The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-21
SAVANNAH FEELSATREMOR
The City Experiences -Four Seconds Of
Earthquake.

A Seismic Wave Reminds Savannah
ians of 1ss6-Buildings Shaken &nd
People Awakened Out of Their Sleep.
Charleston, Augusta and Columbia
Feel the Shock-The Quake Distinct
at Tybee and Nearby Points-Its Di-
rection South to North-No Damage
Done.
Savannah had distinct shock of earth
quake last night. 1t lasted about four
seconds, moving from south to north
There was no rumble, but the vibrations
were intermittent during the time they
continued
The shock was felt at the weather bu-
reau at 1879 o'clock.
Charleston, Columbia, Augusta and
Wilmington felt it most severely. The
wave seemingly passed northwardly or
more in a northeasterly direction. 1t
was felt everywhere in the vicinity of Sa-
vannah. At Tybee the buildings shook
perceptibly The vibrations were the
strongest at the light house The light
keeper was in the tower which seemed to
sway as the vibrations came and went.
FELT AROUND THE CITY.
At Greenwich Park, Thunderbolt, and
Isle of Hope, the quake was as distinct as
it was in the city. At Pooler buildings
were shaken and people were awakened
and ran out of doors.
Nowhere in the city probably was the
shock more apparent than on the top of
the MORNING NEWS building, six stories
above the street. The building first shook
and then swayed. On the lower floors
the swaying was felt but the walls trem-
bled and suspended electric lights swung
on their cords. In the lodge rooms on the
upper floors of Masonic Temple and the
Odd Fellows building the occupants felt
the quake almost as much as did those in
the MORNING News building.
PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
There was not very much excitement
among the people, but when they realized
that there was no doubt about the seismic
disturbance. There was rush for the
telegraph and newspaper Offices. The
streets were filed with people in short
time
In Yamacraw, Robertsville and the
Fort the negroes ran out of their houses
into the streets. They discussed the earth
quake in tones of suppressed excitement
and many of them did considerable pray
ing. White people who happened to
pass where negroes were congregatedw were
certain to be halted with the question,
''Was it suah 'nough earthquake, boss2"
At the Ocean Steamship wharves the
movement was more preceptible than it
was uptown. On the ships it seemed to be
more apparent than on the land. The
wharves shook and the sheds seemed to
move.
In the hotels the shock was felt but
there was no excitement. At the DeSoto
T. was felt with considerable force on the
Bull street piazza and people sitting there
jumped up with amazement at the rock
ing they received. Inside the hotel, how
ever, on the office floor, no one knew
there had been an earthquake.
At the Pulaski, the building ratified and
the guests were awakened. McGarr,
Savannah's famous third baseman, stuck
his head out third story window and
he wanted to know If the building was
falling. At the Screven, Marshall and
Harnett houses the guests all felt the
shock.
People on the street did not feel the
vibration as perceptibly as did those in
houses. 1t was nevertheless felt all over
the city.
THE sTEEPLE swAYED.
A gentleman who was passing the INDIE
pendent Presbyterian church said the tall
steeple, which reaches up over 200 feet,
swayed to and fro.
Hundreds of people are at the MORNING
NEWS Office and at the Western Union
and Postal Cable offices in half an hour
after the shock and the first inquiry was
almost invariably, Chow about Charles
TONI"
The moment the shock was felt in Co
lumhia the telegraph operators
there dropped their keys and made
a rush for the street. Almost
simultaneously came over the wires from
Charleston and Augusta, Earthquake"
The Western Union operators here felt
the shock, bnt did not leave their
desks. Up in the telephone ex-
change on the top floor Of
the Sorrel building the night operators
were vibrated and the call bells rung. A
moment later people began shouting over
the wires for information about the shake.
AT TIE WEATHER BUREAU.
Operator Smyth of the weather bureau
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