| Show A THE earthquake ia 1 a att th f earthquake which has just at shaken up almost half of the ciStin ent nt and laid charleston fin ruins ruins was acc accompanied 1 by imn gular phenomena wl which ich have hav v attracted attention atten tion far and wide where the greatest devastation was ea I 1 in charleston armeston ari eston and ilae ane convulsion bu haa s caused tho form openings in ethe which are generally filled ath water in aonie place im ini mense injury was ladoue done to buildings jilia iti adjacent localities escaped unharmed in many places place each chock shock waa was T c le id with loua reports ake the explosion of dynamite while the land along the coast from florida to io massachusetts was was being IM moved ayed by the shock which extend ted 0 westward wee beyond the river it is evident that t there waa was aleo also a submarine commotion which efte extended extin ded perhaps half way acres the atlantic and a as far south kouth as its the equator yell grounded tears lears are enteria entertained 1 I 1 ned for the island of bermuda which abl f ch la is k JI exactly in a line with charleston ai chichis which ig believed to have been in ij atthe bt t ta A ibe the path I 1 of the earthquake As a t gentleman lately from bermuda W v I 1 puis it the ibe island wand by its peculiar corx formation flon and location is ij especially especio espe cip i susceptible to injury by earthquake rl yu J bhicks jh shocks Bh it haa has been one of the fears af the inhabitants abitanta inh for w hundred thai that some day a convulsion of would wipe them out the is island landis is of coral foun foundation 1 built buildup up on top of a volcanic mountain of great altitude and i some of the soundings in that vicinity cai n ity equal in depth any in the world the base of this submarine mountain is not much wider than the top and the existence of great caves cares through the sea water way to the interior of the i island ian d eh owai ta unsubstantial i con flu A tipp the isla island nals leonly A only fifteen j boiles roiles ong by two arthr or three ee broad effit ia i tand fand nowhere 33 la ane ea altitude over ajeet f e et A bangle severe connul tion afon alibi throw this thi little hide mast of rock into the sea or a i tidal wave sweep over it and nd it would never more be heard of it li IMD esin the lati latitude tudo alast to 0 a as second ee 0 lid hs as Char charleston lesio n and only miles di distant the absence of liefl tidal wave at charleston would se m to indicate that its force spread itself up and down the coast yet it is not unlikely unlit ely that its force may 41 4 1 extended extended i in a an easterly diric alon in which event bermuda might i buffered suffered serious injury a 4 fp As the results of the earth qa sk we a are re told that several vessels some distance off the coast coa experienced the most wonders wonder phenomena in some cases the water was agitated and a w rumbling N luoise was heard rd to issue from the of them ocean on tuesday aw ft AM afternoon c afternoon just before the disturb die once ance of the elements took place the united states revenue steam ship left fortress For trese treEs mon blon roe and all jaent well until be tween 11 and 12 at lightf at that time a strong st rong gale cane came out 1 41 of i the north Cati catching bing the ewing ariche inthe vicinity of smiths point J then as the officers office 8 of the ship de dat 1 datre all at once there was a str arike and weird appearance about at everything ery thing nothing looked n na a tural in tha heir heavens rens tho the starr were shooting in all direction and the breaking seas were charged pith phosphorus ru to euch such a pro agree ahat that so 0 0 one u j J oi wf ht AM IR r ecard board recollected d ever v r ale beeping ing toe aisea fis pUy y the fixed f xe rs k MS to move and balla ball 0 f fir e first af feared on one bow thea then on the other which pilot ot ufa digan thought were ve vessels asels light lights aud and 80 anxious u watch a aa he b gressed itaas only when thy 17 became geri renewal etal that th pilot found that they rellus re lluu to atmosphere ical bicsi disturbance A haze peculiar to earthquake countries was visible along the horizon and it excited the interest of brann nha who had had bd a thrilling experience experienc eun un der the earno same circumstances at arica Aric peru when as an officer of tho the united states steamer teree ho be was carried ebore on abat vessel by bythe tho great tidal wava and earthquake earth qua ke of 1868 during the strange dinga the ewina was brought to an anchor in arn cornfield harbor inside the potomac |
