Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-12
Tie Earthquake relt Here I'm Rich
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Mr.. Davis. the operator on duty at the
Central telephone Office in the Piedmont
building (the top door OF the tillcst build
ing in the city,, SAYS that he remembers
somewhere about , O'Clock tremor went
through the structure. and he heard
noise as Of heavy wagon passing on Main
street. He dropped the head phone and
went 10 the window TO zee what 1t was.
There was no vehicle in sight that could
have produced the eject, and he was at a
loss 10 account for the phenomenon until on
Yesterday he was told OF the earthquake,
and. the time coinciding, he was convinced
that it was that which he felt.
on CARY STREET.
4 gentleman who lives on the south side
Of CAV street between Fourth and Fifth
was sitting in a rocking-chair near 4 win
dow, and was the only person In the room,
saws that be felt the movement distinctly.
Al the moment he thought that one Of the
children OF the house had come into the
room and given his chair sideways push;
but he looked around and saw no one.
Then he crossed his legs and resumed the
paper he was leading, and in little while
felt another such motion.
Having looked at bis watch a short time
before this, he believes that the earthquake
heard no noise. The movement seemed to
lie from southeast TO northwest.
SWINGING OF A CHANDELIER.
A citizen who lives on Grace street
says the shock was very perceptible. Some
OF the family were lying down-two in the
same roOm-when one insisted that the
other was pushing the bed away by press
ing against the wall. while the other
imagined that the rumbing noise was pro-
duced by drumming on the side OF the
bed. One OF the gentlemen OF the house
hold was so certain that something unusual
had caused the vibration or noise that he
ran down stairs TO the front hall. and.
stopping a few steps from the bottom,
watched the hall chandelier or pendant as
il swung to and fro from east to west. The
sound Of this movement OF the gas-tXture
was so distinct that one Of the ladies asked
where was the clock that was striking at
| that hour.
The chairs seemed 10 move to and fro -
well a. the furniture, and for time there
was general a sensationin the household.
AT BON AIR.
An employe Of the Danvilc Railroad
COMPANY who was at Bon Air Sunday oc-
curyinr a cottage SAYS he felt the shock
mainly. IL, i'm fact. gave him slight maui
| sea as OF sea.sickness, and ratified the
windows. \ lady near by who was sit
| ting i'm 4 rockingham was rocked without
| motion OF her own.
Several persons at Bon Air experienced
sensations which they now attribute 10 the
earthquake; others have no remembrance
Of any thIng OF the kind.
AT BURKEvILLE.
Mr. Glasscock, one OF the employees OF
| the Richmond and Danyille Railroad Com-
pany's auditors Office, who was in Burke
| vile at the time, reports that about J..
| NJ. lie felt the shock very sensIbly there.
| NO GREAT SHOCK.
The earthquake was felt here by con-
| siderable number Of persons. among them
| Mr.. Hugh Blair. who realized at once what
| II was, but the community generally knew
| nothing OF il. The fact is there was only a
| slight tremor Of the earth. and OF those who
took notice Of II the majority at the time
| attributed it TO other causes than the real
one. 1t did not begin to compare with the
| three shocks which were felt here. and
throughout Virginia, about 1l:4j O'Clock
of the night OF December %, 1910. That
Weakened many persons who were soundly
sleeping, and ratified doors and window
Knocked bricks OFF chimney., and at once
disclosed itself to the pubic as a yeriiablc
| CarthOuake.