The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-21
Special coYrsspondsncs.


JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. t4 via fhs CITY
Of Topeka Alaska Commercial Com
psny's steamer Dora. Capt Johsnsen. AZ
rived from the westward last night With
nsws Of an ssssnsiys ara terrible sarth-
quake s1tssdjng from JItuyA bay. 10
miles below yskutss, 80 miles northwest
into the cook lnisf country. n was ,bs
greatest pbsnosnsna witnessed IN Alaska
since q similar occurrence In the early
days ~ the Has,sn ffsdsVs DARKNESS
sah chaos we're on the fare H the ssrth.
The earth literally 1Gk down into the
SEA ard ss~ tsisnds and cen,1sniss rose
pp Ike huge isyisthass showing their
bscks stoys the surface. Mountains fum-
bi~d down snd SID into the ocean. The
wbois was accompanied by several tlssi
waves, ons 81 them fifteen feet high The
shocks eecurrsd every dAy Tor q west
from Sunday. September .. - suntsy
Hspssmbsg D and wsrs fat lest sunday ~
Juneau Three very hard shocts disturbed
ft,nss hsfs constfsrsbiy. One rams sariz
IN fhs morning, . second abosa o'eioct
IN sns sf,sfroon ara ths third about IN
shs sftsrnSDn, Buildings we're ba5ly
shaken. Fsoyfs Yan ogt into The streets
IN their fright, AII aay ,bsfe were minor
trsnbl.ngs. Tbs lafxs buildings, such -
the Occidental hotel. ~ Asa's tospgfsl
and the churches, fsffled Ike . srasy shfp
10 . gsis, No damage 70 property va
done hSss es ss~wEers. and there wss no
tSss ~ Hfs. A~nsssA Jasssa me mcssysAsns
sss 81 In tts<s. TIE shs,ks here eonf!n-
sssS steadily from thirty sscosds % fvv
m.s1sss 4 stin gale biAw sI1 fsy TIE
earthquakes ~ the week seemed - 10
travelling south, tskps plenty ~ tine -
shake ac ths country 10 they passed along
Ksssk IstssA Dsss.
Ths ros severe shocks vsYs fsSs snf
ssss a. yakufss snf Esyss ~ Yskasss
are q Isrss fn5isn village ard s~vsrss
,rs6srs sforss Tte village ss hsssaDsf.
s-Ts fos miners prospecting IN ,hat ~cton
- Aissks ard 80 ths Aisss river Asousd
ss~ posns ~ ocssn csp~ ~ shs sn'ran~s
90 Ysko's, ssg, - an .Isnf named IA
nss. This laisns ssnt fzsnty feet into the
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