Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-13


meath the ruins OF their houses. Children
walked from their sleep and ran CRYING 10
their frightened parents; the dogs
howltd dismally; birds few Into thellair
with frightened cries, aud cattle that
were In the fields ned believing to the
barns and sheds.
In Boston, besides throwing down glass.
pewter aud other loose articles In the
dwellings,, about lOO.chlmneys were Law.
eled 10 the roofs OF the houses, in some
cases breaking through the roof beams
IN their fall. About 1000 were shattered
and thrown down In part. Some were
broken OF several feet below the ton,
and some, by the audiences aud vic.
iencc OF the shock, were canted an inch
or more from the perpendicular. Others,
yet, were twisted awry, as II bya circular
motion. Many clocks wer0 stopped. The
yane on the Subtle market house was
thrown down--the wooden spindle which
supported II being broken on at place
where " was Eve inches In diameter aud
ten teet In height--yet Il had withstood
the most violent gusts OF wind. A new
yane upon one OF the churches OF the
town was bent at the spindle, aud dis.
tiller's cistern, made OF plank, almost
new and very strongly put together, was
burst In pieces by the agitation OF the
liquor In Il.
Much the same results were observable
in the country. AT Springfield metal
spindle ON one OF the churches was bent
TO right angle, Through the whole
province OF Massachusetts, stone fences,
cellar walls, chimneys and the like were
cracked aud thrown down. Great altera-
lions were observed In the springs and
ponds In some the quality OF the water
was changed; 10 others, tho quantity,
New springs were opened and old ones
dried up.
Az Pembroke, Scituate and Lancaster
there We're chasms made In the
earth (at Pembroke thero were
four OF five of them) from which
wster issued and tlne white sand or pow.
dered ashes were yomited. Almost I'm.
medlately after the earthquake numbers
OF tish came to the surface OF the ocean
dead or dying, One fishing vessel took
up aud brought In several quIntals OF
these FISH
This earthquake was traced agreat dis
lance. On the southwest II reached as
far as Chesapeake bay IN Maryland, being,
however, felt ON the eastorly, and not on
the westerly, side. Al the northeast II
was felt as far as Halifax. II was per-
ceiyed at Lake George, but at oswego, IN
New York, II was not felt at all. on the
ocean the shock WAS so great that the
mariners on board OF \ vessel some
seventy leagues from Cape Ann thought
they had run sg ound or struck rock,
until, on sounding, they found they were
10 more than flfty iathoms OF water,
Nine hours after the great shock was
felt in New England an extraordinary
motion Of the sea happened In the harbor
OF st. Martins, In the West Indies. The
sea withdrew, leaving places where there
was commonly at least Ave feet Of water
dryi aud then, returning, II rose six feet
above the ordinary level.
On November 20 at 1897 at night, and
on December 10 at 10 O'Clock p. M, In
the same year 1880, there were two
light shocks, which did no damage,
Another shock, that was generally felt
came on the sth OF July, 1867, at 1920 In
the afternoon.
In 1851, March ~, at about 1850 In tn,
morning, there was an earthquake shocl
, distinctly iolt In New England; aud Their,
) was second one about . O'Clock y. IN
0 on the LIST OF November OF the SAM
: year.
|
: trembllngs Of the eerth, which eNcitet
Q little attention.
!, At about II O'Clock on November 20
: 1888, a small earthquake shook New En-
gland and the Middle states. AT Boston
/ at Hartford and at New Heyen but on,
shock was felt, but there were three II
a New York, aud in. Philadelphia there wer,
D two the hrst Of which was the strongest
In Silllmhn's Journal Of Science a few
of the earthquakes which were felt ia tn,
) region OF East heddam are mentioned
! Two shocks, which followed each olhel
In quick succession on May lG, 1871 seen
! 10 have been quite severe. The frat WA,
the most forcible, and walls and chimney,
were broken anc cracked, doors were "a
latched, and ilssufe several rods In OK
tent opened In the ground, Thirty llghtei
shocks followed, and about one hundred
all told were felt during the highland th,
, next day.
On August rs, 1899, at 10 p. M, and OF
+ October "A In the same year nj / a. m
! shocks were perceived but they did nc
, damage; SO, also, on January / / and Jul,
8, 1898, and on March o, 1894.
There were slight earthquake shocks OF
May 8, 1904, and OF August II and De
! cember 80 IN 1906, but they excited littl,
, comment.
!, trembling Of the earth was felt OF
| November o, 1910, but was slight and did
no damage.
There was a very remarkable earth.
quake IN 1912 In California which
though there were few buildings 10 be
shaken down, is deemed worthy Of men.
ton by the historians Of the states along
the Pacific coast. II 10 not impossible
that II had some connection with the
earthquake which is mentioned just be.
low.
4 A very severe earthquake visited the
Mississippi and Ohio valleys and portions
Of the Southern states IN 1911 Many
persons were killed and much damage
was done. In what Is now Arkansas IL
was especially violent aud did great In.
Jury TO tAe forests Immense tracts OF
trees we're broken down and
MANY Of those left standing were
killed.. large tract OF land In
the nelghborhood OF New Madrid, Miss,
was dropped below its former level and
Is yet known as the "bunk Country I"
| The uneettled state Of Tho conntrv AZ that