The record-union., 1895-11-01
SEISMIC DISTURBANCES.
Eastern Cities Experience Heavy
Shakes Yesterday Morning.
FIRST ON RECORD FELT IN THE
ILLINOIS METROPOLIS.

Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, Mich
1gan, Nebraska, Missouri. Tennes-
see. West Virginia, Kentucky.
Alabama and Louisiana Also Ex-
perience ShociEs.
| CHICAGO, Oct 31-The first earth
! quake on record visited this city this
morning at 5:15 o'clock, but it was al
most a harmless one although distinct.
The disturbance extended throughout
Illinois without doing much damage,
and reports received from towns in In
diana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kan
sas and Nebraska, state that the
quake passed north and west as far as
those States, while to the south it
spread through Missouri, Tennessee,
West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama and
Louisiana. In nearly all the Western
towns nearly the same story was told.
The destruction of property was con-
fined chiefly to fallen chimneys and
plaster cracked walls and broken
household articles, while nervous sys-
TENS suffered a shock.
Chicago's maiden shock lasted about
Ole minute. In many houses pictures
/ were thrown to the floor and crOckery
! broken and some chimneyS fell The
! shock was unaccompanied by any
audible rumbling sound, coming in
| gently from the lake and disappearing
! across the prairies of the West. 1t
| side, where probably the majority of
sleepers We're awakened. In the sub
urbs many persons dashed out of their
houses in scanty clothing. At the Lake
Front hotels the shock was felt much
! palmer than at those in the central
part of the district Nearly everyone
! in the Victoria was aroused by the
shcck Half a dozen people came down
stairs to complain about the noise OF
the machinery waking them up. Sew
elal thought the engine had exploded.
The Great Northern, which is the high
est hotel building in the country, was
only slightly Jared. One of the guests
on the tenth floor ran out of his room
when the trembling of the building oc
CURED.
The shock was noticeable in nearly
ali of the high office buildings. IN
some instances occupants of the upper
| floors were badly scared and imagined
that the buildings were tumbling. The
enunciatorS at the Central Telephone
/ d
distinct vibration Of the buiionS
and the jostling of desks against each
other followed the drop Of the iustru-
nents and alarmed the operators on
duty.
The shock was felt all along the river.
! Tug boats rocked from side to side and
/ rose as with a tide. and large vessels
rocked against the docks with great
deal Of force Theforce was great out in
/ 1aI
the shelves in the house of the tWo-mile
crib-keeper and a lamp and ornaments
upon the table in his room were over
turned. Keeper Doll rushed to the top
of the crib, thinking that gale had
blown the top off.
In the MaXwell-street station eighty
patrOlmen were asleep upstairs, and
the men, scantily dressed, rushed for
the stairs below. The plastering in
several places fell from the walls on
the bare heads Of the officers. a crack
/ in the wall reaching from the roof to
the second floor resulted from the
shock.
Three shocks were felt at Aurora.
Guests in the hotels at Rockford
were thrown into a panic by the noise
and breaking of glass and china, but
no one was hurt. At the female semi
nary of Carroll the vibration was so
strong that it created CONSERVATION,
and seventy white-robed students ran
wildly about the halls.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 31-At 5:12 a. m.
several severe earthquake shocks were
distinctly felt here.
The vibrations were from east to
west and each shock continued several
seconds. The operators in the Western
Union telegraph office became alarmed
and several rushed from the building.
The shocks We're not accompanied by
any rumbling noise. Clocks were
stopped and windows ratified, but no
serious damage has as yet been re-
ported
In the west end of the city the people,
il is reported by the telephone company,
rushed in alarm from their homes and
returned only after having become
numbed with cold.
SPRINGFIELD CMo), Oct. 31.-At
5:13 o'clock this morning a severe
/ earthquake shock was distinctly felt.
| followed by a rumbling noise, lasting
fully ten seconds, and was followed by q
second shock and rumbling noise.
Windows in buildings ratified and the
force in the Republican building ran
out on the streets in alarm. No damage
is reported as yet.
CINCINNATI, Oct 31-An earth
quake shock was felt here at 5:f0 this
morning the most distinct in ten
years. 1t began with q slight tremul-
Gus motion that continued perhaps a
minute. Then followed two or three
violent undulations, shaking brick
buildings and rattling windows. A
slight roaring sound continued after
the shaking ceased.
MEMPHIS CTenn), Oct 31-A
heavy shock of earthquake was felt
here this morning. during which
houses rocked. The shock lasted
about a minute and was preceded by a
rumbling sound.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 31.-The most
pronounced earthquake shock in the
memory of citizens occurred at $40
this morning. 1t continued six OF
seven seconds. Every building in the
city was shaken. Thousands of people
were awakened.
LOUISVILLE Ky9, Oct. 31.-An
earthquake shock here at 5:17 was
felt all over the city. No damage re-
suited.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 81. = A
slight shock of earthquake was felt
here at 800 a. m.
CAIRO qn), Oct 31-The earth
, quake at 300 a. m. was the severest
ever felt in this section. 1t lasted
thirty seconds. The vibrations We're
north and south. People left their
| houses Tor safety Many chlmneys
were shaken down. The public library
building was badly damaged
GAINESVILLE, (O), Oct. 31.-A few
minutes after ) o'clock this morning
residents in all parts of the city were
aroused by distinct earthquake shock
II caused residences to tremble vio-
lently, in some cases loosening the pic
lures from the walls and causing stove
pipes and tinware to fan from their fas-
Jennings. The trembling continued hall
/ minute 1t was the most severe
, earthquake ever felt in this vicinity.
CLEVELAND, Oct 3l.-TWo severe