Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-12
News Ats by Telegraph THE PARTIES SSHHfE1KT SHEKTIuG. Another Shock Felt in
 New England. SOL0N CHASE FOR BLAINE As the Friend of the
 Workingman. A WAVE OF HEAT IN EUROPE, The Mercury at a Hundred
 and Fifty.
A WAVE OF HEAT IN EUROPE.
The Mercury at a Hundred
 and Fifty.
THE EARTHQUAKE.

l Incidents of the ShOck-Plates Set 1 Dancing, Furniture Tumbled Around 1 and Houses Get aROek1ng-Not Much Damage Done By the UnweIcome 1 Visitor.
 l NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The shock of earth quake felt in New York and neighborhood yesterday is the chief topic of conversation
 here to-day, comparison of observations ! and sensations being made whenever friends l or acquaintances meet. The excitement in Yorkville was not only great, but in some
 instances amusing. The immense breweries 1 located in that section were full of workmen, who not understanding why their lofty | structures should be taken with such an in | sane desiring to reel, unless on the principle l that they were full of beer, rushed into the 1 streets with bewildered looks. In many of
 these houses the glass globes were shaken from the chandeliers and shivered to atoms. Most of the flats are provided with huge wa | ter tanks on the roof, and under the appre- hension that these tanks had burst, the ian itors rushed to the roof, while the occupants believing the boiler in the basement had ex- | ploded rushed thither. Another impression
 prevailed that by some means the dynamite
 used in excavating Hell Gate had exploded
 and there was rush for the river only to
 meet with counter inquiries. Sergeant Su- erson, who was at One Hundred and | Twenty-ffth street at the time, said that soon | after the cross town cars were filled l with panic-stricken people who had fled from Fort Lee, many of them under the belief that the Palisades had fallen. At Huntington,
 L. l., at five minutes past o'clock a heavy,
 rumbling noise was first heard, followed by
 such a shaking of the earth that people sit ting in their homes could feel them tremble and see the rocking of vases, etc., very dis tinctly It lasted about thirty seconds At Hampstead, L. l., very peroeptible shock was felt, shaking all the houses in the place and causing windows to rattle. The occu- nants generally rushed out of doors fearing the1r houses were about to topple over. The shock lasted about forty seconds.
 At Perth Amboy, N J., the shock lasted from five to ten seconds. In moment the streets were full of people who had rushed from their houses in alarm. Glass, crockery and windows were rattled, water was spilled and bricks dislodged from chimneys, but no injury to any person is reported. At Eaton town N J., a very severe shock was felt lasting several seconds. Chimneys were shaken down, windows broken, d1sheS shaken off tables, etc. Several women tainted, children screamed and consternation prevailed for some minutes At Long Branch violent shock was felt and lasted about a minute. Many persons were frightened from their houses into the streets Furniture and crockery in many houses were badly shaken up.
 In Brooklyn the municipal building shook and rocked in such 8 manner as to sieken several of the inmates. Nearly everybody sought the streets thinking that the walls were crumbling. The bell ringer in the City Hall tower says the tower rocked as though about to topple over. Coroner Muninger, who had his watch in his hand at the time, examining his wifes pulse, says the shock losted seven seconds. He knew what it was, having experienced an earthquake in 1847.
 At Yonkers, N. Y, the earthquake was most perceptible on the hill tops and along the river's edge. Its apparent motion, from north to south, lasted from five to ten seconds.
 At Point Pleasant, N. J., many persons say they heard distinct rumbling at the time of the shock The surf was heavier af ter the shock than before At Broomheld, N J., the shock lasted about fifteen seconds. Chimneys were thrown down, glass was bro ken and persons were shaken from beds and chairs At Netherwood the shock was almost imperceptible At Morristown, N. J., the shock lasted twenty seconds and caused con- siderable excitement. It was severe enough to displace and overturn mantel ornaments.
 At White Plains, N. Y, windows shook
 and mante1 ornaments played lively tunes for about fifteen seconds. Many persons
 were awakened from sound maps by the
 rocking of their beds