Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-05
THE EARTHQUAKE.
ICorresnondence of the Alexandria Gazette


in volume until the windows ana
glass were ciattered and shaken consider
ably. People were frightened and hurried
ont Of their houses TO ascertain the cause Of
the comno,ion. Many persons when they
heard the roaring sound, thought their
chimneys on fire and rushed out expecting
to see the fire. / was on the point OF re-
firing when first heard the noise, and I'M
apined a half dozen fellows were up stairs
nluyiny ten pins with cannon balls slight
or shock was felt about ten, ana anotner
nearIy equal TO the first, about three TINS
morning. IfiL was not veritable eartn
quake, what was IL? There Is mnch ta'k
and surmising about it this morning. Some
think the underground lire discovered 10
Hiobland county a few weeks ago, has de
veloped into full nedged volcano, and we
have felt the shock, and others think 1t is
kind Of flank movement of the earthquake
in Spaiu. Que of Mr.. Blaiues people told
me This morning that he 'had been feeling
hadlv ever since Cleveland's election, aud
he knod some thin was goin to happen" l
asked an old culored man this morning II ne
heard the arthquake. mo sar," said he ut
warp't no earthquake it was meeter; them
things made an awful clatter sometimes
when they tumbled."
The night was clear and cold, and the
moor shown beautifully, and no one was
expecting any unusual disturbance i'll this
mart of the world, consequently they were
considerably frightened. | was several
miles in the country this morning and every
| where W. ut they spoke of the noise and
| rattliuu of the windows and glass ware. l
also saw some persons from near Hillsboro,
and they say they experienced the same
thing there / talked with gentleman
who has been living in Highland county
the past year, and he says the hot noun
tain there is fact Some parties dug down
in the centre of it for several feet, and the
earth was hot and c!ammy with strong
oGnr Of SUI b il. MAZERlN.
auckland, Prince William CO, Jan. g.
A terrible rumbling noise was heard IN
this village at 9:15 o'clock last night, which
startled all the inhabitants. [ learn this:
morning for miles around the same noise
was heard. II.
From Round Hill to Vienna, on the
Washington aud Ohio road, the shock was
| felt with distinc'n ness.
At Wadesvile, in Clarke county, the
shock was very severe, knocking articles OIL
| the mantels in some houses and exLinguisE-
! ing the lamps in several instances.
The station agent at Vienna station was
awakened by the shock, which he took TO
be distant explosion. At twenty houses
in the neigbborhood the earthquake was
| noticed the shaking of loose doors and
| windows being the most notable effect OF
| the wave.
At Lsesburg the shock was sufficient to
rattle chinaware and shake windows.
Two shocks were felt at Aldie The Sec
ton master at Clark's Gap says the shock
came as if u heavy locomotive had run oil
| the track hundred yards off and losted
| the house SO that he ran out OF it.
At Herndon station there was shock at
8 Is and rumb'ing noise. The tinware at
the country store near the station ratified
and clankcd together, and bags hung TO the
rafters yihr.;ei for some minutes after the
shock had ceased.
At g15 the movement was also felt in
Fairfax county west of this city. At R.,
vensworth, about nine miles from town,
Gen VIM. III. +. Lee felt the shock quite
sensibly.
At Chantilly there was some rocking of
houses, and in country house TO the west
the cupboard doors flew open and bowl
fell from dresser.
At Broad Run station, in Fauquer coun-
tv, the shock was sufficiently marked to ex-
cite some persons considerably. 1t was
followed by two slighter shocks during the
night.
At Warrenton the shock was supposed
for the moment by many to be runaway
team drawing heavy wagon. A lamp i'll
the parlor of w. p. Hlleary, worked by
rI,<, lie
the ceiling. A young man reading in Ste
phens & Sons drug store had the book he
was reading shaken from his hand The
ceilings ia The house Of Mr.. Robert Nelson.
four miles from Warrenton, were cracked
in zisza. courses in many places, while
many pieces of china al q neighbours house
were thrown from the shelves aud broken.
Near Bethel Academy another shock wa.
felt about ten O'clock. The duration of The
first wave was eight seconds and seemed to
he lost in the mountains to west of the town.
Many PERSONS were awakened from sleep by
the unusual sound and agitations of their
houses Some thought their chimneys were
foul and had caught fire, the roaring sound
of a burning chimney giving good idea Of
the rumbling of the shock.
At Summit Point, Jefferson county, w.
Va, u heavy shock was felt about fifteen
minutes after 3, breaking The window panes
in several of the houses and frightening
everybody in the neighborhood. Just be-
fore the shock there was rumbling noise
resembling thunder at distance In some
parts of the comfy, families were so badly
frightened that they left their houses and it
was some time before they returned.
At Frederick, Md, and vicinity the shock
was felt about ten minutes after 3 o'clock.
For awhile the greatest CONSERVATION pre-
vailed among persons living in the various
localities affected. The vibration lasted
from five to ten seconds, and was accompa-
MED first by a roaring noise resembling a
fire or a current Of air in chimney, aud
then by sound like that caused by q large
loaded wagon rolling over hard surface.
The Baltimore SIN Of to day says the
starting point of the shock seems to have
been a few miles north of Frederick
City, Md, and its course about southwest.
There is general impression that the vi.
bration was continuation of the terrible
shocks which have made desolation in