The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
sg97 THE EARTHQUAKES,
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At 9:34'OscIock Tue sday night four dis
tlnct earthquake shocks were felt In
Canton. The movements were Of q
VibratOry nature and moved north and
south. All the large buildings In the
= city were affected and shook, throwing
doors open, Tattling windoWs, stopping
clocks and stirring things up generally.
People rushed from the houses
CRnd } In Ia few minutes the Streets
were filled with excited, people,
talking about the occurrence, and COM
pairing 10 With fhs visitation Of two
years ago. ThesensatiOn was that of
lJgreW dizzy AhdthOughtj they were fall
Ing, while 0thers-were made sick and
V0mited. This especially was the case
with babies, who were walked in their
cradles by the shock MN
Tile Grand Army Band,and gentlemen
In the Lincoln club rooms rushed to the
street In fear, thinking the buildings
were tumbling In. Persons on the
street did not feel the shock and though hit
those coming. out Of the buildings were
crazy. A number Of baildiDgs cracked
0min0usly and several tons Of brick and
stone fell from the southeast corner of
the German Catholic church. The dam
age ID about $780,, :. ...-.'-
"A peculiar feature was that clocks
with pendulqms. = swinging east and
west were not molested, while, pendq.
7Ums swinging north and south stopped.
The scene at the Hurf0rd House was
amusing. Directly after the shocks a
number Of guests came Diling down
.atsirs, half clad and badly frightened.
Beyond the damage iO1he eichurch no
serious losses arearepoTted In and about
Cantonsy,4.e.t Iss.ei strla
80 Opinion varies asoto the time occupied
by the h0ckSs Interviews with nun
Der of people vary from six seconds to
as many minutes. The quake was ac-
rp9mpRnied by low, nRmbling noise.
al / J ALLIANCE DIDN'T3HoTICE IT.
ALLIANCE, o., Aug{31, Nobody no.
tiCed a1y eafthquake here.
@SFELT AT MAN sEIEBD.
I MANSFIELD, o., August 31.-A slight
earthquake shock was felt here tonight
about 9;S0 o'clock, which created some
Nalstm. N0 serious damage was done.
st sr,s,S AKRON SHAKES.
u AKRON, sog August 81 THE earth.
quake shock was plainly felt here!
Chairs and tables ratified and people
were made sick by the vibrating motion.
tAlt THE WORST SHAKE OF ALL.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Aug. hSl- There has
been ten5 ShOcks earthquake fefHltp-
night, The shocksac0Rlinne People
ara In the streets wild With fear and
excitement. - -.-. -,..~o,,,,
'1'' YOUNGSTOWN FRIGlHTENEp.
TT YOUNGSTOWN, 90, August SI.r-TW o
leaTthquaRe shocks in QUICK succession
were felt here at 9:55, this evening,
Ganeing, much, alarm, People, rushed
out Of their houses, thinking they were
8R9lt1g down. No damage Waa done.
EVERY HOUSE AT MAssILL0N SHAKEN.
MAss1LLoN, O,,-Angust 3l.-The earth
quake shock was felt so severely here
that all the houses in the,city were
shaken. People got out Of bed and
rushed out Of their houses to sea what
the matter was, Great excitement pre-
Vailed sAss ;yf,,i; f%<, %
NOsCoMMUNICATIoN FROM cHARLEsToN.
New, York Sept 1-2:I5 a. Mp to
2 q, M. there has been no 0c0mmunics-
tiOn from Charleston. The bridge that
has fallen carried down the telegraph
wires into, the city, A report has been
received from ointtwenty-iVe miles
from the city that the railroad tracks
leading from, there to- Charleston have
been submerged,
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY"
NEW YORK. Aug. 31.-The earthquake
that was feltSwith more or less severity
ever the eastern and southern parts Of
this country last evening wssy from all
accounts, the severest that has ever bee
experienced by the. present generation
on this continent. 1t appears to have
Travelled from southeast to northwest,
with rather slow motion. The shock
was more severe at Charleston, 8. G., Of
any place yet reported. 1t lasted there
full three minutes. There was a sue
cessi0n Of vibrations, buildings were
shaken and people were panic stricken
at Savannah, Atlanta, Raleigh, Norfolk,
Richmond, Memphis and other southern
cities, the intensity Of the shock gradu-
ally diminishing as sitreached the north
ern and interior citlts At Washington
1t wss quite severe and Baltimore was
badly shaken, Philadelphia felt the
shock perceptibly, but Boston reports
only a slight shock. At Chicago the
shock was barely perceptible, and be-
yond that to the north and west 1t was
notS1otfced. In this. city the frat shock
was felt at 9:57.
In the upper stories of the tall West
ernl Union building In this city the
waves we're plainly discernible, and
persons walking about experienced the
sensation Rs Of falling. & 80
Since the earthquake shock there has
been no telegrsphic communication
with Charleston, s. O., from any point
In the country. The telegraph author
ities have been unsb&e to get press dis
patches OF other communications from
there. This circumstance causes great
cOneeTM That section OF the country
seems to. have been the center Of the
disturbance. Savannah, Ca, reports that
the shock was the severest ever felt In
that locality. 1t Is known that bridge
In, the Vicinity of Charleston was shaken
fromits foundations and the wires all
lost, but that is not so serious as the
fact that various other points through
which there should be q, communication
with that city. are unable to get any
thing from several miles OF the place.
Sixty KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Especial to DAILY DKMocRAT1
CHARLESTON. g.. c. Seps1.-Telegraph-
10 communicating 70 this city was es-
tablished this m0TEing. \ The