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dows rattled. — Elevators swayed slightly. — ^Dishes and silverw a re 

 moved on tables in hotels. — In the upper story of a hotel a selvmg 

 machine was tipped over. — In the upper story of a hotel a servant 

 woman was pitched forward and nearly fell. — A house quivered. — 

 People rushed from windows in terror, and alarm was widespread. — 

 Several hundred people made their exit from a seven-story building, 

 choking the stairways in their haste to escape. — Some people thought 

 th shock was a blast in the stone quarries. — In factories where girls 

 and women worked in upper stories, small panics were narrowly 

 averted. — The women employed in the upper stories in an office 

 building rushed in a panic to the stairs. — Men ran up from below, 

 meeting them and quieting them. — A seamstress was surprised and 

 alarmed when her sewing machine moved. 



Eagle Point, la. — A high bridge swayed. — Buildings rocked. — Dishes 

 rattled. — Bottles rattled in a drug store. — Bottles moved along a shelf 

 in a drug store. — The shock caused alarm. 



East Dubuque, 111. — Dishes rocked from shelves and dashed on the 

 floor. — Printing type in form, in a newspaper office, was pied. 



Elgin, 111. — Delicate instruments in the Elgin Watch Works were 

 Thrown out of gear. 



Elizabeth, 111. — Dishes were shaken and the contents spilled. — 

 Buildings were noticeably jarred. — Windows rattled. — Two men in a 

 store thought sacks of flour, stacked upstairs, had fallen down. 



Elkader, la. — Windows in stores were shaken. — Articles were shaken 

 from stands and dressers in a bed room. — Excitement was intense. — 

 The earthquake was felt by several persons in town. 



Evanston, 111. — A chair in which the chief of police was seated, 

 shook twice. The top floors in one of the University buildings shook. — 

 Water in a tumbler was tippled. — Windows rattled. — A book case 

 swayed one and one-half inch. — A vacant chair was rocked, hitting a 

 man. — A team of horses were started on a runaway. — Instruction was 

 interrupted in one of the classes in Northwestern University. — Occu- 

 pants of some residences fled to the streets. — Patients and nurses in a 

 hospital were alarmed. 



Fort Madison, la. — Dishes and windows rattled. 



Freeport, 111. — Cracks were formed in cement walks. 



Geneva, 111. — A clock was stopped in the court house. 



Gordon's Ferry, la. — The operators in a railroad depot rushed out. 



Hannibal, Mo. — Two shocks were felt, lasting eight and thirty sec- 

 onds, respectively. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — The federal offices quivered. — A heavy iron bed 

 was shaken. — A writing table shook. — The tower of the courthouse 

 shook. — A woman, reclining on a couch, rolled down on the floor. — 

 A man in a chair, resting his legs on a railing in the tower of the 

 court house, felt his legs shake. 



Jackson Junction, la. — There were heavy tremors. 



Joliet, 111. — Chairs were overturned. — Gas mains were made to leak 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — The earthquake was noted. 



Kenilworth, 111. — Dishes fell from plate rails and broke. 



Kenosha, Wis. — Plaster fell.— Wall paper cracked.— Chimneys top- 



