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mirror swung on a wall. — Dishes rattled on a table. — Bric-a-brac fell 

 from a mantle piece. — Telephones were put out of commission. — Heavy- 

 safes were jarred from their positions. — Wall decorations were thrown 

 from their fastenings. — Drop lights swayed. — A bed was rolled back 

 and forth, on its castors. — Electric light fixtures swayed alarmingly. 

 — A receiver was knocked off from a telephone hook. — A glass shade 

 on a gas light fell and broke. — Gas fixtures swayed. — A mirror oscil- 

 lated. — The shock caused some people to run on the streets. — Some 

 Italians, recalling the earthquakes in Italy, quit work for some time 

 and fell down to pray. — Families ran out of their flats, fearing the 

 walls would collapse. — Some people thought an explosion had oc- 

 curred somewhere. — The falling of a tall chimney on a home for young 

 women, scared the occupants out. — Telephone girls left switchboards. 

 — A domestic was thrown off her feet. — A frightened wife called her 

 husband. — Some people thought an explosion had occurred. — One man 

 reported: "My wife and my sister were frightened and ran to me." — 

 Hundreds of later risers were awakened by the earthquake. — A young 

 woman stenographer, thinking some one had stepped up behind her 

 chair, rocking it, exclaimed: "You stop that." — A man in a bath 

 tub, seeing his image in motion in a swinging mirror, thought he was 

 "verhext." — Many thought the shock due to blasting. — Some residents 

 fled from their homes. — Some people experienced a dizzy feeling due 

 to the motion. — One report says: "There was great excitement along 

 the shore of Lake Michigan." — People feared a tidal wave. 



Clinton, la. — Dishes were disturbed and broken. — Windows rattled. 

 — The earth trembled as when there is an explosion. — The floor 

 shook, as when there is an explosion. — The floor shook in the upper 

 story of a large building. — Dishes were rattled down from shelves. — 

 A door was sprung so it would not close. — Many people realized that 

 it was an earthquake, and were stricken with fear. — Some thought the 

 wind rattled the windows, or an explosion. — Occupants of large build- 

 ings told of feeling an unusual sensation. — Occupants of one building 

 thought the shock was due to some work in progress on the upper 

 floor. — A message, without signature, was received by one of the 

 dailies, announcing the earthquake in a town near the city. — Telephone 

 girls were scareci 



Davenport, la. — The tremor was most noticeable in large oflSce 

 Duildings. — Two shocks were felt. 



Des Moines, la. — The earthquake was noticed by few people. 



Des Plaines, 111. — Chairs were overturned. — Mirrors were demolished. 



DeWitt, la. — Buildings shook. — Dishes rattled. 



Dixon, 111. — There was a slight trembling of the earth. — Gas fires 

 were shaken out. 



Dubuque, la. — OfTice buildings were shaken. — The shock was felt 

 most in the downtown districts. — Machinery rattled in factories. — 

 Boxes and crates fell in stores. — Two shocks were felt. — Dishes to the 

 value of eight hundred dollars were broken in a crockery store. — The 

 upper part of high buildings swayed. — One-third of the inhabitants 

 linew nothing of the earthquake. — Furniture moved in strange direc- 

 tions. — Furniture trembled. — Some claim they heard a rumbling sound 

 before the shock. — Lamps were shaken from their rests. — Tables 

 heaved. — Houses rocked perceptibly. — Dishes rattled on tables. — Chairs 

 moved on their rockers. — Chandeliers heaved. — Floors heaved. — Win- 



