Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-15
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peopic Rush Frnm their Houses in Terror
-IIou.c> Dance upon their Iounda-
tion> The BROOKLYN Bridge
shaken.
NEW YORK. Aug. lO.-A distinct shock
of rnrlhuItake was felt throughout the
cities of New York and Brooklyn at seven
minute, past two this afternoons lasting
10 or /! seconds and accompanied by sub
terranrrn rumblinG which was clearly
audible The earth motion was quick.
trem 9ling movements. without amy lateral
vibrations enough some people in various
localitr, seem to think they felt undula-
tiuns. In New York city the motion was
apparently most violent in the ilurthrriy
districts. toward Harlem People every
where differ widely rs to the duration of
the shock. some estimating ii at
ten seconds and others at three minutes
The most reliable opinions are doubtless
those which place it at ten to fifteen sec
onds. Its effects varied very greatly.
every house in the city trembled. China
ware setting cdgcwise on shelves slipped
out. chandeliers and pictures tremblcd,
bells were rung and glass pendants
were tangled People started from
the chairs where they Were seated and
ran eXcitedly into the. streets, and in
several instances walls and ceilings
were cracked. At Everett's hotel ON
Chatham street the floor of the dining
hall is of marble thing and the tremorS of
the shock were very distinctly felt The
walters ran from the hotel under the inn
pres ion that the great steam boiler in the
basement was about toeXplOde The resi-
dents of Harlem were thrown into state
of intense excitement in consequence of
the shock, and men, women and chill
dren rushed pell nell and screaming from
their homes, COatlesS, hatlesS and shoe
less, fearing that the walls would fall up
on them All of the streets literally
swarmcd with theeXcited multitude The
police stations were quickly swarmed with
anxious people but they gained no intUr-
nation further than that the policemen
We're Just rs badly shaken up. Many ran all
the way down to the wide unOCCupird
ground along the North river front, and
only Venturcd back to their homes, when
hours had passed without any damage be
ing done
1t appears that the shock was felt with
about the same intensity all over the city.
although II produced more alarm in the
thickly settled tenement districts ON the
east side. The greatest excitement pre-
vailed in the Jewish and Bohemia quar-
ter ON the east side. me houses WhiC
are mostly high and lightly constructed
tenemento were violently shaken and tho
terrified inmates rushed out into the
streets carrying with them whatever %
their household effects they could move
Children screaming with fright were
borne Out by their parents who were NJ
less panic stricken, and the whole popula
ton missed itself in the centre OF thu
streets.
In Ludlow street between Hester an,
Canal streets the panic was at its height
Streets were Swarming with people. Men
women and children huddled together lik
sheep. many of them expecting every mt
mcni to see the walls OF their dwelling
fall upon them. Women and Childrr
We're Snricking and the men either swear
ing or praying. This was kept up fo
nearly half an hour when the cOmmntlo
finally subsidized, and the police persuade,
tine people to return to their houses. Sin
liar scenes We're witnessed in Mulberry
j -rScy and Mott streets, where the lta
ilns have their colonies.
In Central park the shock was more st
were it is said, than in the surroundn
region. The large crowds Ill the ma
We're at once thrown intoa state of viUlei
excitement by the shaking and strang
rumbling in the ground which was iii,
tnctly heard. The animals in the mrnal
eric were greatly frighted by the shoe
and many trembled as il in fear. Will
they remained perfectly still for some inn
after it occurred Operator Hoffman t
the arsenal was thrown from hi
chair, the globes of the lamps in hi
Office were cracked. The Gel
ingo of the tenth precinct static
house We're badly cracked, and Il Tram
house ON Lewis street was cracked in scN
eral places and one of the women who liz
Ell IN the house became unconscious fror
fright.
A street car in Avenue b. was lftc
from the track several times and sevcrH
horses were reported thrown down. At
drugstore on Ninth street and Tenth avenu
/ !,
shelves and broken. The great towers q
the Brooklyn bridge oSCiiated viSihll
while the bridge rocked as if struck with
hurricane
Dispatches from II hundred ditreren
points indicate that the cart hQuakc shoe
felt here this afternoon extended us fla
west Us the Alleghenies, and as far east Il
Port land, Me, the States of New York
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Pennsylvania. Maryland, Massachusctt,
and part of Maine and the District {
Columbia being included,
Six Distinct shock, Felt at the club.
BosTON, Aug. lO.-No less than SIX di'
tinct shocks of earthquake were felt NTH
section this afternoon. Prof. Pickering {
Harvard'- observatory says he first notice
tremulouS movement of the EARTH fu
lowed 10y The Swaying of the building AN
creaking of the timbers The shock wa
first noticed about POO, continuing abOl
ten seconds. lie has no record of the SUI
sequent shocks, their duration being
short as to make it impossible to compu
accurately their extent or duration. TT
shocks were plainly felt throughout tt
city the jar being more clearly define
in the outlying districts, and the orc
pants of the second story tcnementS fcclil
the shock more plainly than those on II
ground floors At the Parker llou
chandeliers were ratified and beds move
and the inmates thoroughly scared Maj
rushed down stairs half clothe
\ chimney ON school street "
swaycd too and fro and mt
tar ratified from between the brick
but it did not fail In Il hundred places
the city, pictures were 'rlttlcd against Il
walls, -ao fixtures shaken and small u
ticlcS thrown from mHutcl-, tut no serio
DAMAGE is known To have been done.
the Churi"sioWu districts "a small boy
reported 10 have been thrown down stat
by the violence of the shock. In NcWtu
Wakefield and Wnltham three ~lig