Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-02

were broken up without motions 70 Al. 4
iourn. In the old armory building on | I
Court street the plastering on the ceiling :
was broken. A most decided shock was 1
felt In Cummingsville In the northern Ii
part OF the city. Here lights were put {
outapd bottles were broken 10 drug stores.
Throughout the state the dispatches ludl-
cate that 1t was general and almost at the
same instant. At Hamilton the hoarders
IN the hotels ran from their rooms IN
fright, aud the walls were said to sway
one and a half inches At Canton four
shocks were observed, motion being from
north 70 south. Halt the populace was In
the streets talking OF the strange expert
ence for long time after the event
Mount Vernon, Ohio, thought the undula-
tions were from east to west. AT New |
comerstown glassware ratified distinctly |
At Dennison q meeting broke up IN a
panic, Coshocton felt two shocks The
same story comes from nearly every town
In Ohio.
AN EARTHQUAKES WARMING
NEW York, Sept. Those who have
. lived In countries subject TO earthquakes
, state that atmospheric conditions have
been such in those countries that inhabi-
! tants would know an earthquake was Inn
, pending. Mr.. Thos. r. Taltavall, OF the
! Associated Press, spent number OF
years in Spain and Portugal, and during
: the past few days he has frequently re-
8 marked that an earthquake was coming
2 He gave as his reasons for thinking thus,
the peculiar leaden appearance OF the sky
: and the long continued drought. He
d states that in Spain that these dry spells
and misty, leaden mornings always pre-
a ceeds earthquakes
n AT SAVANNA.
e SAVANNA, Ga, Sept. |, p. NJ
Three distinct shocks have been felt here
since midnight. The last occurred at
lie $3.50. All the shocks were short and moi
re violent The people are still greatly ex.
Of cited, and sitting out in the streets and
u squares or crowdiug around the telegraph
and newspaper offices. No word can be
ne obtained from Charleston, and the gener-
MS al impression is that the city has suffered
OF seriously. It is supposed the cable unde
It. the Ashiy river is broken at Tybee isisnt
at the mouth OF the Savanna river. TIT
IL lenses in the lighthouse were destroyed
in and people on the island telephoned t.
the city that they are in state Of terror
ad There Is no communication with tn
I'd. main land until daylight, and all the In
MS habitants are assembled on the high lano
ne Their chief cause of fear is from tids
waves, the island having been swept !
ng August, 1881.
IL RELIEF TRAIN SENT OUT.
lis SAVANNA, GA, Sept. Ia relief trai
in has been dispatched to Charleston frol
IN, this city to render assistance TO the su
ng ferers and to repair the railroad
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
to COLUMBIA, GA, Sept. l.--Summervlll
twenty-five miles from Charleston, WI
vas nearly destroyed by the earthquake o
on night. passenger train from this plat
It to Charleston was thrown from the tra'
his linear Summerville last night and the
gineer and Aremtn killed. The passe
vas gers on the wrecked train and those
and this mornings train, including the tel
left graph company's linemen, have not
did reached Charleston.
a FELT AT NEW ORLEANS,
He Special to tho Gazette.
die NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. AFTER
MT long search persons have FINELY be
found who declare that they telttne ear
was quake shock last night at $3.50 pm.
yyas felt In the Illinois Central railrc
,nty office over the Cotton exchange by sup
intendent Mann and Mr.. Kelley, Gle
was The gas chandeliers swayed from mol
east to southwest and struck the b
torv MIR. ]. M. Alloy, clerk In the central
trict court, declares that he felt the sh
rect laoout 10 O'Clock last night while at
wharf on the river at the foot OF Fou
IN In street The wharf rocked as IL q
when clumsy landing OF ferry Q
on loccurs and swayed to and fro. A nun
her. Of people who were on the wharf az
giri time testify TO the same enect, "
I The these exceptions no body In New orie
!, or anywhere In It's vicinity knew s.y'I
Is in of the earthquake until informed W
graph.
MOONEY, IND, Sept. l.-Persons
was in from the northeastern corner OF l.
renee county tell an interesting stor
roarsJ volcanic Indications In the EARN
there very similar to what occurred s
n 10 time ago at Bald Mountain, n. "
IN the blings IN the earen VIZ neo onnrrad ar
His sIonally sharp explos,ons Sunasv n,
ewise farm oil Onris LloS S. ao''ere - these (,
~, sions occurred not over 80 va ds
Ma honse. The noise was Ike
teII explosion OF gun. The earth was
IA mn for some yards around. A clou
, saye dnst and smoke assembled sixty ieet
. Ssho In IL were pieces OF mineral, stulnl
,s he trees and rocks. The earth ior
,gered yards arouhu was ,ett in the gro
arn ha and great hole was le'V III . p, !
60 10 IL was very deep, but has not peer
nlored. Among the debris frsgmen
,hocps ore of almost solid iron were iouhn
country is very roSgh and broken
my. we'll fiiled with minerals.
AT COLUMBIA
or al. COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. l.-sixtee
10 ton. ,inct shocks from earthquakes we n,
,e ,yera here last night and up 60 o o'clocl
oo % morning The nrst shock was ie
t,Sa,.aI The houses we're shaken az tnougu
!, at nasteboatd. 1t seemed as II ever!
n ,'nasna mist topple. The rumtllng IN the
!, P1 ,ps,n was loud aud horritying IN the eH'
u 'rSiH C SIS stopped and bells rang Tne
zoe done to some buildings
oRs' nrineipally By the topping chll
A. M rwo rooms In Goernor's mansion,
lhe ,oreoked. There were a nuIioer ~
ed WIN ~ nervous prostrasion and doctors
ND TAN in demand to compose the iflg,
$ were naonle one lady was premalurel