Telegram-herald., 1891-09-29
ROCKING OF OLD EARTH
Earthquakes Erightsn tho People
Of Five states.
Startling n0Tl0y OF BUILDINGS
shseks EsIs j. azaay Ts~ns Ia Hisssaris
Illsasss. isaiass, laws saa kss-
saeky-Ss ssrioas Damage
Reported.

Legls at 1880 Saturday night IL WAS
particularly no-iesa5le II TIA eentrai
carlton of tia e.sy AID ia the north
sad wsst eadA Ca TEST Pine street.
Il was notaesa that tae shesk lastsd
tive 1inesss Its greatest force Vas
reached during the i-rst minute, after
which IL became lsss and less notise-
sbls ansii IL 4ied out IL Is said that
the shocx felt hers WAS sinaiIar 20 that
experienced OF the night Of the Charles
ton disaster. II sss,ned 20 move from
south 70 nsyth
Buildings facing the nor.h and south
were viGbly Affected by the shock
wateh,-sa in several high buildings
say they became alarmed and made ell
haste 70 reach the groand. A. one
newspaper Office the competitors. who
were On the afth foor. left their cases
and rasnea psnic-strickea down the
stairwsys into the streets Through
out tia whole city the police report
TIA. he people rushed from their
homes IN great alarm No scrioas dsm-
age has heen reported as yet
At East St LoEis the shock was dis
t.netly felk May people were aroused
FROM their siau bars and 10 few mo-
meats the streets were flled with peo-
pie. No damage has ss yet been re-
ported. bat the whole esty felt the
auakinz Of ths earth. Al Gillespie,
III. the shock was felt very
distinctly The wave was from
the southeast 10 northwest At Deca-
tur, Ill, the vibration was from east
10 west and lasted several seconds. 1t
shook doors aud vindows all over town
and awoke people who had already re-
tired No damage resulted, but . great
many people were badly frightened.
AT Greerviile. Ill. the shock was so
yiolen. In It's nature ~ to cause brick
buildings to tremble. A largo proper
ton OF the inhabitants were
aroused from their slpmbera
The shock lasted fully q
minute A, Nokomis. III. the wave
lasted over duration of forty seconds.
at Odin citizens were alarmed Tor Tow
minutes. At Xenia. ILL.,. brick houses
swayed on their foundations, whilo
frame dwellings rocked to and fro.
Plaster was knocked from the ceilings
and vases and pictures were thrown
from the walls.
SPRISGFIzLp, IL, Sept 2s. - An
earthquake shock was distinctly felt At
1880 sa.urday night throughout this
city. Windows ratified violently and
rarily interrupted. There were two
distinct oscillations, closely following
each other. and the vibration lasted
fully one minute in each case.
The direction appeared to be
from southeast 70 northwest Build
ings were shaken, windows and
stoves rattsed. and suspended electric
lights swayed shyr~'v. No damage
was done The s- appears to have
been general throughout this section.
Mount Pulaski reports heavy shock
At jacksonville the shock was lighter
than here. while ut Lincoln it was
more severe. The shock was felt dis
tinctly at Bloomington, Decatur. Pc
orin, Mount Vernon and many other
points
The mines lying east Of this city
have been terribly damaged. In the
Riverton and Dawson shafts posts
were shaken down and large sections
OF the roof came with them. This was
the ease in several sections and the en-
tries are so elogged that work will be
suspended for several days.
From other mines the reports are
similar and the loss will be very heavy.
The clearing ND of the mines and the
losses from stoppages will reach sew
eral thousand dollars
CHICAGO. Sept es.--ssturday nights
earthquake shock was felt In this city.
While the shock was rot severe, il was
noticeabls In different sections OF the
city. Other Illinois points where IL was
felt we're Galesburg. vsSdalia, Albion,
Sullivan. Pittsfeld. HooPeston. Mowea-
qua. Mattoon. Paris. Nashville. Hills
boro. Shelsyville, Virginia and War
saw.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Sept fs-ia'
aianspolis was Waited by distinct
shock of earthquake Saturday night.
The phenomenon occurred about ten
minutes before IA O'Clock. Reports ~
90 its duration differ. but from the bes,
information that can be gathered Il
lasted about eight seconds. In the
journal Office building the shock was
percepdele. There was disposition
at frs. to attribute tie sensation 10
other causes. but the telephone q short
time later brought confirmation of the
earthquake theory from \ score Of
sources
TxRss HArrr. Ind, Sept O. An
earthquake shock that lasted about
tbirt. seconds was fels nero about 1885
o'clock Saturday night Buildings
rocked. glassware and croekery were
shaken from the saslves. asd person
asleep vers awakened by she rum bling
noise. Unfortunately the seIsnsiscOp-
~ the Rose Poiy ytsehaic institute. enc ei
the tvo IN eais couasry vas aot 10 read
mess for tsais earthquake. and no me- az
urssnrps is ossnsnsols. The people. wha
feit the sbeck and were sbls ts slssin'
raish tae direction SAP IL was from ths
south vest 20 the aor.hcsss and lasted
fully thsrsz seconds. The newspaper
oflea telephones wsre Kept busy an
swerirg inquiries from citizens asvzic.
ened from their sleep There i no r..
port ~ any damage - buildings ManS
persons we're oaaseasea ey the undals
sion-.
ccIusaus Ind. sep. as-~Thsr'
were two aIstsncs shocxs of earthquake
here Sstsraar night and the vibrs
sic-ts appearad "a be north ard south
Nsny families tssoi< 10 the streets ~
fesr lhrIr residences wouia he ~reeisesl
The Slstsfssncs iass~a teen - tsen
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