The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-05


line which il could rcsch was
the coast of south Carolina. bat 20 Was
felt along the entire coast ~ far north
as Boston, and spread across the con-
tiueut with diminishing ioror.hs vari-
oils more solid aud rocky portions of
tho surface crust retarded the VlOta.
tuu- until u svvu, tu have been
almost entirely stopped hN friction In
'hu extreme northwestern states. The
tpt-ou why the shocks wcr" most NIu.
lent iu t'r viCiuiN ut Charleston ls
there Is q NOR. soft aud yielding uu.
ure iu the superficial strata which
conducted the vibration the forward
movements IL he earth waves meet.
iug with les, re-i-'aucc than from
hard substances. Farther iu the iutc.
rlor the shocks were more rhrid and
lerhy aud SHOOK the surface with more
violence. The presence of inuumCra.
blr assures observable H. this city and
90 the country ~ far ~ Summervlllc
aud beyond, J., accounted tor by III
same soft material Welding rapidlyt
The pi,--uly ot thc earth waves which
pushed up tDo thiu crust aud -quc,.
rd uui Tho water aud sand subject tu.
pressure. The blue aud yellow SAND
thu, elected ar, found iu the upper
STRATA. aud mat % Dtmc
from ucnr the -urnUc OF the onrth
is prnvcp hN 'hc iurt that uu marl f.
Iluud in 10. aui % bvVius from NNiN
iyc tu ninety irvt below the surface
aud extends ucarlN llHI feet deep
ru show coi,.h-. Nc'N thW the wave
100 .tiuu- were roIUurd tu aver, lin
jtrd depth below thc surface il Is nee
csslr, to state That uulr of the shnl
low Cot tour hundred lcrt arto-ian
well, area all effected. morris there au,
eliza gc noticeable iu the dow or quail
rs ui the water from the two deep
artc-nu WclI-.N- would have been the
ease 1.-THE course oi the cnrthVuak had
been local ot dcrp-srstcd This state.
meat ut communication ui the lAud
waves To- An ,uurmuus distance. Is iul.
/, verified ht thc uhrryNtious Of
previous earthquakes since. aud oven
before the christian The absence
10 tidal WHyrr proves COuClu-tNrk
/ thnt thc cause oidirurhnurr WAS con
/ lIu,d Go thrlAui Wii thu IotbN Wt
/ uou trnu-m 't"d tu v,b-rl-, -. report.
/ rd WAS caused hN 'NrrlrM vibration
Iur DufEN- sIItt NltNut.
tuAut r-ruN. - G.. sept D. Ia 9
uiEpt'- shock greatly impaired ,uuu.
| ,iruc". \ slight Noise. such asa lrt
lot u door viii empty ANY house Of it-
/ iuhnhlhtut- II is stiil ycr, difficult
| iodclj,rr tclryrnms,n- trw pcupic can
I bee tuuui al the usual places AZ %
% rloct this morning the Western
uiuu Telegraph company -uccccdrd
iu clearing up business will, all cities
tor the first time since the earth
quake.
SCRANTON SCARED.
SCRANTON. "a ~oplI "A d-tuu
hoes ut earthquake was iclt NJ llu'
lnst evening.
mn eruRGtAN- SHARES
WAsm>oroN. sep The follow
iug dispatch was received hero mi,
murulup iruw the Augusta oilirc of
the ". { Telegraph company IAN
our wires - Is this mpruiug Eu..
ness extremely hoay, lhr shock nt
lp-t might has upset everything again
Nud Wc all icrl more cor less nervous.
HAD but little sleep or rest since the
tlst
-tiNtlNu rrN aANCrud
SANNNNAIi, th, sept. Since last
uights -hoct slight vibrations have
been iclt Ia the uuprr stories ol the
Morning News building almost con
tiuuuu-N. Iur intervals hrtWcru
them varied DuN ton minutes Ht most.
While there wh.a general stampede
ut the hr-t shock the rditutinl aud
Typographical torcc, uoycr'hrIus re-
turned tu their posts and stuck tu
them. The building is thr large,
aud highest ia the city
LIIrLE oNENT rIII7rJuD.
Prlr-Hr Ka, sept Z. "A -h ght
carihguAkr shock was tot Nt ~enwick
is. Pa, % miles from this cty. lnst
night At llu5 eastern standard time.
lhc shock wa, not prrccptiblr ~
this city.
TIT QUAKE ,IEusrs uiL.
ilRNlNuIIAM, ALA, sept e. An
earthquake cracked rnrk -Oiu1 NJ
teen mile, from Blunt ~priuPs, IN
the county ucAt north of thl1, and
| from the latter, petroleum IA issuing
| in streams and forming pools At the
basu
HtRMupA Is lS pANGrH
WA-uiNoTuN. -. {. sept. { 4
ycntlcman who visits Bermuda ycnr
/ ly sANE "Charlo-tou i- not the only
| ph 'rnyor which anxiety may be- icit.
/ ltir we'll known that the island boy
roa-pu oi It's pern,iar formation Nnd
location is especially susceptible to
injury by earthquakes. II has been
one Of the fear. at inhthlnnt- for a
hundred yWrs past thnt some day n
cluyul,iuu of this kind would wip
them out The island i- oi coral tor
nation built on tur top ut avolchui,
mountain oi great attitude aud steep
ness. The base of this submarine
mountain is not much wdHr than It's
top aud the eNir cuCo ui Rr"Ht gayc-
through which the sen water tlnds II
WAY 10 the interior of the island
shows il In of uusubsiautial cOn-truc'
uou The ,slaud Is % miles long hl
cor a prOAi, aud nowhere is II, Hlit
'ludc over 300 i0rt, ltlir- IN the SAINT
latitude almost a- Char,rstun Hnd only
b,i mile, distant Tine Ah4nuce ut u
tidal wave nt htr,r-luu would -ccu
to Indicate that il- iur'r -proad it1el
.up AMI down the rbH-l Vet u IL mol
unlikely 10, t,rrr may have etl"u io'
.ln mn rN,iuru'N ilroC'iuu ia whrl
oyrnt Bermuda mRh have suffered
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