Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-10
SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE.

SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE.
An earthquake shock was perceiv-
ed at various points in Mar. land,
Virginia, West Virginia and the
District of Columbia aleut ten mill
utes after O'Clock on Friday night.
There is general impression that
the vibration was a continuation of
the terrible shocks which have made
des olarion in Southern Spain. The
shocks were felt in this country Oh
the same parallels of latitude as in
Spain. The pulSations OF the great
Lisbon earthquake III November,
1855. were ielt in America on the
Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras
to the st. Lawrence river.
FREDERICK, Md, Jan. A de
cilpd shock of earthquake was felt
in this section of the State about ten
minutes after niue O'Clock on Friday
night. For awhile the greatest con
sternation prevailed among persons
living in the various localities affect
ed. The vibration lasted from five
to ten seconds, and was accompanied
first by roaring noise resembling a
fire or a current of air in chimney,
and then a sound like that caused
by a large loaded wagon rolling over
hard surface. In this city numer-
Gus persons report that they went to
their front doors, afterexaminingtheir
stoves, to see what kind of vehicle it
was that was being hauled up the
street, and were considerably sur
prised to find nothing of the kind
visible. The thought of an earth
quake, however, did not suggest it.
self to them until yesterday morning,
when notes were compared and i'll
telligence of similar experiences was
received from other portions of Fred
erick county.
The same shock and sensations
were felt in the towns OF Jefferson,
IN Jefferson district. adjoining Buck
eystown district Lime Kiln, Adams
town, Licksville and Greenfield Mills,
in Buckeystow, district, and Middle
town in Mi.ldletown district, midway
between Frederick and BoOnSbOrO,
and similar experiences to those re-.
ported from Buckeystown are related
by reliable persons. At Greenfield
Mills, the Messrs. Roberts Bros. have
IA stone Touring mill six stories high.
i'll which the windows ratified and
the whole structure seemed to shake.
At Frederick junction, B. and o. r..
r., Mr.. &. II. WorthiDgtOn felt the
shock about twenty minutes after
nine. 1t lasted about ten seconds,
and was accompanied first by rum.
bling and then by the rattling OF
doors and windows. Everybody in
the house supposed it to be heavi-
~ loaded wagon passing.
The course of the shock seemed
10 he from north to south. The oc
currence has created in this section
widespread feeling of anxiety.
and in some instances of positive
alarm. So far as known the shock
extended no further n0rthward than
"a few miles from Frederick, where IT
was felt, however, very perceptibly
The width CT territory in which ii
was p rceptible IN this vicinity seems
TO have been about eight or ten miles
SUMMIT POINT, JEFFERSON Co..
w. VA, Jan. A heavy shock OF
earthquake was felt here about fit:
teen minutes after 9 Friday night
breaking the window panes in sever
al of the houses and frightening
rybOdy in the neighbOrhoOd
just before the shock there was d
rnmbling noise resembling thunder
at distance. In some parts of the
county families We're so badly fright
ened that they left their houses and
it was some time before they would
return. At the residence of MIR
Charles P. Hardesty, a farmer of this
county, the servants deserted their
work and ran out of the house badly
frightened. At Wadesville, a
lrighboring town in Clarke county
Va, the shock was very severe
knocking articles off the mantels in
some houses and extinguishing the
lampS in several instances. The shock
was very perceptible all through the
counties ut Clarke in Virginia and
Jefferson and Berkeley in West Vir
ginia.
MARTINsBURG, Jan. 4.-Martins.
burg and vicinity were visited by
shocks of earthquake on Friday
night, which were plainly felt by a
number of citizens. AT John T. Jan
ney's house the window panes were
shaken and a roaring noise was
heard. Horace Tabb heard a roar.
ing sound and went into the street
10 see if the chimney was on fire.
The clerk of the Circuit Court, S. FL.
Martin, heard the sound, which he
Timed at 9.2O O'Clock. He thinks it
continued 10 seconds. At Darkes.
vile, seven miles south of Martins
burg, the noise was heard by many,
who ran out of doors, thinking their
houses were on fire.
West Virginia is plain, practical