The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-08-21
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! Felt ct Points Along the atlantic Coast,
ST. And In New York, New jersey Tsnnay1.
y van and nzaryl and NO Serious DAM
New York Telegram VII
Abouf ;o5 o'clock last. Sunday afternoon the
residents 81 thia Vicinity were startled by 4 Sc
we're shock of cart quake, llnating about ten
seconds Partieulars received III. the Western
Union Office here show the shock vas vide
spread The tirst reportdsiywer received from
the following points: The Atlantic highlands,
near Sandy Hook Long Branch, Philadelphia,
Now Haven Boston, Eliznbeth,, y Plainfeld
Spring Lake Cottage CITY, Martha : Vineyard,
and Portland, Me- At the last point it was slight
Reports were also received from many Of the
subofhces about New York. Reports as to its
duration are diverse, but the average seems to, !.
eabout ten seconds. Il The operators Proyi-
donce was vaguely estiened as to whether he
had heard Or seen thing unusual and he 1
promptly replied he had had his hand on tho
steam pipe and that III had trembled violently
fHo had been ooking- up and: down street to dis
icoYer The heavy team which, to the timo Of
the inquiry, he had supposed was passing.
The question made him suspicious Of an earth
4uuh6.E Aul6 bubpfClOu WilS G0uurIltUl
BY various people rushing into the street and
office, asking fol-. nm OK lanation at 2:15
o'clock Atlantic Highlands experienced q sec
onl SHOCK, but less violent than the first u AT
Pliladelphia caffolding on some new build.i
ings going up on the corner of Sixth and Reed
on the boards Fwere !: shaken and foil Il to-
the street below. The seyerest shock was
reported from Seabright N. y. where the de-
pot was shifted to one; side, shaking up the
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$50 ps in. ID ineffectla1 attempt was made to.
raise, the Long Branch ofice, which had beens
in communication. with the local office up TO
the time d. the shocck. The operator just had
time TOT report the shock, together with the,
fact that the jars of his ttery had DESTROYER
sbareheaded man rushed frantically to the tel
egraph office, holding in his hands ,as newspa-g
per which hes had been Ieading. he said he
Ind been rocked violently and that the ples-
in some places add had fallen 70 tie floor
The telegraph manager at Coney Island
prompt II asked forSparti cniars OF the ssexplo-
sion, supposng some oil refinery, powder
mill dynamite factory; Ind; blown up. 4 a
fnSR a Ss a aasS bs
thoroughly shaken BY vibrations, and that
guests and visitors were very greatly alarmed,
the fright in some cases amounting to panic.
The first impression which, seemed to take.
|: possession OIL Ine mHlngeS OF nolIaeS III NEW
and people ran3 into the street, only to- discern
their neighbors r1ishing out amazed Like Them
The effect Of the jar was much moro per-
5cegtible ii houses q light cturesin many
fined rocking NOV enant was felt and dishes
in pantries were sshook from their shelves.
Tins far, however,, no damage Of any kind is
reported Z. RI, u. 4, g..,,s,. n
ishs and BpheInian quarters Of the, East side.
The houses, which are mostly high and lightly
Constituted, were violently shaken, and the ter
rified inmates rushed out intotho street, carry
ing with them Whatever of ftheir household ef-
fects they could move. Children screaming
WHO were hardly less panic stricken, and the
swhple 81 the populat don was soon massed In
the middle Of the street "a gray haired man
rushed into the Madison street police station
and shouted that several houses in Monroe
street had ,tunlbl led down. Anbnlances were
fgeant arriving ut the place indicated they
found that the street in front of o large tene-
Sment was crowded with mn excited throng Of
people, but there was no indies ton of any ac-
man who rushed out into the streets shouting.
1.-THE house Is falling. / Many other instances
of similhr. character were reported:
In Central Park the shock WINS mora seVare
than In the surrounding region. There were
large crowds on the mall lwho wera 1T once
thrown into q state OF violent OK itement
I by sthe strange rumbiinE ain tho ground,
which Il Was q distinctly heard ! Animals in
the menagerie were fright tened by the shock;
and niany OF them were seento rremb1e as IL in
fear, while they remained perfectly still for
soma time after it had OCCURRED Ii Operator
Hoffman, at Arsenal, was thrown from his
chair but. mot hurt. Globes Of lamps in his
office WerG cracked 81! rs.
Late afternoon boats brought back crowda
from Coney Island. n There the shock seemed
to be much moro Riole than in the city. The
piazzas and dining rooms of the great hotels
were well filled when tho rumb1ing noise was
heard, followed by rocking of the ground,
which made windows rattle and shook dishes
and wine glasses from tables. There WAS d
general rush for the opon air, md for some
time great excitement prevailed. AT Ill the
other places of summer resort similar scenes
occurred The sensai ton experiences on board
tho receiving ship Vermont in sthe Brooklyn
navy yard was similar to that felt whom broad
sides are discharged from d ship at some dis
lance According to the story of one sailor,
there was Distinctly felt jnr and 40 icod by all
on board. Two hundred and fifty guests at the
Long Beach hotel ran from the dining room to
the beach, and refused to return to- the building
for Ssome time, fearing a recurrence of the
quake, every whore was simply astounding
Reports from Baltimore, Harrisburg, Wash
l5ington, Boston, Phila delphin and all along tho
coast arc. nearly identical with the shore, save
in incidental matters.
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