| Show THE ATLANTIC COAST from maryland to maine trembles from Sab subterranean gs by western asad press to the Il herald lerald 11 NEW aug 10 about this afternoon the residents in ial this vicinity were startled by a severe shock of earthquake lasting about ten seconds at this hour particulars particular a are recel received yeti at the wes western t union office showing the sho shock k was widespread the first reports were ere received from the following points the atlantic sandy hook long branch philadelphia hia new haven boston elizabeth Dia plainfield infield spring lake cottage C city t marthas vineyard and portland maine at the last point it was slight reports are also rece received ve from many of the sub offices about new york the reports as to its duration are diverse but the average seems to be about ten seconds the operator at providence was ws vaguely questioned as to whether he had heard or seen anything unusual and he lie promptly replied that he had had his hand band on the steam pipe and that it had trembled violently he ile had bad been looking up and down the street to discover a heavy team which up to the time of inquiry he be had bad supposed was pass sing the question made him hini suspicious of an earth i quake this suspicion was promptly confirmed by various people rubhin rushing 9 into tha ali 0 streets streeta and add the office asking for an explanation at the t lie atlantic highlands experienced a second shock but less violent than I 1 he first at philadelphia the scaffolding foldi niron on boing new buildings goin ruing up on the corner of sixth and land ati bleed acl streets was shaken violently violently and some bricks on the boards were shaken off and fell to the street be low the severest shock was reported from front seabright N Y here the depot was shifted to one side shaking up the contents and alarming its inmates at pm an ineffectual effort was made to raise rais long branch which had been in communication up to the time of the shock the operator had just reported a shock together with tb the e fact that ahe ha jars of the battery had been overturned when they gave out at Ilat hatford funt a barp bareheaded beAded man rushed rushe frantically frantl cally to the telegraph office holding in his hadid a news i paper which lie had been reading he lie baldine had bad been rocked violently and that the plastering on th jhb 0 ceiling above him had been cracked landin come some places had dropped to the floor Ju Brooklyn the streets were aliye alive with people who had come outto out to ascertain the cause of the rocking and to gossip about it one coolheaded cool headed observer lupow the first perceptible tt t enok tik 0 out t n his 1 stop P w watch a t c 1 1 and timed the I 1 a duration a t 6 of T t the e e a r t I 1 i q z L K a he ile said the shock began as near as he lie could tell at 50 he lie said the shock lasted just ten seconds and quieting down as lie eaid said it took nearly fifty seconds more offhand off hand guessing varied from five seconds to ten minutes according to the observers ver fright and his judgment of time at 1 menlo park and trenton the was timed at while at more southern points it was felt at exaggerated reports came in in from various points from trenton it was ft as reported the water faai lashed into a foam passengers PasseD geri who arrived from trenton soon boon after however said the story was absure absurd and said tho water was placid and muddy as usual the tele telegraph grap h manager at coney island promptly asked forthe for the particulars of of the explosion supposing that some refinery powder mill or dynamite factory hal had blown up A few minutes later however the fact became known there that the whole island had been roughly shaken by the vibrations and that tho the guests and visitors were greatly alarmed th the e fright frighten in some uses cases amounting to 10 a panic neither cape may nor atlantic C city y notice dany unusual motion no and so far philadelphia reports the southern tilba in limit of the shock at cleveland the shock was plainly but bikk slightly felt in the main local telegraph ter office the hundred people present felt a serious movement of their floor in the seventh sto story but there ther ewas was no elect electrical rieal phenomenon connected with it and no electrical disturbances the first impression which the inmates ma tes of the lionso housein in new york had was that the house about to fall and the people ran into i n to the streets only to discover people rushing out amazed mazed as themselves then as chere there was no evidence of bf a catastrophe the people returned to their homes realizing that there had been boon an earthquake J CTT CT T s at the observatory of tho the unite d states fitial signal service the time of f the earthquake 0 and ita its duration were noted assistant observers hellman ellmon 11 and Al erring were at the time in the office and aim about feet above the level of the A s r eit the first tion of the earthquake was a low rumbling sound like the mutterings rings of distant thunder it was immediately followed by a shock like that of a violent explosion which caused the buildings to quiver although it did not shake perceptibly the rattling continued about eight seconds and was accompanied by rumbling sounds which gra gradually duall died aviah away the first shock was rhin utes past two the effect of the jar jr was more perceptible in houses house of liblit structure I 1 |
