The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-08
BIG BUILDINGS WERE swAyED
CroekeTy Ratified, and Frightened Peo-
PIE Ran Into the streets-The Shock
General on ahe Coast.

| Posr-INrELLIGENcER Office was kept ring
ing by people from all parts of the city,
some asking if an earthquake had actually
occurred, others giving information.
Mr.. Harold S. Claiming, the signal SER
vie observer, reported the duration of the
swaying motion as five seconds. At the
time he was on the ground floor OF
the house Of Mr. Charles w. Saunders
on Sixth street between Spring and Seneca.
The chandelier in the room and thermo-
meter swung nearly north and south, but
Mr.. Charming thinks the wave passed
from the southwest to the northeast,
which is the usual direction of earthquake
shocks in this region. Where he was the
motion was very perceptible.
Mr.. Watson w. Moore, who was in his
Office on the fourth floor of the Hinckley
block. on the corner of Second and Column
bia, felt the building sway sharply. He
said that everybody in the building rushed
out.
Mr.. William Caldwell and Mr.. F. E.
Beulah were in Beulah IL Alexander's office
on the fifth floor of the Seattle block, at the
corner of Third and Cherry streets. When
the shock came Mr.. Caldwell, who was
standing, thought he had q sudden touch
of dizziness, and Mr.. Beulah was greatly
startled.
on THE SEVENTH FLOOR.
Mr.. Boyd ]. Tallman, whose Office IS on
the seventh floor of theSafe Deposit building
on Front street, at Che foot of Cherry, felt
the shock very plainly. He was writing
in his Office at the time, and was startled
by cracking and grinding sound. He
thought the roof was tumbling in and
made all haste downstairs.
Mrs. n. w. Flaisig. who lives in rooms
80 and 40, on the third floor of the same
building, was also startled by the shock,
and vase in her room nearly fell from
the mantel over fireplace,
Mr.. w. J. Clark, and F. L. Stinson, on
the second floor, felt the shock plainly and
the electric light globes in the Railways
swayed back and forth In an arc of about
foot
In the two upper floors of the Washing
ton Territorial Investment Company build
ing, on the corners of Cherry and
Second streets, the shock was felt plainly
The pencil Of Posr-ISrELLrGEscER Re-
porter who was writing made crooked
mark, as If someone had pushed his arm.
FELT on RENroN HILL AND QUEEN ANNE.
Within minute after the shock was
over Mr.. J. B. Thompson telephoned in
from Renton hill asking if the earthquake
had been felt down towu-it was sharp
enough up there.
Dr.. Us. Kloeber reported that his house
on the corner of Roy and Temperance
streets, rocked to and fro.
The house Mr.. NJ. E. Clare was in at the
corner of Fifth and James streets was
shaken SO that the light fiickered.
Rev. John f. Damon felt the shock at
his house on the corner of Fifth and Co
lumbia streets, but he said that it was
not as severe as several earthquakes which
have visited the Northwest within his
memory. THE motion was even and pro-
tracted, with less jerk than have usually
observed, said he. "Some sixteen or sew
enteen years ago-I forget the exact date
swayed and trees bent so that their tops
nearly touched the ground. Pieces of fur
nbture were thrown down, dishes were
tossed from shelves and broken, and men
and women were made sick. The Indians
and others were thrown into great terror.
TREMBLING AT BALLARD.
The PosT-INTELLIGENcER correspondent
at Ballard telegraphed last evening:
BALLARD. March Especial. IA slight shock
this evening. The shock lasted about 50 seconds.
The oscillations were north and south. The
stores and dwellings rocked to and fro, and
like the pendulum OF a clock Previous to the
shock the atmosphere was dull, heavy and
oppressive. The shock was generally noticed
u perceive
any unusual disturbance.
FAINT IN TACOMA
TACOMA. March Especial IA faint but per-
ceptible shock OF earthquake was felt for FIVE or
six seconds at 7:35 this evening The motion
was from the southwest TO the northeast There
were two shocks, in fact, the one most percepti-
BILE coming first and lasting two and one half
seconds: and the second, two and one-half Sec
onds later, lasted one and oneha seconds No
damage was done. Several hundred felt the
shock. but thought it was due to blasting much
OF which Is going on In various parts of
the city. Men on fourth and fifth floors Of build
1ngs felt the shock more than others on the
ground floor. In the Northern Pacific head.
quarters building, on the bluff near the bay the
employees feared the foundation of the structure
was defective. The residents OF Cliff avenue
felt the shock sufficiently to cause sensation of
nausea in the stomach, such as is developed in
early stages of seasickness. Several OCCUPANTS
OF some of the tall bank buildings rushed from
their rooms, fearing the buildings were about to
toppie. Three shocks were felt at Eagle Gorge.
THOUGHT OLD RAINIER WAS LOOSE.
RosLyN, March Especial. What is sup
posed TO have been shock of earthquake was
felt here about 7:45 this evening The shock
was severe enough to rock houses stop clocks
and shatter crockery. Disturbance caused vertigo
ana nausea in several persons. Everybody
rushed to street. People here who have lived
In California state the shock was more severe