Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1886 — AT OTHER POINTS. [ARTICLE]

AT OTHER POINTS.

Consternation Produced by the Upheaval Throughout the Country. At Augusta, Ga., the earthquake shocks were quite severe, and produced great alarm. The plastering on many houses was broken, people rushed into the streets, women fainted and men were completely unnerved. Most cf the citizens passed the night in the open air. Shocks were felt all over Georgia, but no serious damage was caused. Throughout North Carolina the shocks were quite severe. At Asheville they produced the utmost consternation. The disturbance was accompanied by a rumbling sound resembling distant thunder, buildings quaked, walls vibrated, and terror-stricken men, women, and children in night clothes rushed from houses into the open air. The earth shook and bells tolled in their towers, while the people, in consternation, prayed, fainted or stood dazed by the alarming phenomena. The negroes began a religious meeting in one of the churches, which was kept up all night. At Charlotte, Waynesville and Weaverville, N. C., several houses were wrecked and a number of chimneys toppled over. At Columbia, 8. C„ no less than sixteen distinct shocks were felt. The first shock was fearful, and houses were shaken as though made of pasteboard. It seemed as if everything must topple. The rumbling in the earth was loud and horrifying in the extreme. Clocks stopped, bells were rung, and damage done to some buildings, principally by toppling chimneys. Two rooms in the Governor’s mansion were wrecked. There were numbers of cases of nervous prostration, and, doctors were in demand to compose the frightened people. A large political meeting was being held in the Court Bouse, but it adjourned in a panic. The walls of the Court House were cracked, and one partition badly so. The colored people assembled in the streets, praying. At Murphysboro, 111., the shock was quite severe. Brick walls shook, glassware clinked, and hanging lamps were sent swinging like pendulums. Doors vibrated as if shaken by unseen hands. The fire bell on the court house kept up a rapid fire alarm for more than a minute. At Docatur, Hl., the shock was felt quite sensibly. It rattled and shook articles in dwellingsand swayed business buildings slightly north and south. Occupants of rooms ran out into the street. No damage, but some fright. At Greenville, Hl., there were lively shocks, at intervals of about half a minute, and buildings were rocked under their action, but no damage was done. At Jacksonville, Hl., buildings vibrated from east to west, tables and other articles tipped, and people were greatly frightened. At Vicksburg, Miss., the City Council was in session, and the City Hall, a very frail building, constructed on high brick pillars, under which is the eity market, was made to rock so that the board adjourned suddenly and unceremoniously. The shock was also felt in other places throughout the city. At Hannibal, Mo., the walls of the brick buildings trembled, and in some- cases swayed. One or two meetings adjourned hastity, and the printers in the Journal office dropped their sticks and prepared to run, but the shock was over before they got started. Three distinct shocks were felt at Cairo, 111., lasting about ten seconds. People ran from their houses in a fright. Clocks throughout the city stopped or were disarranged. Everything pendent swung to and fro, while the vibrations of buildings were frightful. The shock was generally felt throughout Richmond, Va., and the excitement was intense. At Pittsburgh the hotel guests rushed into the streets panicstricken. At Media, Pa., dishes were thrown from shelves, elocks stopped, and occupants of the houses rushed out, screaming with terror. At Louisville, Ky., the shock was qui e severe, and lasted half a minute. At Detroit, Mich., the shock was so great as to frighten the occupants of buildings, who stampeded for the streets At Cincinnati, printers in the Sun office thought the building was falling, and abandoned their cases. There was a panic in the Republican office, at St. Louis, the printers rushing pell-mell from the building. The shock resembled the motion of a series of water waves. The guests occupying the upper floors of the Southern and Lindell Hotels rushed down-stairs badly frightened, fearing that some catastrophe was about to occur. At Memphis, Tenn., the shock was severe, and the motion was north to south, lasting fully ten seconds. It had a rapid oscillating movement. Great consternation was felt. At Washington, D. C., two shocks occurred, the second of longer duration and more severe than the first, and a few seconds latter. It was felt in all parts of the eity, creating considerable consternation. At Indianapolis, Ind., the shock was of a tremulous, quivering character. Many guests otthe Denison House rushed from their rooms, in alarm, and similar scenes were witnessed in a number of other buildings. At Cleveland, Ohio, the shock caused great consternation, and almost a panic occurred in two theaters. At Terre Haute, Ind., two distinct shacks were felt. Windows were rattled and in several cases plastering was dislodged from ceilings. A large audience waa present at the Opera House attending a minstrel show. The building shook until people became panic-stricken, being under the impression that the structure was about to fall. Those in the galleries felt the shook most severely, and they rose and made a rush for the exite. The crowds in other parts of the house followed, women screamed, an 1 there was struggling and rushing for the doors. Almost the entire audience fought its way to the st eet. At New York the shock was plainly felt. In the upper stories of the tall Western Union building the waves were plainly discernible, and persons walking about experienced the sensation as of falling. At Columbus, Ohio, the shock was quite severe. At the Central Asylum for the Insane, the largest building for insane in the world, furniture waa turned around, and the patients became so alarmed that the attendants had trouble in getting them to return to their wards. At the Institute for the Blind the shock was so strong that rocking-chairs on the floor were made to start in motion, and the chandeliers were swayed to and fro. The teachers at the Blind Institute refused to return to their rooms after running to the main audienceroom below. At this point it was accompanied by a low, heavy, rumbling sound. At Columbia, 8. C., there were ten distinct shocks. Some of the monasteries in England in the eighth century were presided over by ladies. There was a very famous one at Whitby in Yorshire which was ruled by the Abbess Hilda. She belonged to the royal family. She trained up many clergymen, and no less than five bishops. Ca dmon, the first English poet, dwelt in her abbey.