Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-09
EARTHQUAKE.
UNWEL COME Vlsi-
TOR LAST EVENING.
Two shocks Distinctly Felt in this City
Three States Shook Up and
Many Persons Badly
Frightened.

About Gas o'clock last evening a slight
earthquake was distinctly felt in this city
and vicinity. There were two shocks
which shook the windows of many houses,
but at the time there were very few but
" no attr buted the tremors To an entirely
different cause. There was but a slight
intermission between the shocks, and the
duration of both did not exceed ten
seconds. The vibration seemed to come
from the east and moved westward.
II was felt in almost every house In
this city, but in greater force than In
Others. Some persons thought the tremor
was occ 4sioDed by the passage Of a heavy
team, while others attributed it TO some
heavy body being rolled over the floor OF
an adj 1inirg house. In the eastern part
of the city tie shocks were very percep-
tible and caused dishes aud windows to
rattle as thonyh heavy train of cars had
rushed past There was also rumbling
noise heard, but just at the time there
we're but few who attributed the shocks to
| their real cause.
AS far as can be learned the quake was
first felt In Lancaster county, Pa, and ex.
tended to Berk Lebanon. DAuphin, York
and Chester counties in which it's great
est force seems to have been spent. Cum
berland aad Adams county experienced
the visitation, but in diminished force
and fIom there it passed through this
State and into Maryland, fortunately
without doing any damage. 1t was but
slightly felt in Philadelphia, and there
we're many persons who We're unaware
that an earthquake had passed most un-
comfortably close until they were told OF
1t by others.
| ELSEWHERE.
| READING, Pa. March S.-A distinct
shock of earthquake was felt throughout
this section at about q O'Clock this even
ing. The vibrations seemed to extend
from north to south, and there was q
tremor In the earth as II tho re was a deep
rumbling sound under ground. A large
number Of persons felt It very slightly in
this city and were at first unable to ac-
count for the strange experience.
At Lebanon the earth seemed to trem-
BILE. Harrisburg likewise experienced the
shock. Carlisle, York, Chester and Ian
caster heard the same strange sound. II
was not as severe as that of several years
ago.
LANCASTER, Pa, March S.-Two pro-
nounced earthquake shocks were felt
here this evening about GAO. Buildings
swayed and people ran out of the houses.
Reports from points in the country show
thai the shock was very perceptlble.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, March Sat g.
this evening slight earthquake shock
was felt on Cemetery Hill. Houses were
shaken until the windows ratified for ten
seconds. 1t was also felt at Hanover and
points east. At I4ineboro, Md, q noise
like thunder was heard. At Emery
Grove Junction 1t was thought train
had left the track and had knocked dowr
the station.
LEBANON, Pa, March S.-A ligh
earthquake shock was experienced
through this section about $50 this even
Ing.
CARLISLE, Pa. March S.-The earth
quake shock which passed over this pari
of the Slate this evening was felt through
out this city. Numbers OF buildings were
shaken and the occupants frightened, bat
no damage has been reported.
| YORK, Pa March "a pronounced d
earthquake snock was felt here this even
ing at GAO, which had the effect oil
frightening nearly everybody in the city
and suburbs. Houses trembled for nca ly
a minute aud articles OF ulniture were
moved. Each citizen thought an explo-
sion or some such accident had happened
In the house of his neighbor, and 1t was
not until they ran out Of their houses to
lind everybody else outside that they
found out that 1t was an earthquake
shock.
IN MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, March S.-Reports from
towns through tie northern and western