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Show SHIP IS SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE Severe Shock Caused a Panic on Board the Steamer Newport Off the Coast of Corlnto. SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-The steamer Newport, which arrived yesterday yester-day from Panama and way ports, was severely shaken by an earthquake while r- at sea. So pronounced was the shock that most of the passengers and many of the crew believed that tbe steamer had ran "n a reef. It was shortly after o'clock rtai the morning of March 11th and the ieasel was about eighteen miles off the ,-foast from Corlnto when the shock was Xtelt. Several of the passengers, aroused Trom their sleep by the force of the shock, rushed on th deck In their night clothes, and it was some time before they could be assured that there was no danger. |