Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-01
The shock was also felt in the Missouri
Republican building and at other places
throue tho city. No casualties
have yet been reported.

throughout tho city. No casualties
have yet been reported.
CHARLESTON FIRST SHOCK.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, August3l.-
At 9:55 TO- night an earthquake shock
was felt here. II was very severe, last.
ing fully three minutes. Many people
who bad retired for the night were so
frightened that they arose and ran from
their houses. There were number Of
chimneys toppled over, but at this hour
no other damage or deaths are reported.
This is the first shock Of an earthquake
ever experienced here. Great excite
ment exists, and the people Of the city
are sitting up waiting for another shock
and its final result.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTSBURGH, August 3l.-At 10
o'clock tonight an earthquake shock
was felt in all parts Of this city and
Allegheny. The shock lasted about
thirty seconds, and created the greatest
CONSERVATION in the hotels and large
buildings. In the Hotel Anderson and
the Hotel Duquesne the guests ran
into the streets panic-stricken, and
in the upper stories of the
Western Union Telegraph building
the swaying of the structure was quite
perceptible. Dewitt z. Byllsby, Of
Media, Penn, a guest At the Hotel
Duquesne, was sitting in a room in the
fifth story with his son and daughter.
He says the rocking Of .he building
made him sick at the stomach. Look
ing out of the window he plainly
saw the City Hall, an immense stone
structure just opposite, tremble and
sway back and forth. On the South
Side the shock seems to have been moro
severe. Dishes were thrown from
shelves, clocks stopped, and the occu-
pants Of houses rushed out, screaming
with terror. On south Nineteenth street
the Lotus Club. which was holding
meeting, quickly adjourned, and the
members, who were greatly frightened,
lost no time in leaving the building.
The surrounding towns in all directions
report distinct vibration Of the earth
at about the same hour. As far as
beard from there was no serious dam
age.
MEADvILLE, Pa, August 3l.-At
10P. NJ. an earthquake shock was felt,
followed Immediately by a slighter
shock, the whole lasting about twenty
seconds. The streets were at once
filed with people. Guests rushed out
Of the hotels in their night-clothes
women and children were crying and
screaming, and every one more or less
alarmed. AS far as learned no damage
has been done.
SLIGHT IN CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, August 3l.-At 9:l6
P. NJ. city time, slight shock Of earth
quake was felt here. The printers in
The Sun Office started to run down
stairs, thinking the building was falling.
The shock was quite psrceptible at the
Telephone Exchange and other build
iDgs, but it was not noticed much by
persons in the streets.
TEN SECONDS IN NEW YORK.
New YORK, August 3l.-A very
perceptible earthquske-shock lasting
about ten seconds was experienced here
at 9:57 o'clock this evening. 1t was
felt in the operating. room OF the West
ern. Union building, where the switch
board was sgayed for second or so,
and in the Associated Press rooms. in
a higher story of the Western Union
building, the undulations were quite
startling. Persons, while walking,
experienced dizzy feeling, with q SEN
sation as of falling. There are thus
far no reports of damage, and it is yet
to tell how widespread the
shocks were extended.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 3l.-An
earthquake-shock was distinctly felt
here about $3.50 o'clock. A portion Of
the cornice Of the Denison Hotel was
displaced, falling to the pavement, and
the tower of the courthouse rocked to
such an extent that the fir -watchman
on duty fled down stairs.
COLUMBIA's SCARE.
COLUMBIA, S. c., August 3l.-A
terrific shock Of earthquake swept over
this city from the southwest at 9:4S
o'clock tonight, shaking buildings fear
fully, and since then there have been
ten distinct shocks. but none having the
force of the first. The first shock lasted
fully three minutes, and it looked as
if all the buildings would be shaken
down. Several chimneys were thrown
down in different parts Of the
city. but so far no casualties are
reported. The streets were filled
with people getting away from their
shaking houses, and children screamed
in terror. The compOsitors in the Regis
ter Office had to leave their cases several
times, as the building seemed to be in
imminent danger, and in the direct line
Of the shocks large political meeting
was being held in the courthouse. but
it adjourned in panic. The walls Of
the courthouse were cracked, and one
partition badly so. The colored people
assembled in the streets. praying. At
this hour (l0:50 P. NJ the people arc
on the streets and in yards,
fearing a recurrence of the earthquake.
SHAKING Up ~ ATLANTA.
ATLANTA, GA, August 3l.-This
city was thrown into state of the
widest excitement tonight by three
distinct shocks Of earthquake to 9
o'clock. They were accompanied by
a TumbliDg noise and followed one an
other in quick succession. At the first
shock the people, but few Of whom had
retired, were frightened, but did not
know to what to attribute their strange
sensation, but in almost every instance
thought it was caused by something
running about over their houses. Be-
fore they had time to consider the mat
ter a second and much seyerer shock
was felt, windows being ratified, and
bTic.a-brac and ornaments falling from
heir nositiOns In avery mart of the