Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
An ALL AROUND SHAKE.
Several of the Eastern and Southern
States Visited by an
Earthquake.
People Frightened and Meetings Broken
Up But no Damage
Done.
Incidents of the Shake.-.Occupants of
High Buildings Ske.
daddled.

Incidents Of the Shake.-.Occupants of
High Buildings Ske-
daddled.
LOUISVILLE, August 31.-Adecided earth.
quake shock was felt here about 9:13 D.
M, lasting nearly half a minute. The
vibration seemed to be north and south.
No damage is reported.
THE oHIoAN JoLTED.
CLEVELAND, August 31.-An earthquake
shock, lasting about one minute, has just
occurred. Buildings swayed perceptibly.
No damage is reported. People left their
houses and ran into the street and great
excitement prevailed.
A TOUCH OF IT.
DETROIT, August 31.-At 9 O'Clock to-
night the shock OF an earthquake caused
considerable excitement in this city. It
was of short duration, but distinctly felt
in different parts OF the town.
THE PRINTERS ~sKEDADDLE.
CINCINNATI, August 31.-At $40 p. M. q
slight shock of an earthquake was felt here.
The printers in the Sun office started to
run down stairs, thinking the building was
falling. The shock was quite perceptible at
the Telephone Exchange and other build.
ings, but it was not felt much on the street.
AN ALL ROUND SHOCK.
New YORK, August 31.-At 9:57 this
evening a very decided earthquake was
felt here and according to kilograms at
Baltimore, Washington and Richmond.
In the upper stories OF the tall Western
Union building waves were plainly felt and
persons walking about experienced the
sensation Of falling.
THE HosIERs SCARED
INDIANAPOLIS, August 31.-An earth
quake shock was distinctly felt here about
$50 this evening. A portion of the cor
nice on the Denison Hotel was displaced,
falling to the pavement. The tower Of the
Court House rocked to such an extent that
the fire Waterman on duty fled down stairs.
WASHING TON XXI
WASHINGTON, August 31...At 9:55 o'clock
tonight the desks in the associated press
Office began to vibrats in q peculiar but
unmistakabie fashion that suggested an
earthquake. A few minutes later the JAM
tor reported that the upper stories were
rocking back and forth and the night man.
ager of the Western Union Telegraph Office
made a similar announcement with the ad.
ditional information that the clock in the
western DON had stopped. A telephone
message from q gentleman connected with
the associated press who lives on Massa-
chusetts Avenue, and from other points in
the city reported that ornaments on man.
tlepieces were rattling. The telegraph op-
orator in Atlanta a few minutes before
this had notified the Washington operators
that a shake was coming and to look out
for it, but no attention was paid to the
warning as it was regarded as a joke.
Hal IT BAD.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, August 31.-A violent
shock of an earthqnake was experienced
here at $3.50 tonight. Its motion was
from north to south and lasted ten Sec
onds: 1t had a rapid oscillating move
ment. Great CONSERVATION was felt and
many who were within Offices and resi-
dences fed to the street. Numbers who
had retired upon feeling the shock rushed
out OF their dwellings, not waiting to dress.
Guests at the Peabody Hotel hurried down
stairs thinking the building was falling.
1t was the same all over the city, and
many women went into Mysteries. 1t was
| the severest shock ever experienced in this
section OF the country.
HIT EN- EASY.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, August 81 Two
shocss OF an earthquake were felt here to-
night-the longer II at 8:54H and the
shorter one at 8:57A. It was very ~percept-
ible to all in tall buildings, but was not
felt by a majority OF the people.
VERY LIGHT.
LEXINGTON, KY, August 31.-A slight
shock of an earthquake was felt in this city
at S:l5 p. M. The vibration lasted fifteen
seconds.
WICKED CHICAGO IS VISITED.
CHICAGO, August 31.-The cratic actions
on the part of the barometer in the signal
Office here this evening caused the agent in
Chicago to pause i'll the middle of an OBJ
servation. His hands, he noticed trem-
bled violently for a moment. He thought
himself i'll. The rocking OF a large chair in
the middle of the room and the rafting Of
bottles on the shelf, brought him to a
realization that a quake OF the earth was
in progress. The first wave began at 9:O1
p. NJ, and lasted six or seven econds. Its
motion was from West to East
and there were about three or
four vibrations to the second.
The barometer went up n one hundredths
OF an inch in seven minutes. Soon after
the shock it marked BOLT and continued
to rise rapidly. Its effects were not gener-
ally noticed in Chicago, except in the upper
stories OF tall buildings. Persons who
the time suddenly found themselves ''cut
of" and for a time the blame for the
was heaped unsparingly upon the
Office.
"A MILD DOSE.
ST. LOUIS, August 31.-A very distinct
shock was experienced in this
city this evening at 9 o'clock and lasted
for about q quarter OF a minute. The
shock vas not at all violent and resembled
the motion al a series OF water waves.
srAMPEDED.
CINCINNATI, August 31.-The officers and
at the police headquarters in the
city bailding made a stampede from the
shaky building into the street as the build
ing has been expected to collapse for sever
al years. At all the hotels there was more
or less fright and confusion but no casual
ties. The same may be said OF the thea.
tiers, although the panic was narrowly
at Hucks. All the clocks in the
1854 standard time. Probably the worst
of the night was in the composing
room of the Commercial Gazette office, ;
the swaying terrified the printers and
q dozen or SO jumped out OF the windows to :
the roof of an adjoining building. six feet.
One of them was somewhat bruised in his
body but was not seriously hurt. |.
MUCH ADO BOU NOTHING.
INDIANAPOLIS. August 31.-At Terre
Haute two distinct shocks were felt. The
were about ten seconds apart and
each of about twenty seconds duration.
Windows were ratified and in several cases
plastering was dislodged from ceilings. A
large audience was present at the opera
house attending a minstrel show. The .
building shook until the people became
panic stricken. Reports from various :
parts Of the city state that ~sleepers were ,
awakened by the swaying Of beds ana rat
of windows. i
A TEMPEST IN A APO &
LOUISVILLE, August 31.-At o:1O O'Clock
1 severe shock of an earthquake was felt {
al over the city, lasting about thirty Sec
onds. In the fifth story of the large Courier
building the first motions were very
oscillations North and South which
,ettled into vibrations. A general STAN
oede occurred an people left their houses
md ran into the streets all over the city.