The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-01

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EcIty n a portion OF the STATE were
shaken at 1i:i3 o'clock last night by the
most severe ,ar.hnunto cxnerienced
Eefe slbce ises, wheh SEVERN parsons
were killed. This time. however. no ia
taiitics iisyc been reported.
mo. Z, v,I,os ,,,r,. 4. ...,,.d. ho,,c
onried IN Wreckage by q collapse OF
the tenement ut 4i5 Clementlna street.
,,bicb .o,ioN.o aha roctIr, trcmnr
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uPoh ehu ifaiicSt VI seppottS'
with practically no foundation. the
1lltnsy. structure sank three feet below
,ro .ddo~s,y q, ,h. ,h,rr,r .,ra ,,a
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now stanus q misshapcn mass, reaa! 10
tumble like a.pack OF cards at the first
distnrhance. Tho ortnnants Of most OF
them awakened from sicep. were caught
psin n tran Doors vr,rned out Of stt,po
would NOT open and Windows were
damned, While tho widest excitement
prevailed within. neIrhbors. attracted
hy the rrash and the Scream NJ women
and children wore doing thcIr hest ia
y5ibernie the unfortuna,e nrIsoners.
The doors were finni,y hurst onen and
tthe women. MANY OF them scarcely nbio
10 wall. were conveyed across tbe yyay
and cared for BY friends. All were luck
iIy cot out without injury. except one
who was badly crushed by falling lin.
hers NIrs. 7 N Davis mn old Indy Of
TX and Mrs Herman Kaiser the
latter nm invniid had N h, "a rried frnr
theIr, wrecked homes.
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Another house. M Fifth and Teham,
rtreets was thrown down and the rrrat
crane al Garrett's foundry was scht
crashing to the ground
IIonr the watsr 'front.' and along The
shinninr In Inc harhor Tho shock was
very severe. Window. were broken
rfassss md wave aha+,ers1 IN
The saloons and rSs,denees: and excI,inr
personal experiences were related nv
many Out on the bay n violent tIda,
wave r,fted srou hoais high unon Ito
cfest and threatened death 10 their ors
and Futon stree,s Inc plaster was
shaken on the walls by the severity OF
The shock.
The old supreme court building. on the
corner of WcAiis,sr ara T,rkin strncts
was shaken nm ,he yis,hjn
signs OF the seismic visitation be,n- one
chimney Tilted at an angle OF afteenz de-
frees from the n~erncndicular. md an
Sfher turned almost comnleteIv n ryp,nd
from It's oirinnI nosition
IN the, merchants exchau=ra ouantav
of master was shaken down but no creat
damage was lon
The nineteen story Clans sprnckIes
building was not injured IN the least
though IL syaveJ like "a rrest free in
storm. Al least 100 stores south OF Mar
ket street suffered severely, chiefly by
The breaktn- az rraTi articles
Al the store ar n Van Costelhecl on
Market street several hrndrnI dollars,
worth OF interior decorations were in.
Sjured:
THE drug store OF f. Happensburrer
on the northwest corner OF Mission and
Sixth streets vyas damaced and the nm
prtetor seriously iniura6 n store 10
n mass Of hroEen bottles The contents ~
which almost nooa abe siore
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The electric. bcbt avafem n, ,,I-,b.
floors Of ina wbite honse on Ecarnnv
strcs} wps throwr on nv ,hn viSra:ion
and the building wa brIlljan,iy lin.
minated
badly crossed, and for n short time COM
nSnication was Interrupted,
street The windnn.s wsro oI hrnL rnira
fandSceilings cracked. scatteripg broker
glass and plaster Tho coal oil lonn