Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1886 — AT OTHER POINTS. [ARTICLE]

AT OTHER POINTS.

Consternation Produced by the Upheaval Throughout the Country. At Augusta, Ga.,the earthquake shocks wire 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 of 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 i-hocks 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 ojien 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, S. C„ no less than sixteen distinct shocks were felt. The first shock was foar'ul, and houses were shaken as though made of pasteboard. It seemed as if everything must tbpple. The rumbling in the earth was loud and horrifying in the extreme. Clocks stopped, bells were rung, and damage done to some buildings, prlncipallv by toppling chimney's. Two rooms in the Governor's mansion were wrecked. There were numbers of cases of nervous prostration, and doctors were iix demand to compose the frightened people, A Jarge political meeting was being held in the Court House, 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 Decatur, Hl., the shock was felt quite sensibly. It rattled and shook articles in dwellings and swayed business buildings slightly north and south. Occupants of rooms ran out into the street. No damage, but some fright. At Greenville, 111, 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 city market, was made to rock so t hat 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, Hl., lasting about ten seconds. People ran from their houses in a fright. Clo.cks throughout the city stopped of 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, clocks stopped, and occupants of the houses rushed out, screaming with terror.' At Louisville, Ky„ the shock was qui'o 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 street. At Cincinnati, printers in the Sun office thought the building was falling, and abandoned their cases. There was a panic in the liepublican 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 bad 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 city, creating considerable consternation. At Indianapolis, Ind., the shock was of a tremulous, quivering character. Many guests of the Denison House rushed from their rooms* in alarm, and simitar scones wero witneseed -in a HHfflbßmrbtfier buildings. At Cleveland, Ohio, the shock caused great consternation, and almost a panic occurred in two theaters. At Terre Haute, Ind., two distinct shocks were felt. Windows wore rattled and in several cases plastering was dislodged from ceilings. A large audience was 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 shock most severely, and they rose and made a rush for the exits. The crowds in other parts of the houso followed, women screamed, an I there was struggling and rushing for the doors. Almost the entire audience fought its way to the street. 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 sheck was quite severe. At tfie Central Asylum for the Insane, the largest building for insane in the world, furniture was turned around, and the patients became so alarmed * that the attendants bad 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 afterrunning to the main audienceroom below. At this point it was accompanied by a low, heavy, rumbling sound. At Columbia, S. C„ there were ten distinct shocks.