The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-01
AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.
People still Telling How They Were
Shaken Up.

People are still talking about the earthquake
Of Sunday. Rev. ID. c. Garrett, who went to Ia
coma in the afternoon TO hold a service in St.
Lakes church, said yesterday: "The Flyer had
lust pulled ont from the wharf here, when /
boxed at my watch to see how much late We
we're in starting. The hands showed 3:fT. and
fthat minute the ship careened so far to one
noe that feared for moment that she was
Iting TO upset. | said to myself, This new
soat can't be very good craft If she does that
bft OF thing. But I've since learned that an
Earthquake caused the trouble"
/ l. Ihorne was eating dinner at his home
In Renton when the shock ratified the stove.
| pile o. books in the office of j. NJ. Carson.
u The Butler block, were thrown from the desk
p'he floor: and IN the office of Paul d Henry,
the same block. some minerals and ores that
we're lying on some books were tossed to the
ioor
In the Office OF Superintendent Neff, of the
Ss''ie Montana railway, an electric lamp
"nng until 1t touched the wall two feet away.
nhen the earthquake made itself felt. Mr.
tiea oaseh was writing in the county com
! customers Office at the new courthouse. The
@euiauoas were very faint Just enough TO be
soucesble but hardly sufficient to cause alarm.
sae iac' would seem TO indicate that the shock
l ss most severe nearest the water, for all along
ne water front the tremor OF the earth was go
i tlst every one WAS badiN tfiEulelSI.
Little shocks like the one we had yesterday
~ Mt 1asch last evening, would never dis
/ a'e an old Californian like me. In San Fran.
| s"co and Southern California shocks of earth
| saaAe are very frequent and at times severe. IL
W common visitation that the papers and
~ people pay but passing attention % it, l
s.eAe'iy remembe. IN the spring OF isbs when
usS living In san Francisco. The papers came
s'Nth illustrations and long articles concern
- 'he devastating tidal wave which visited
50 The Waterec, an American war vessel
sAisa have seen many times, was cruising of
nv coast OF Peru when a tidal wave. caused
Tue earthquake, rolled up and car
~ the vessel in shore mile and 8
a. and left her high and dry in the timber
49, accomplishment OF about 80 men only one
Aah was hurt, and he was not killed. The
sa'p Is still up there in the woods, Tor all
a. beard 10 the contrary. An English steam
- Nhieh was sieamlng III 10 make port near
Ivy lhe unfortunate Wateree was destroyed.
\ hwy escaped similar fate. The captain
-, me 'stai wave approaching and immedi-
- save The signal 20 back the engines at fun
- HE vessel was carried slmost 10 the
-, our the returning waters swept her hack
-e oesom % tie ocean and she was saved.
81 u was less than tx weeks after the news OF
e. 80 "narkaols incident had been published
49, eAa Francisco visited by fatal
Il 9uaAe which continued az frequent inter
i - tU1 Twelve days. The minds of the people
II ~" o. the Peruvian precedent and they
- sariui lest tidal wave should rise up aud
a. a. Ou' O. existence the city Several build
II r. were demolished during the frequent
D.. g. re OF the earth. sad twelve persons al told
/ "e earthquake at Port Angeles.
is, ANGELES, Nov. S0-[SpeeisL A dis
:, ssnoek Of earthquake WAS felt here yester-
go so, !; lasted about fifteen seconds.
/ ~, .e1' down the straits more severely than
81 YET Alexander Gibson. Remains.