Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-01
AN EARTHQUAKE.
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Union Telegraph building the swaying oi
the structure was quite perceptible. De
witt c. Billsby, of Media, Pa, guest AT
the Hotel Duquesne, was sitting IN room
on the fifth story with his son and daugn-
ter. He says the rocking OF tne
building made him sick ut tne
stomach. Looking out of the WINDOW
he plainly saw the City Hall, an immense
stone structure just opposite, trembling
and swaying back and forth. On the
South Side the shock seems to have been
more severe. Dishes were thrown from
shelves, clocks stopped, and occupants oi
the houses rushed out screaming with ter
ror. On South Nineteenth street the Lotus
Club, which was holding meeting, quick
" adjourned, and members who were
greatly frightened lost no time IN leaving
the building.
A distinct earthquake shock was ieIt at
Titusville ut 9:56. The guests IN the
hotel Brunswick and cOmpositOrs on the
Herald were frightened. No damage was
done. The shock was not felt except In
high buildings.
The erratic action on the part 0f the
barometer in the signal Office at Chicago
caused the sergeant in charge TO pause IN
the middle of an observation. His hands
he noticed trembled violently and for a
moment he thought himself ill. The
rocking of large chair in the
middle of the room and the
rattling of bottles on the shelf quickly
brought him To realization that a quake
of the earth was in progress. The first
wave began at 9:0l p. III. and lasted SIX or
seven seconds Its motion was from west
to east, and there were about three or four
vibrations TO the second. The barometer
went ND one one-hundredth of an inch in
seven minutes. Soon after the shock II
marked 30.1 and continued to rise rapid
lv. The effects OF the shock were not gen
orally noticed in Chicago, except in high
buildings.
At Washington City, the desks in the
Associated Press Office in the corridor and
the whole building began to vibrate in
peculiar, but unmistakable fashion that
suggested an earthquake. A few minutes
after the janitOr reported the upper stories
of the building were rocking back and
forth, and the night manager of the West
ern Union Telegraph office made similar
announcement.
nation that the clock on the western wall
Ofthe room had stopped Telephone messages
from gentleman connected with the
Associated Press Office, who lives on MaSsa-
chusettS avenue and from Otner points in
the city, reported that the ornaments on
mantel-pieces were rattling. The telegraph
operators in Atlanta few minutes before
had notified the Washington operators that
the shock was coming and to lookout for
it, hut no attention was paid to the warn
ing aS it was regarded as a joke.
No shock was felt ut Omaha, Ogden or
San Francisco.
At Louisville the shock was felt at 9:13,
and lasted half minute. Its course was
from north TO south.
At Cincinnati the shock was felt at SIG.
The printers in the SHH office fled III ter
ror, thinking the building was falling.
The shock was felt at Cleveland at $50
p. IN. and lasted one minute.
At Detroit it occurred at 8 o'clock, and
caused great deal Of excitement
At indianapolis 4 portion Of the cornce
of the Denison Hotel WAS thrown down.
At Cleveland three perceptihle earth
quake shocks were felt. The vibrations
were from east to west, and the shocks
lasted about one minute. High buildings
swayed, windows ratified, and peaPle ran
cxcitediy into the streets. The news
paper offices were emptied of editors and
printers within half Il minute after the
shock was felt At'the Opera House and
the academy OF Music people were started
by the Swaying OF the chandeliers, and at
once a stampede !oT the street took place.
Nearly every person left his seat, but no.
body was hurt in the rush. Every
body was frightened but only
few realized that an earthquake
was the cause of the commOtiOn. Many
supposed that violent explosion had Oc-
Cured somewhere in the suburbs, and the
newspaper offices were bcSiegcd by people,
curious to learn what had happened.
Guests at hotels left their rooms in con-
fusion. At the Lincoln large
five story apartment house, the
widest excitement prevailed. Men
and women rushed through the house
and several ladies tainted. People playing
billiards were astoniShcd to see the balls
roll about the table. Clocks whose pend
ulums swung east and west stopped at half
p;lSt nine, local time.
4 Telegram from New York, received at
2:l5 this morning, says that no news has
been received from Charleston, s. c., since
the shock. The telegraph authorities have
been unable TO get press dispatches or other
communications from there, This circum-
stance occasions great concern, rs that
section Of the country seems to have been
the centre Of the disturbance.
Savannah, Tia, reports that the shock
was the SevercSt ever felt in that locality.
The telegraph operator at a station
about twenty miles from Washington City,
in Maryland, says the shock cracked the
walls Of the station house and stopped the
clock
4 telegram from Washington says Major
Powell. Of the Geological Survey, says
there is line of weakness in the crust of
the Garth beginning somewhere
south of Raleigh, y. c., and
extending in line along the tide water
past Richmond, Washington, Baltimore
and Troy. y. Y. that this line of weakness
is marked hy displacement, in some
places this displacement being tecturei in
the rocks, allu III Quiet pLlCeN
4 fault, and that in the neigh
borhood of this displacement is found
the principal water falls. 1t will he inter
eSting, he says. 10 discover the relations of
the point OF origin OF the earthquake TO
this line OF displacement or weakness.
4 Victory for the Blowers.
PGTTSBURG, August 3l.-There will he
a general resumption of the green glass
bottle factories Ofthe west tomorrow. The
resumption will De- quit" victory for the
home glass blowers. They made fight
to have the brewing companies use home
made bottles instead OF importing them,
and now that they have succeeded in their
demands, they predict very brisk trade.
The factories have been closed for the
usual two months summer vacation.
The Cholera Record.
ROME, August 3l.-The cholera record
for to-day is: Molfetta, six new cases and
four deaths; San Maria in I-amis, thirty