Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-03
THE WEST IN A TREMBLE.
Earthquake Waves From Tennessee
to Iowa.
Houses Shaken in st. Louis and Louisville
and Other Cities--Windows Rattle,
and People Nauseated.

and People Nauseated.
severe earthquake shock was felt in
Peoria, H., along the bluffs and back from
the river. Communication with outside
towns brings information that the shock was
felt in Bloomington, Jacksonville and other
places. The train dispatcher at Logansport,
Ind, says the shock was so violent there and
at Vincenacs that people left their houses in
fright as articles OF furniture tumbled down.
The air has cooled ten degrees since the dis
turbance, but the sky is cloud.a, IS, and there
is no sign of rain.
ST. LOUIS, Moan earthquake occurred
in this city at 1850 P. NJ. The vibrations
were distinctly felt upon the third floor of the
Western Union building, and passed north
and south. Pedestrians upon the streets felt
the shock. 1t is not known at present whether
any damage was done. The vibrations lasted
about ten seconds
LOUISVILLE, KY.-A slight earthquake
shock was felt here at 1885 2. NJ. The dura-
ton was about one second.
The melton the earthquake seemed to be
from south to north. There was a vibration
lattng Little more than cond, followed
by anoth one, making the total time about
two seconds. The City Hall clock struck once
at 1858, but Signal Officer Burke says the
time was 1857. The motion, he says, was
vertical, not lateral, therein differing from
any other OF the seven he has experienced.
The shock was felt generally throughout the
city and at Madison, Ind.
1t was not long after the earthquake shock
before lnquir. es and reports concerning it be-
gan flowing into the newspaper offices. Ii
seems that the shock was very general. and
that the vibrations were slow, but very notice
able and distinct. Several people were awak-
ened from eep, particularly in the West End
and rushed TO the streets in their night clothes.
Among those who migrated from their beds
we're Governor johnson and his family who
live at the corner of Washington and Pendle-
ton avenues. Probably the most singular ex-
perience was that of j. B. Waters, of the
Salvage Corps, on the corner of Locust AMI
Seven Ii streets. Mr. Waters was shaken off
his stool while sitting at the switchboard.
considerable crockery and glassware were de-
molished, and it is reported that some wooden
stables on the outskirts of the town were top
pied over.
MEMPHIS, TENN.--A slight shock Of earth
quake was felt in this city and vicinity about
1880 z. NJ, the disturbance lasting two or
three seconds
SPRINGFIELD, ILL-An earthquake shock
'Vit at NV M't ehlouSi tnls
city. Windows raft ed violently, and the
Circuit Court, in ssion, was temporarily in
terrupted. Reports IRON jacksonville, Tay-
lorviile, Decatur and Mount Pulaski state
that the shock was felt there.
TERRE HAUTE, lND.-A distinct shock of
earthquake W felt here at 1880 P. NJ. Win
dows ratified, chandeliers swayed and many
persons were nauseated by the undu atoms.
One of the two seismoscopes in this country,
by which the duration of earthquakes is ac-
curately dete mined, is at the Rose Polytech-
mic Institute, but at this hour has not been
examined.
EVANSVILLE, IND.--At 1859 distinct
shock OF elrthquake was felt here. No damage
was done, but general fright ensued.
kEoKUK, IowA.-At ten minutes 10 eleven
there occurred three distinct tremors of the
earth, which shook buildings in various parts
of the city. The shocks were of short dura-