Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-23
A VIRGINIA QUAKE.
VERY DECIDED ROCKING OF THE
EARTH FELT HERE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
Some Say that It was a. Severe a. the
Shock Of the Night Of August
the 31st.


q very decided shock OF earthquake was
felt at Richmond. There were hundreds
who fclt 1t, but the great mass OF the peo-
pie at that busy and noisy hour Of the day
knew nothing Of 1t until they heard OF II
from the experiences Of others. No one ut
the Dispatch Office noticed II, and the first
Information received by its staff vas from
Mr.. James Gum and his son Mr.. A. X.
Gum, who live at No. 2 west Cary street.
These gentlemen were on the second
floor OF their house, and were attracted
first by the swayIng OF the Chandelier
and the ratting OF windows and glass;
ware In The room, which lasted for several
seconds. They at once realized that 1t was
an earthquake, and so said to each other.
There was no wagon passing at the time,
and the shaking OF the building could DC
attributed TO no other cause than the mo-
ton OF the earth, which, Mr. James Gum
said was, as Tar rs HIS experience was con-
cefned, US violent as on the night OF Au
sgust the 3lst. These gentlemen, upon re-
Mating what they had heard Yesterday eve
ming, at first found many OF their hearers
incredulOus, but soon reports coming In
from oil sections Of the city established
beyond doubt the fact Of an earthquake,
and decided one. too,
PROFESSOR WINSTON.
Professor Charles II. Winston saws that
at fourteen and bali minutes to 3 he was
sitting In basement room ut the Female
Institute, with his class, when he felt very
sensibly movement OF the earth from east
10 west. His class also felt it. At Professor
Winston's residence, Ninth and Clay, his
daughter. who at the time was seated al
the piano. felt the quake so plainly that she
ran out OF the house.
OTHERS WHO FELT IT.
Mr.. j. Il. Tree and wife, at their house.
near Fourth and Grace, aud Captain
Charles +. Taylor. on Grace between sixth
and Seventh, also felt the earthquake. Al
Pcarce's drugstore, corner Leigh ana
Fourth streets, il was also felt.
Mr.. Emmett Styll felt il on Church Hill.
At Mr.. James Gordon's, No. 903 east
Leigh street, the shock was felt distinctly
about 2:45 =. NJ. Windows ratified and
doors vibTated for several seconds.
IT RANG THE BELL.
At the residence Of Mr.. Edward III
Fisher, No. $40 east Clay street, the shock
ruDg the front door bell.
Upstairs there was door open and 1t
swung to and fro with the motion OF the
earth. while there was rattling OF window
panes and OF glassware.
Mr.. Alex. Wake, living ut S1i Park
ayenuo, was In the third-story at the time.
II shook the gas-iiXtures and moved hi.
char. He experienced iainty feelngand
Immediately went down to the first floor,
where be bad left the family at dinner, and
told them Of IL, and they, too, remembered
feeling n shake. which left no impression
until he came down and told what he had
felt.
MADE HIN FEEL SICK.
Mr.. Poindextcr, deputy clerk OF the
Cbancery Court, felt the shock very per-
ceplibly, and says it made him feel sick for
awhile. He left his desk, where he had
been writing, and walked up and down The
hall, and in few minutes felt better. He
says there was no rumbling, but only a
swaying motion.
OTHER POINTS.
The shock, though slight was felt very
peTceptibly in the stores near Sixth and
Broad streets; also. in private residences
in that portion OF the city and further
north Of Broad street.
No one was heard to speak OF feeling the
shock at the FAIRGROUNDS.
Ii was not felt on Mayo's island at all.
TWO SHOCKS.
a gentleman who was sitting in bis par
lor on Grace street states that there were
two distinct shocks, or rather a backward
and forward motion OF the earth.
His house is of brick and sOlidly built, bur
il quvcrod very ptrceptbly under the
shocks. TIE heavy chandelier O:cillated
boldly.
This observer was In the very same room
on the night OF the 3lst Of August, and he
saws that the violence OF the shocks yester-
day was almost as great as or the former
occasion, aud he thinks that II they had
occurred in the stiffness OF night instead OF
at an hour Of the day vhen the streets
were filed with busting life. that they
would have been noticed rs much.
A family living near the corner OF Mar
shall and Tenth streets were 30 much
frightened that they ran into the street.
NOT FELT IN MANCHESTER.
From what could he heard from yarious
sections OF Manchester yesterday afternoon
the shock could not have been felt there
NcssTs. Duyal q Robertson, Eleventh and
Porter streets; Bowen & Bradley, fhir-
teenth and Hull streets, and NunnallY *
Sons, Eighth and Hull streets, all said that
they knew nothing OF it until they saw
mention Of It in the afternoon paper.
A number OF persons in less-public places
were asked, but none Of them heard it.