II BROOKLYN
and the lower part of Manhattan bland,
which confirms the theory Of General
| Jackson the commanding officer of Gov
ernor's Island, that the earthquake came
| from the direction Of the NarrOWs and
passed in a northeaster.y course. In the
Po>t.ollice, probably the most massive
| building down town, the shock was per-
cepti0ly felt. The great building trem-
blcd spasmodicaIly and swayed very per-
cept.by. At the Western Union build
ing, another very solid structure, there
was a sudden shock which shook
! the building to its foundation, and
! the operators stared at each
other in fear and trembling Five
minutes later the Dews came flashing
over the wire of the earthquake shock in
| Philadelphia, and then the inmates real
lied the nature OF the sensations they
| had experienced. Horses felt the shock
and raised their heads in terror. Dogs
| stood transhXed While the noise rumbled,
and barked diSmally when it ceased.
| Every tall steeple swayed gently under
! the unusual shock, but fortunately stood
the test well. In some houses panes of
| g.uss were broken, and in several in.
stances crockery aud lamps, but nothing
| more serious than genuine fright can
be said to have resulted,
KNEW THE FEELING.
Senator Gin of California, who was in
the New York HOTEL said to a reporters
81 knew the feeling at once. | have been
through good many earthquakes and it
IS something one never forgets.n
"Did you consider this d severe
shock?"
eyes, quite severe, anG the peculiar
thing about it was that no second shock
followed. never before knew u shock
| NilNA was AOt lOIIONCi ny u sGGOuu ~
intervals of few seconds The second
is always the most destructive. In Cali
fornia I've been through all the earth
quakes since lS49."
HIS OPPORTUNITY.
At the City Hall Mr.. Henry Kimball
made the earthquake the subject of his
preaching, and drew large crowd.
Selling Bible, he read for his text
immediately after the tribulaton OF
these days shall the sun be darkened and
the moon shall not give her light. The
heavens shall be shaken, and then shall
appear the signs of the son of man.
The shock was felt quite severely at
Governors Island. The officers and their
families rushed out on the portcos OF
their houses, under the impression that
heavy artillery wagons were being drawn
over the brick walls. A few of the older
army officers, who had experienced earth.
Quakes before on the Pacific slope, recog.
nized the cause at once. general feel
ing of fear seemed to take possession OF
the garrison, aud for few seconds there
was scene of indescribable terror.
LONG ISLAND.
All OF the northwestern part Of Long
Island, embracing an area of fifty squarc
miles, was badly shaken by the earth.
quake. The earth trembled and the
houses shook, but no damage was done