The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-09
AT OTHER POINTS.
Consideration Produced by the Upheaval
Throughout the Country.


At Augusta Ga, the earthquake shocks were
quite severe, and produced great alarm. The
plastering on many houses was broken, people
rushed into the streets women tainted and men
were completely unnerved. Most OF the citizens
passed the night in the open air. Shocks were
felt all over Georgia, but no serious damage was
caused Throughout North Carolina the shocks
were quite severe At Asheville they produced
the utmost CONSERVATION The disturbance was
accompanied by rumbling sound resembling
distant thunder buildings quaked, walls yibrat-
ed and terror stricken men, women, ana chill
dren in night clothes rushed from houses into the
open air. The earth shook and bells tolled in
their towers, while the people, in conster-
nation. prayed, tainted or stood dazed by the
alarming phenomena. The negroes began re-
lisious meeting in one OF the churches, which
was kept up all night. At Charlotte, Waynes-
vile and Weaverville, N. C., several houses
were wrecked and number OF CHM
C.. no less than sixteen distinct shocks
were felt The first shock was fearful and
houses wero shaken as though made OF paste
board. It seemed as il everything must topple.
The rumbling i'll the earth was loud and horri-
flying in the extreme. Clocks stopped, bells
were rung, and damage done TO some buildings,
principally by topping chimneys. Two rooms
in the Governors mansion were wrecked.
There were numbers Of cases OF nervous pros
tration, and doctors were in demand to COM
pose the frightened people. A large political
meeting was being held in the Court House,
but il adjourned in panic. The walls OF
the Court House were cracked and
people assembled N the streets, praying.
At Murphy boro Ill, the shock was quite
severe Brick walls shook, glassware clinked,
! and hanging lamps were sent swinging like
pendulums Doors yibrated as il shaken by
| unseen hands. The fire bell on the court house
! kept up n rapid fire alarm for more than min
ute. At Decatur, ILL.,, the shock was felt quite
| sensbly. IL ratified and shook articles in
| dwellings and swayed business buildings slight
| ly north and south. Occupants OF rooms ran
| out into the street. No damage, but some fright.
| At Greenville, III there lively shocks at
| intervals of about half minute and buildings
were rocked under their action, but no
| buildings vibrated from east to west,
tables and other articles tipped, and
w Miss e CITY Council %%s in ses
| sion, and the City Hall, very frail building,
constructed on high brick pillars under which
| is the city market, was made TO rock SO that the
board adjourned suddenly and unceremonious-
| ly. The shock was also felt in other places
throughout the city At Hannibal. Mo-, the
walls Of the brick buildings trembled and in
some cases swayed. One or two meetings
adjourned hastily, and the printers in
the, Journal office dropped their sticks
was over before they got started. Three
| distinct shocks were felt ut Cairo, ILL.,,
| lasting about ten seconds. People ran from
| their houses in fright. Clocks throughout the
| city stopped or were disarranged. Everything
pendent swung to and fro, while the vibrations
OF buildings were frightful. The shock was
| generally felt throughout Richmond, Va, and
| the excitement was intense. At Pittsburgh the
1 hotel guests rushed into the streets panic
stricken. At Media, Pa, dishes were thrown
| from shelves. clocks stopped, and occupants OF
| the houses rushed out, screaming with terror
| At Louisville Ky, the shock was quite severe,
| and lasted half minute. At Detroit, Mich, the
| shock was so great as to brighten the occupants
| Of buildings, who stampeded for the street. At
| Cincinnati, printers in the Sioi Office thought
the building was falling, and abandoned their
cases. There was panic in the Republican
| office, at st. Louis, the printers rushing
| pell-mell from the building. The shock
| resembled the motion of series of
I winter
| upper floors of the Southern and Lindell Hotels
rushed downstairs buddy frightened, fearing
| that some catastrophe was about to occur. At
| Memphis Tenn. the shock was severe, and the
| motion north to south lasting fully ten
| seconds. 1t had II rapid oscillatng movement
| Great CONSERVATION was felt. At Washington,
ID. c., two shocks occurred, the second Of longer
| duration and more severe than the first, and
a few seconds latter. 1t was felt in all
parts OF the city, creating considerable con-
sternation. At indianapolis, Ind. the shock
was OF tremulous, quivering character. Many
guests Of the Denison House rushed from their
rooms in alarm, and similar scenes were wit
| messed in a number Of other buildings. At
| Cleveland, Ohio, the shock caused great con-
sternation, and almost panic occurred in two
| theaters. At Terre Haute. Ind, two distinct
shocks felt. Windows were ratified
and in several cases plastering dis
| lodged from ceilings. lnrge audience was
present at the Opera House attending minstrel
| show. The building shook until people became
panic-stricken being under the Impression that
| the structure was about to fall. Those in the
galleries felt the shock most severely, and they
rose and made rush for the exits. The crowds
| in other parts of the house followed, women
| screamed, AM there was struggling and rush.
| ing for the doors. Almost the entire audience
| fought its way TO the ,eet. At New York the
| shock was plainly felt. In the upper stories Of
the tall Western Union building the waves were
plainly disceinible, and persons walking about
| experienced the sensation Us of falling AT Co
| lumbus, Ohio, tho shock was quite severe. At
| the Central Asylum for the Insane, the largest
| building for insane in the world, furniture
| turned around, and the patients became so
| alarmed that tho attendants had trouble
| in getting them TO return 70 their
| wards. At the Institute for the Blind
| the shock was SO strong that rocking-chairs ON
| the floor were made 70 start in motion. and the
| chandeliers were swayed to and fro. The teach
| ers at the Blind Institute refused to retHrn to
| their rooms after running to the main audience
| room below. At this point it was accompanied
| by n low, heavy, rumbling sound At Column
| bia, s. c., there were ten distinct shocks