Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-03-14
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Very Slight Earthquake - No
Damage Whatever lsoporsna

Damage Whatever lsspostca.
a slight earthquasn ehaek was fslt ia the
clly aud tts suburbs at @ as o'clock, Friday
evening. The vibrations werc very distinct
aud lasied about 30 eeconds. The shock
whs very slight and no damage Whatever IL
rue disturbance was more perceptlble in tho
upper stories OF Residences throughout the
elty man npon the basement or along the
street., Tha atmospheric condition at tho
llme wss NJ follows: a falling Of the mer-
curry 70 about 30 watch recorded aio NJ 4 D,
N. cold wind was Blowing and tho ssy
Nv perfectly claAt. At2 o, M, on Friday,
,he san shonA with unii4ual warmth. Tns
laitar condition OF the atmosphere Ind
peen preceded by very light snow fall.
~ Iaf az nRii DO aSaaily ga bored tho
trempr was moro distinctly felt upon the
east side OF th4 city than elsewhere.
FIT pEIcEPrpLy Ar NEWARK.
special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal
htWA1E, haica 9.--pns town was 9gog
last atGhl 0vsr u vsrY pereeptlDls shock OF
40 eartt quake about - u. M, which was
rev aii over the town. ms shock was ua-
usnRilp violent lasting bur about sanoni,
ana az the spms time producing Rraat con.
sternailon. OF course, no actual daInpgs
was Gone, but is described rs being tue
most severe OF any ever ielc hers. The
movement was lateral, extending from tina
ooFth,eaat 70 the south-wesf, and glass ware
Va AL the storea here waa SGT 10 shaking
and rtttlins violently The motiou of
houses WAS no psrosptiblo az to cause many
occupants to rush ioto the street badly
frightened. Llsr night fep rita of any SINH
lar occurrence Ia The vicinity had not
r aehad here, and there was considerable
shx'sty TO knDw its damage or extent out
side.
EiKros PEOPLE ALARMED.
Special Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal
ELEToN, Marth 9.--@ha, IL snp1used 10
have bsea shock Of earthquakes was felt
hete last evening abnut 35 O'Clock BY
some of our cit gems. Many others failed
20 notice It. HiodOEs AMI fistss ratified.
Ia one store on Maln street in the hollow
one OF The proptietors was SO startled hythe
rattle OF crockerg and lamps that hA
lhonHnt the bnNdlng VIA settling and
rushed out OF Ills stOra lnto tho street.
ALONG THE u AsDp.
Along tho line Of the I,4ndanherg branch
OF the Is. N u. railroad vibrations were felt
reported.
a slight tramor was felt a. Now Castle
last evening at o'clocg.
THE sHacR RLsEwnFRR.
Dispatches from clties ia Pennsylvania,
from Get ysburg to Rsading, give the fal.
pNtHA hSttAiia vi LuS hGhfufg VHhNlIRSFa-
tons: A epecial dispatch from York says
the heaviest shock OF earthquake evar *.
perienced was felt at 6 40 o'clock on Friday
evening. The whole city and Its Suburbs
ware sheken.
special from Gettysburg saws the shock
lasted fully 10 seconds. At Grhenridgs
sound resembling thunder accompanied the
shocK.
At diepville there was no damage done
to any building, The noise was at frst only
about audible, and increased to that 81
heavy distant thunder, and continued one
minute and a.hRlI.
IL lasted for 50 seconds st Lancaster, and
shook the furniture In houses and rattlei
the windows and dishes. People run in
terror from their houses, ae 1t was thought
a terrible explosion had taken place.
Persons residing AZ Reading experienced
a strange rocking and tremhling of the
earth. IL was felt very Distinctly on South
mountain and at houses on the outskirts OF
the city. and other poiuts In Berks, Lam
caster aud Lebanon counties which could
be reached by telephone.
a number of buildings were shaken sard
The occupants fr!ebtensn Mt Carlisle,
Lebanon and Hanover, but no damage was
reported.
There was perceptib,e trenor OF the
earth Of Harrisburg, which was feit and
noticed by number OF people, --------5
AT PHILADELPHIA.
People In and about tbs post Office build.
fps md the new city hall at Philadelphia
say that slight tremor was felt In those
structures about O'Clock, bnt IT. was so
slight that the thought OF It's being an
earthquake did not suggest itself until word
bad heon received from interior points OF a
shock.
A dispatch from Baltimore says: An
earthquake shock ratified windows and
shook things generally In the northeastern
section OF this city at g 40 last evening A
second shock followed few seconds later.
Some OF the country people say rumbllng
sound as OF distant thunder accompanied
the shocks.
At Towsonton. Baltimore county, Tho
houses built upon the lodges OF rocks bs-
ginning there and extending along the line
Of the Maryland Central railroad were 80.
vereiy shaken, The shocks elused gen.
erat scare among the residents OF tho
villages IN Hartford and Baltimore counties.
In Carroll, Baltimore. Hartford and Cecil
counties the effect OF the shock WIS quite |
perceptible. In the town ot Westminster u
nuniber ct women wore badly frightened by |
the seismic wave and rushed panic. stricken |
from their houses.
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