New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-02
THE EAkTH TREMBLED A BIT
PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT
1T DID, HOWEVER. But THE SHOCK LET
Us OFF EASILY.

FELT a LITTLE MORE SEVERELY IN BROOKLYN
AND NEwJERsEy THAN on THIS ISLE AND
SOME PEOPLE HAVE YARNS TO TELL
ABOUT HOW 1T AFFECTED THEM
ONE BROOKLYNITE SAYS IT
ROLLED HIM OUT OF BED
PERHAPS THE BED
WAS sLANTING
Many Of the sumbering citizens Of New-York
were awakened early yesterday morning by the
unwelcome rumbngs OF an earthquake, which
shook the city about o'clock. The quake was
not violent and lasted only for few seconds.
1t was felt by persons on the water as well as on
| land. and while who talked on the prn-
clpal topic of conversation yesterday told Of rock
ing beds and dancing furniture their state
merits can hardly be borne out by the facts
According to the weather sharps away up In
| the lofty tower OF the Manhattan Life Building,
the earthquake took place at Gil a. m ana lasted
exactly ten seconds. The vibrations, which
were easily detected. were from north to south'
and were accompanied by slight ruinohhg
noise. such heavy wagon makes going along
| the street. Brother Dunns young men declare
In official language that the shock was light, ana
could have been perceptible only to those sitting
or lying still-people who were riding walking
or moving about were not likely to notice any
| of the signs of the earthquake.
FOUR IN ELEVEN YEARS.
The records show that New-York has ex-
rerienced four more less distinct shocks In the
| last eleven years On August 10. 1884 at 2:l4
D. m. there were three distinct shocks. The
second shock was the most severe, and created a
great disturbance among the crockery ana
/ kitchenware Of New-York and suburban homes
! and although no material damage was done a
number Of tmd people were badly frightened.
Staten Island felt 1t perhaps more than any place
! around New-York.
! On August 81. 1886. there was felt a slight
shock at s:53 p. m. and it lasted one minute.
| Nearly seven years went by before New-lorK
experienced another disturbance Of the kind.
and then on March 8. 1898, there was series OF
slight shocks between II. and p. m
4 GOOD MANY DIDN'T KNOW OF 1T.
The great majority of New Workers had not
heard the earthquake and were loath TO peheVe
the assertions of their more wakefu friends
whom they met going to church or elsewhere
The slight jarring sound hardly strong
! enough to awaken heavy or sound sleeper ana
il was the light sleepers who were rudely and
Few persons who stirring abroad at the
time Of the shock knew anything of it.
| The disturbance was not confined to Manhattan
Island for the earth trembled likewise on Long
Island staten Island and Governors Island. and
the shocks varied according to the regard for
the eternal verities Of things entertained by
| those telling the story Captain c. f. Kohler,
superintendent of the Staten Island Ferry, who
| lives on Staten Island said that he had just
! arisen and was crossing the room, when he mad
most peculiar sensation. which ne instantly
recognized as an earthquake. Mrs. kohler also
| felt its effects. and called out 90 him. Captain
| Kohler said the quake the general subject
Of conversation on the boat up to town, ana
nearly every one had felt IT,
on Governors Island the shock was felt more
acutely on the eastern end where the hospital
Is The patents were awakened. and there was
SOME little commotion Captain Feerey. of the
Governors Island boat, and Ordnance-Sergeant
Rulfen were among those who were awakened
by the vibrations.
.BONES'S" DESCRIPTION.
! Among the most graphic descriptions was that
given by "Rones" who draws a salary from
Uncle Sam and makes his headquarters at the
Battery Bones" has a large vocabulary Of eX-
tremely long words and these he im?ressively
uses in his descriptions Of any unusual happen
inr "Roness" colored friends account for his
habit by SAYING that he swallowed "A dictionary
in early life.
II wuz on de Atantic-avc. ferryboat Brooklyn
| In mldstrcam when der quake come, salu
Bones yesterday when narrating MS expert
! ence "and # wuz 'strcmely Derccptbu to me.
Der viberations were longertudinul and also lat
ertudlnul and dey were very effercashus Dose
/ wa cd
| nocturnal slumbers found dat dat quake amt
| no hallushinashun-it deere fur shore
"Boness" description is at least. more truthful
| than some others.
\ Tribune reporter called at the Columbia Col
lege Observatory last evening. but found that
! Professor Rees and Assistant Professor Davis
were both out Of the city on their vacations. and
nothing could be learned in regard to the earth
| quake there.
BROOKLYN SHAKEN Up 4 BIT
! The shock in Brooklyn caused people to run to
windows and doors to "see what was the mat
ter" and gave about % per cent of the city's
population a novel sensation. Early in the day
! yesterday the who said Earthquake to his
friends was looked at half daft. but before
the day was over thousands Of corroborative ex-
perences made the sceptic take to the woods, ="
and the fact that a shock was really experienced
became well accredited. Some Of those who lost
their forty morning winks' account Of the
seismic disturbance aver that there were three
distinct shocks the first one quite and the
/ other two less So. In some quarters of tke city
! the shock gave people decided shaking up.
! This was noticeably the case In the Bedford dis
| trict CAPTAIN John r. Anderson, ticket agent
on the Brooklyn Elevated Road at Lexington and
! Reid aves will have reason to remember the
first day of September 1895, for a long time. HIS
| parlor mantel used To b. filled with curious
| bric-A brac collected by him while "A sailing mas
ter. At 6 o'clock. as the captain was preparing
his breakfast before going to bed after twelve
| hours snent at tearing of pasteboards. he sud-