Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-09-11
SHAKEN UP.
Shocks of Earthquake Felt in Many Diff
ferent Places.
Folks Frightened Flee for Safety to the
Streets.

At 9:45 the desks In the Associated Press
office in the Corcoran building at Wash
ington began is vibratc in a pecul-
lar but unmistakablc fashion that
suggested an earthquake. A few min.
utes later the janitor reported that the upper
stories Of the building were rocking back and
forth, and the night manager of the Western
Union telegraph otlse made a similar an
nounccnent, with the additional information
that the clock on the western wall of the room
had stopped. Telephone messages from gen.
tlemen connected with the Associated Press
Office who live on Massachusetts avenue, and
from other points in the city, reported that
ornaments or mantel pieces were rafting, \
few minutes previous severe shock was felt nj
Indianapolis. 4 portion of the cornice of the
Denison hotel was displaced. falling 10 the
pavement, and the tower of the court house
rocked To such an extent that a lire Waterman
on duty fled down stairs. At 9:0l 4 slight vi
bration was experienced at Chicago. II was
not generally felt except in the upper stories
Of tall buildings. AT Memphis the shock was
violent and lasted ten seconds, but no damage
was done. Hotel guests rushed to the street
and the whole city was in \ state of alarm.
AT Meadyille, Pa, the quaking Of the earth
seartled the people who, ia a panic filled the
streets, fearing that the buildings would tum-
bile upon them. Though the alarm was great,
no damage was done.
AT New York and Cincinnati the undulation
were slight, though It was plainly felt. In the
latter place ii was not noticed much by per-
sons on the street or on the ground floors. At
Cleveland, Detroit, Louisville, Lexington,
Ky, and Nashville, the shocks were slight
though distinctly felt. So far as known no
lives were lost and no property was damaged.
At Charleston, :. G., a bridge fell carrying
with il telegraph wires. The railroad tracks
are submerged with water. The greatest con-
sternation prevailed.
Al Columbia, South Carolina. the shocks
were terrific. There were ten distinct yibra-
tons. People attending a meeting at the
court house fled in panic. The walls of that
building were cracked. At II o'clock the
people were congrcgated on the streets afraid
to return TO their homes.
AT Raleigh, North Carolina, the walls of
buildings were cracked, chimucys toppled
over and floors broken up.
Though no damage was lone the shock at
Milwaukee caused people to flee from their
residences.
At Dubuque, Iowa, tall buildings were
shaken, and the audience at the opera house
ran out in the utmost confusion. Printers in
Herald office LEFT the building and guests al
the hotels rPn nom their rooms.
At Burlington, Iowa, the shocks were light.
At Bloomington, Illinois, the shock was
light.
At Wilmington, North Carolina, the shocks
were very severe and came near wrecking
many houses. The shake was pretty general
all over North Carolina.
At Charlotte, North Carolina, chimncys
were thrown down.
At Richmond, Virginia, the greatest excite
men. prevailed. The militia were called out.
Everything was in the widest state Of excite
ment but no injury to persons or property
was done. The negroes were terror stricken.
At Savannah, Georgia. there was a very de-
cided shock felt but no harm was done.
At Atlanta ornaments were jostled from
the shelves, lamps were swaycd, chimncys
crashed through roofs and considerable dam
age was done 10 buildings.
The earthquake destroyed a mill dam ,which
overlooked a rail track causing a wreck at
Longley, South Carolina. The engine was
forty feet under water.
AT Macon and Augusta, Georgia, things
were shaken up pretty badly, but without seri-
Gus damage to property and no loss Of life.