The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-01
IN GENERAL.

IN GENERAL.
The Shock Felt with More Less Severity
in All Directions.
CINCINNATI, Aug 31.-At GIG p NJ, city time
slight shock of earthquake was felt here. The
printers in the Sun Office started to run down
stairs thinking the building was falling The
shock was quite perceptible at the telephone ex-
change and other buildings, but it was not no.
ticed much by persons on the streets. Officers
and reporters of police headquarters, in the city
building, made stampede from the shaky build
ing into the street, as the building has been OK
pected to collapse for some time. At all the
hotels there was more or less fright and confu-
sion, but no casualties. The same may be said
or the theaters, although panic was narrowly
averted at Heuck's. All the clocks in the West
ern Union telegraph office stopped at S:54 stand
ard time. Probably the worst scare of the night
was in the composing-room of the Commercial
Gazette Office. There the swaying terrified the
printers, and a dozen jumped out of the
windows to the roof of the adjoining building,
distance OF six feet. One of them was somewhat
bruised in his haste, but was not badly hurt.
CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 3L-At 9 o'clock, stand
ard time, this evening, three perceptible earSh
quake shocks were felt in this city. The vibra-
tions were from east to west and the shocks
lasted about minute. High buildings
swayed, windows ratified and people ran exct-
ed into the streets. The morning newspaper
officers were emptled of editors and printers
within half minute after the shock was felt,
AT the Opera-house and Academy of Music peo-
pie were startled by the swaying Of the chande-
liers, and at once stampede for the street took
place. Nearly every person left his seat, but
nobody was hurt in the rush Everybody was
frightened, but only few realized that an
earthquake was the cause of the commotiou.
Many supposed that violent explosion had oc-
CURED somewhere in the suburbs, and the news
paper Offices were besieged by people curious to
learn what had happened. Guests at the hotels
left their rooms in confusion. AT the Lincoln a
large hve-story apartment house, the widest eX-
element prevailed Men and women rushed
through the halls, and several ladies' tainted
through fright People playing billiards were
astonished TO see the balls roll about the tables.
Clocks whose pendulums swung east and west
stopped at half past 9, local time
DETROIT, Mich. Aug 3l.-At three minutes
before o'clock, tonight, an earthquake shoek
shook large buildings in this city, and created
considerable excitement second and third
shock followed the three extending over a
period of three minutes The wave went from
west to east and felt in all parts of tho city,
especially in high buildings. Chairs tables,
pictures and gas fixtures were shaken percepti-
bly,, and persons on their feet were nearly
thrown down. The few who We're in their
Offices were somewhat terrified. In the news
paper offices work temporarily suspended.
The Free Press editorial force stampeded, leav-
ing the building in the best time record. The
compositors on the same paper felt the shock
stronger, but those paid by the thousand kept at
work without pause. while those on the weekly
payroll stopped to take account of their
fright. The Associated Press Office, in the same
building, continued ready for business, no shock
hair fn1k t., 49,
phoued from different buildings in the central
part of the city, and also from the suburbs, to
the same effect
CHICAGO, Aug. 31-Erratic actions on the part
of the barometer In the signal Office here this
evening, caused the sergeant in charge to pause
IN the middle of an observation. His hands, he
noticed, trembed violently, and for a moment
he thought himself i'll. The rocking of large
chair in the middle of the and the rafting
of bottles shelf quickly brought him to the
realization that quake of the earth was in prog
ress. The first wave began at exactly DOR
P. NJ. and lasted six or seven seconds. Its mo-
tion was from west to east. and there were
about three or four vibrations to the second.
The barometer went up one one hundredth of an
inch In seven minutes. Soon after the shock lt
marked 30 IL. and continued to rise rapidly. The
effects of the shock were not generally noticeable
in Chicago except In the upper stories Of tall
buildings. Persons who happened to be con-
versing by telephone. at the time. suddenly
found themselves "cut off," and for time the
blame for the trouble was hea ped unsparingly
upon the central Office
COLUMBUS, o., Aug 31-Reports are coming
in from ali over the city that shock of an earth
quake was distinctly felt about $50 P 81. 1t was
more perceptible at the largest buildings. At
Central Asylum for Insane, the largest building
for insane in the world, the furniture was turned
around, and the patients became so alarmed that
the attendants had trouble in getting them TO
return to their wards. At the Institute for Blind
fha ohnQLy vvs cfr hot III hair m
the floor were made to start in motion, and the
chandeliers were swayed to and fro with such
force that they continued for some time after
wards in motion. These samples of the sem
sation The teachers at the Blind Institute re-
fused to return to their rooms after running to
tho main audionce-room below. AT this piut it
was accompanied by low. heavy rumbling
sound. The time given at the Blind Institute
was 922. local
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 31.-A very distinct earth
Quake shock was experienced in this city this
evening, at 8:32 o oclock, and lasted for about q
quarter of a minute The shock was not at all
violent and resembed the motion of series of
water waves. The guests occupying the upper
floors of the Southern and Lindell hotels rushed
down stairs, badly frightened, fearing that some
catastrophe was about to occur. At Masonic
Hall, where company OF knights Tempars
were drilling, the pictures swung inward from
the walls. The shock was also felt in the Mis-
souri, Republican building, and at other places
throughout the city. No casualties have yet
been reported. The signal service observer ro-
ports that tho vibrations we're from west to east
and that the government building rocked per-
ceptiby, the chandeliers moving from their ac-
customed positions. The shock was not so violent
In this city rs at some other points, only those IN
the higher buildings noticing il at all.
LOUISVILLE KY, Aug. 3l.-At 9l3 o'clock,
city time, severe shock was felt all over the
city, lasting about thirty seconds. In the fifth
story of the large Courier-Journal building the
arst motions were very decided oscillations.
north and south, which settled into vibrations.
a general stampede occurred, and people left
| their houses and ran into streets all over the
| city Several public meetings were shaken, and
| the audiences rushed wildly frightened into the