Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-28
IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS.
The Quake Creates Great CONSERVATION,
but Does Little Harm.

The Quake Creates Great Conformation,
but Does Little Harm.
All the cities in Indiana as far north as
Indianapolis felt the tremor. At the cap
ital the shock lasted about eight seconds.
In The Journal Office building the shock
was perceptible. There was a disposition
at first to attribute the sensation to other
causes, but the telephone short time
later brought confirmation of the earth
quake theory from a score Of sources
Judge Martindale, of the Worlds fair
commission, was the frs: to call over the
wires, He said that he had retired, but
had not gone to sleep. His bed swayed
to and fro, as near as he could guess, for
about five seconds. The sensation was so
marked that the judge arose and got him
self in position for whatever might come
next.
Shook Up Waterman.
The Waterman on the fire tower was
leaning with his elbows on the walls of
the tower when suddenly the structure
shook and continued shaking, it seemed
to him, for fifteen seconds. He had in
tended to say nothing about 10 but since
the subject was mentioned he was certain
it was an earthquake shock. From a
FLAIR reports. In some instances people
were so terrified that they ran
from their houses. The operator at
New Palestine. fifteen miles out on tae
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road,
said the shock there was of such force as
to rattle windows and set chairs to rock
ing.
Fifteen Seconds at Terre Haute.
At Terre Haute Ind, the quake lasted
about fifteen seconds. Buildings rocked,
glassware and crockery were shaken from
the shelves, and persons asleep were
awakened by the rumbling noise Unfor-
tunately the seismiscope AT the Rose Pol
ytechic institute, one of the two in this
country, was not in readiness and no
measurement is obtainable The newspa-
per Office telephones were kept busy an
swering inquiries from citizens awakened
from their sleep. There is no report of
any damage to buildings. In fact, per-
Sons on the streets at the time with few
exceptions, felt no shock and treated the
report as joke.
At Other Hoosier Towns
vincennes was not sighted The town
shook very perceptibly, and people in no.
tells and saloons rushed into the street
much alarmed, and many people were
aroused from their slunl bers Buildings
vibrated and windows ratified for fully
thirty seconds. The shock was felt at Evans
vile, Olney Qlls), Washington, and var
ioIs places in that neighborhood. For
more than half an hour the alarm was
terrific. The Ohio and Mississippi freight
depot rocked to and fro so plainly that the
yardmen were appalled,. and rushed from
the building, but happily no damage was
reported
Closed Doors That Were Ajar.
At Columbus the whole population
tumbled out into the streets. At Martins
vile doors ajar were closed with bang.
and dishes and bottles jingled. The shock
lasted about quarter of a minute The
shock was distinctly felt at Greencastle.
At Spencer the shock lasted few seconds
only At Shelbyville citizens rushed into
the streets, and great excitement pre-
vailed. Furniture toppled, dishes cat-
tered, and the windows ratified as if fall
ing.
Damage Done at Mt. Vernon.
Mt. Vernon is the only place that re-
ports any damage. There mbling was
heard for several seconds. Houses rocked
to and fro. No great damage was done
any buildings, although several had laroe
chunks of plaster shaken from the walls
and ceilings The Methodist church was
damaged more than any other building.
Many people thought it was a cyclone, bat
they soon had their fears allayed. The
electric lights went out and some few peo-
pie were thrown out of their chairs.
Chicago Didn't Feel 1t.
There was no tremor in this city-at
least the signal service observer, who was
sitting on ths top of the Auditorium tower
says there wasn't. and from his position
he ought to know. But dispatches from