Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-03

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[Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch
CLOVER DEPOT, VA, Sep. l, 1886
This section was visited by decided
"quake I" last night. live four miles
from Clover. on the Stanton river
Yesterday evening the wind changed
TO the north about sundown, and II
became quite cool. We retired early
Before getting quito asleep we were
aroused by a rumbling noise. The
house shook, windows and doors rat
tied, ard the timber creaked. The
clock struck 10 while the shock wa
progressing. Half an hour afterSard
there we're two slight shocks. Very
truly, Z. a. SAUNDERS.
THE SHOCK IN MIDDLEsEX.
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch
URBANA, September |, 1886.
Our little village was thrown into a
state of excitement last evening about
10 O'Clock, caused by the visitation OF
a considerable earthquake. shock, which
lasted about five minutes. From in.
telligence gained this morning it was
distinctly felt a distance Of fifteen or
twenty miles back from the river.
QUITE A STIR IN SUSSEX.
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch
YALE, VA, September l, 1886
Last night this community was
aroused with severe shaking Of the
earth. The people seemed very much
excited. A lady at this place tainted,
and chickens squalled and fell from
their roosts. Some Of the neighbOrs
houses shook furiously. The shaking
seemed to extend nearly all over the
the county, and it is thought was felt
oil over the State. People are very
much excited. j. Ii. K.
THOUGHT 1T A BURGLAR,
TREvILrAN's, Sept. l, 1886.
To the Editor of the Dispatch
Last night about 10 o'clock a very
perceptible shock of an earthquake was
felt in this section. Ny first impress sion
was that burglar had effected an en-
trance into the house, and that his
heavy football had caused the floor TO
shake. lspraug up in alarm, and found
that other members OF the household
had been awakened also. The brave
gentleman of the house had shouldered
his gun to summarily punish any Ia
truder, but as he discovered no one,
and there was a strong feminine chorus
Of sob, that was an earthquake , |
am 80 frightened >" he put his gun
aside, and, as he was a married man,
left it 70 his wife to comfort the di5-
turbed house. The shock lasted per-
haps a minute, and was severe enough
to rattle the blinds and rock tho beds
unpleasantly. l.. r. n.
THE SHAKE on TIE EASTERN
SHORE.
Correspondence ottne Richmond Dispat
ONANCoCK, September ,, 1856.
Tie earthquake shock reported in
Yesterdays papers vas felt IN all sec
tons CT the Eastern Shore, and not
few were badly frightened, some of them
thinking that tie " crush Of worlds AMI
wreck Of matter" had finally come.
Two shocks, following ia quick Success
sicr, were sensibly felt.
RUMORS ABCVT RICHMOND.
The following telegram from young
man in Charleston to his father in i.ich-
mOnd was received here yesterday:
CHARLESTON, s. O., September 81.
To add to the suspense here is the in
tense anxiety 10 hear from home. All
kinds of reports concerning Richmond
are current. | teleeraphed three times
yesterday and got no reply. Charles
ton is a complete wreck. j. II. A.
A LITTLE GIRL DESCRIBES THE
EARTHQUAKES.
A little girl writing from Amherst
county to her father here in the city
says:
1--WE had dreadful earthquake here
last night, and mother says she had
never experienced such violent one.
We all came down stairs except Mr.
S., who stayed down there. We went
in our nightgowns before Mr.. p. Mrs.
p. cried. Mrs. $. liked TO lave tainted.
Mrs. c. s. thought i. was the ju7g-
ment. day. 1t shook the walls dread
fully. We were getting ready to go to
bed when the windows began to shake,
and we got so frightened wewent down
stairs. must close nOw. GOod-by.
Your ever aGcc. and loving daugh-
ter. MAUDE.
"P. Sd forgot to tell you, too,
that tho ducks began to qusek and co~s
to low, the dogs began to scream and
the chickens to hollow"
HEARD ANOTHER OLIVER.
Mr.. II. V. Turner. who lives on tao
Belmont farm, in IIenrico five miles
north of Richmond, says that decided
shock Of earthquake was felt there es-
terday evening at j:lj o'clock.
Is far as could be learned there vas
nothing Of the kind felt here; but day
before yesterday at about that hour
many persons in this city noticed
quakiDg Of the earth. There seems no
doubt about it. At that same time
Charleston was moved in the like man
ner.
shocks fn North C,roiina.
THE corIp NOR or NORTH CAROLTNA
TO TIE GOVERNOR OF sOUru
CAROLINA-BALDM MOUNTAIN, ETC.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l'
Ramon. n. g., September All
to-day there has been little or no talk
Of nything save the earthquake. No
shocks have been felt since 1913 4.
H., when there vas slight tremOr.
Exaggerated rumors have been Irrent.
Reports from Nash county show that
chimDeys fell there. 1t appears that
the earthquake was more severe IN the
country east Of Durham, and that us
progress was more rapid. At Charlotte
lhe Presbyterian church suffered some
damage. At GoldsOOro', where the
new spire is in course Of construction on
st. Stephens Episcopal church, II
caused much damage. The splre Is
cracked badly, and will, perhaps, have
to be taken down.
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