New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-11
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Nrs At o1nrn nrsohls.
Tho COO nrd moro regular guests of the Long
Bon hlloi,l yctctcinfoiccd hy about .0DO yisltots
who went down to the beach to spent pheasant
day ~ haihnr, dining and lstcnine to COOL nn9'c.
The 40 uaiu discharged n suodly uuinhoi oi rn7-
Ernprta. mhuy uf WHOM went Immediate
Is ~ tho hotel. while oihria snun-
tet,d lovald tho o'oa,i Il" ,m, Ae
cloud ~ sight, A lhck hnfo spread n'ti
tho hcayrus like Nrih giNmg q steel
like hue 10 everything hnddrnlt' nt'
the diving echo Of a distant can
non hooin u rolling soHnd broke un The SIN ar
from the West, aud mingled with the roar o. me
surf. llc air qulVelrd as from lhuHdrfh"ll IN
charged far beyond the salt marshes mat hlitlch
back from the beach but there was ia" shorh, u"
sudden clap. II was only a fhmblihg l"lt'
hotel waiter with his dlnng-tIay loaded WIN
vlands, poI,ed upon his open hand, Went rushing
fTautcally 10 the sea. He stopped, and with shaE-
ing limbs and c0Tpse-kc face, turned words the
hotel from which he had fed. The spectacle there
was amazing. Men, womcnHnd children wild with
excitement were rushing across the
broad piazza, down the steps, and scat
tering across the sand and plank walks.
There wcrc} no shouts heard. The whole scene, TO
those on the beach, was pant0mImc, but fearful
pantomimc II was. The magnificent hotel quivered
and vibratcd in every post the earth
seemed to breathe hard and trcmble with conges-
ton, her visible pulsatons striking terror 10 the
hearts of all and agitating the Buildings as the
1T" II vas was about . o'clock when the great
dining-room was, filled almost to overflow
ing with hungry, impatient guests
talking created a buzz throughout the
room. suddenly it was huShcd Walters stco stu
with then trays All listened. There was sound
as of the rolling Of heavy body across floor. 1t
seemed to begin at the northwestern corner of the
broad vcrandah and roll diagonallv across the
till n seemed muttcTug thunder. Tie very
foundations of In" hotel seemed to quaVcr.
The rolling body seemed to strike post and with
the conclusion the tioora began to hcave. On" WIN
dOws ratified chandeliers swung turiouSly. crock
cry hroke-the hotel seemed 10 be coming down
with a crash and people ran for their lives. Wait
cls daShing away Their trays and dinners. rushed
for the door guests rushed for the windows fathers
bearing their children in their arms and followed
by their wives pushed through them, breaking
away the wooden bars that guarded them and tear
INC down the broad steps ran for safety. In less
time than II takes 10 tell II the hotel was eDped,
with the exception OF few who stood near the
Judge stephen j. Field was oncof the few who re-
manned standing Oh the piazza Advancing hastily
toward the fleeing crowd he tired to stop them.
"Its AN cart quake" he cricG. 4" The house is
yOur safest place
A few heard him. and checked their flight but
In a minute and a ouartcra all was over the earth
had ceased to breathe. the people brcatLcd agam,
and the Long Beach Hotel stood unframed Two
women tainted. The hotel clock stopped at seven
minutes too Slow At the engine house
the tlIce boilers rocked or their foundations and
ho bulb of the safety valve flew open. Tho men |
fled for their lives. The laundry huusc near hy |
was moved several inches out of position !
AT the bathing house the little tubs Of water family
danced upon the floor and the attendants felt that
the house was going to fail.
Ihc majority Of the sunday visitors n Concy
Island do not rule reach there until the after
noon BY o'clock the tide Of plcasureseckers bad |
reached its height This fact added 10 That of the dull
and threatening forenoon was doubtless the chief
reason that there were comparatively lev !
people on the Island when at ten min !
utes past 2 o'clock the shock Of the earthquake +,
was felt ANY serious effects due 10 panic were |
therefore avoided. Fora icw seconds the alarm !
was general and in few instances people rushed |
wildly ont of the hotels and Ics-
taurauts but when il became evident |
that the chief danger had passed, everything re-
sumcd It's usual even tenor, and save that II az !
forded topic for nlnety-nno ont Of every hundred !
the extraordinary phenomenon |
seemed to have pissed uuhccdcd by the thous- |
ands Of mcrfy-makers The shock itself !
lasted according to general calculation only !
wo or three seconds and consisted of an o-cilatug
culver of the ground. shaking the houses and cau~-
ing email articles tu slide abUdt ApUllccmau lcau-
ing "a is Their custom of an afternoon. against |
post VIA thrown forward seven or eight feet
Three of the fish ~ the aquarium ON the Iron |
pior nuAipd 10 The surface dead. KILLED probably hy |
Ioutnct with the glAas pidep ui their prison, In
some of the houses the plaster was cracked slightly
Ia several plHccH,