Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-14
SUNDAYS SUDDEN SHAKE
THE EARTH ROCKS BROM MAINE
To MARYLARD.


she Earthquake Of 1871.
Wilmington ana vicinity were visite,
| Sunday afternoon by little earth
quake, which arrived few minutes pas
2 O'Clock and tarried not longer than /,
seconds. The shock was very plainly
felt, and few frightened families mad,
hurried exits to the streets, thinking
their houses were about to tumble. Thl
shock was by far too light to do any
damage 70 buildings, and the motion
which was an easy rocking enc, was mo-
at all unpleasant.
Mr.. Dobbie Of the United States Blec
triot Light Company told a GAZETTE
representative that he was sitting In
his room at Third and Shipley streets
Watching galvanometer and was as
founded to see the needle suddenly start
with rapid and vigorous motion. Hs
at once jumped at the conclusion that an
earthquake was occurring and he watched
the instrument with interest. He found
that the direction OF the motion was from
q point 10 degrees north OF east and that
the vibrations lasted 10 seconds. There
wRs no second shook, and the movement
Of the needle was so violent rs to send II
sgalnst me casing OF tne ins.rumen. VIII
oonsiderabie ioroe. ne looked a. eiH
wSIon snd ionnd tne time 70 pe t;or PM
In . residence AZ Fiith and Jefferson
streets water was shaken out OF q pitcher
In third story room, and In many houses
pictures and mantei ornaments were
thrown ont OF position.
A short distance beyond Delaware
junction the shook was OF gentle rolling
motion from northeast to southwest, last
ing from three to i've seconds and as
timed by GAZETTE Il JOURNAL rep
resentatiye, occurred about 2.l0,
p: m. Wnile there was considerable
OF an agitation In the room where he
sat, In an adjoining room the shock was
not noticed except for a slight movement
OF door standing aJar, while at the barn
q short distance away neither motion nor
sound was observed. The first impression
in the dwelling was that heavy train
was approaching, except that the trem-
STONED by cars.
a GAZETTE reporter had just reclined
on his bed TO take last hurried
LOOK a. MS sunday school lesson when
the shook arrived. The bed began to
shake in an easy, graceful way, and the
reporter, thinking 1t was one OF his little
brothers. childish pranks, cast shoe
under the bed with an equally grace
ful motion and yelled "det ont
OF that" There being no response
II next occurred to the scribe that he was
endowed with power similar to that Of
Lula hurst and his JOY was wild and
buoyant In the extreme. Jumping ont
OF bed he placed the palm OF his hand
against the back OF several chairs and
laughed Lula's demoniao little laugh but
theY remained stationary. He next
tried the will power scheme, and made
wild motions for the towel rack to follow
him in his excited dance around his
lOxl2 foot room, but 1t was no go.
a gentleman who had recently moved
into his new house felt the shock, and
wondered that Eight wind" should
shake 30 new building, while his wife,
who was mapping mp stairs awoke, with
start and wanted to know what "George
was doing down stairs to make such
shook"
In the neighborhood Of Madison street
the shook was very plainly felt. 1t is
related by gentleman that his wife was
seated at window in the parlor when
rumbling noise was heard accompanied
by trembling motion which rocked q
chair In which she was sitting. The
gentleman was In his garden and OBJ
Servea M very ms.ie' u any motion or NOISE
larlv ooonniad wban The sboct oconrred !.
the chair was oivau a vioorons yockino
motion and mon hooking mn Al the walls
Of the room sbe was snrnrised 10 see the
nendsnts awinging IN and fro Some.
what alarmed sba bastana5 to .no,bsr
nayt M tba bnnsa tor an aynlsn nstion hut
nona oonld he fnrnisbad Nv tha ocon-
nanta. excant that n miobt have baan a
povdsr mill axnloaion tbonab n vac
tbonUbt tbe repoTt or poIss ocoas;onad
tbereby would have basn mnob moTa
plsinly basrd.
In ebonsa On Van pnran s,rao, bstwaan
saoond and Third a woman and bar
cbiid ware tbrown ont ~ ba5
The obinawara In tbs kitobau o,osat NJ
. bonss In tba sama rs;abhorhooJ vas
snoot,ad 5awn ana hsoham "''
Psrsons sastsd nnon tha R-.rd1w,rs
sunnn;t ooron sro,,nd ,uora rnohad - anJ
~ ,or sayaral saoon5s
Tba he Rvsrv Rvsnina Rn,ld,,, ,oolsd
taarfnI,v tha w,ndnws rattIad and nv
asvarsI saconda a renraaan,st;va ~ tbis
;orrnsl - mao ~, an to,S,h s,nrs
floor, expected the buildiuR to collapst.
EARTHoUAKB OF III.
Tb,a aar,borsIa v.s n,oh.h,v mt
ori,a 90 sanard a. ora % h o IL 49, r,aos
a, go ootobsr OH 1aS1 % nd - w.s sU rsrv
nls,niv All ali tb,ouab this mart ~ The
country and as far north as New York.
1t took place at 9,45 in the morning and
almost instantly both sides OF
Market street were lined with
people who rushed from their houses.
One man who was driving team down
Market street suddenly jerked his horses
to stand still and jumping over the dash
board to the ground, yelled In fright
"treat God what's that !" A pas'er'hy,
who had not noticed the shock thought
he had an attack OF ''malaria."
Inere WAS almost panic among
rnsh al to-, ,hair roors -, y, 5o"rs
sooaa h,ioLs ,rara ahaLan az ~ ,ha
v op,sn,an ~ sohnoI % NJ on s,r,h ~ s,,aat
hatwasv MsrLat % anS nd K,r1 ,hs hn;,d;n"
ooonn,ad Nv nc Road =, Ednos,ion al
a Isras vsossl IN tha raJiwsH ~ tha
ys,ds a, pnsav & Jonas wss ssvs,siy
sbaSsn " ' '' "' '
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AT NEWARK
NEWARK, Aug. J1.-A slight shock Of
an earthquake was felt here at 2 l5 p. m.
yesterday. In Deandale and MoClelland-
Vile 1t was felt more severely and accom-
panied by missing sound
AT PORT PENN.
PoRr PENN, Aug. ll,-At 2l0 D. m,
Yesterday, two distinct shocks, Zap.
nnreptlv oauaed bv an eartbouaks1 were