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afterward remembered feling a vibration, and attributing it to the 

 moving of heavy objects in the building. 



Muslvegon, Mich. — Bric-a-brac fell to the floor. — Pictures swung. 



North Chicago, 111. — 'Bricks were hurled from a high scaffolding. 

 — Workmen on a high scaffolding nearly fell. 



Oak Park, 111. — A leg was shaken loose from a piano in a school 

 and this caused the piano to foil. — The cornice of an old mansion fell. 

 — A hospital building rocked. — A baby was thrown out of bed. — 

 Pedestrians were scared by falling brick. — A woman was thrown out 

 of a chair. 



Ottumwa, Iowa. — Some citizens claimed to have felt the quake. 



Paw Paw, 111. — There was no damage, but many people were 

 frightened. 



Peoria, 111. — Plaster fell in a school building. — Many large buildings 

 were shaken. — The shock was felt more on the bluffs than in the 

 down town districts. — A rumbling sound was noted by a janitor in 

 a school building. — Falling plaster caused a panic among the child- 

 ren in one school. 



Peosta, Iowa. — Houses rocked. 



Platteville, Wis. — An old building rocked.- — A school building was 

 cracked. 



Pontiac, 111. — Windows were shaken. — Articles were shaken from 

 walls. 



Princeton, Iowa. — A farm hand, who was standing in a barn, saw 

 some hanging ropes gently vibrate. He also saw an, iron suppoit 

 for a receptacle for water on a grindstone vibrate and heard a slight 

 creaking in the building. 



Rariton, 111. — The earthquake caused buildings to creak and tremble. 



River Forest, 111. — A woman, who had been walking on crutches, 

 ran out without them. 



Rockford, 111. — A street car was started down a hill. 



Rock Island, 111. — A man sitting in a chair noticed a dull shock 

 which he referred to as something heavy that might have fallen in the 

 attic. — The jar was distinctly felt in the third story of the main 

 building of Augustana College, where book cases in the library were 

 gently disturbed. — The first part of the disturban(;e was weakest. 

 — The disturbance was felt by several persons at rest. 



Sabula, Iowa. — Chimneys cracked. — Pictures rattled on walls — Furni- 

 ture threatened to tumble over. — Heavy machinery in a printing office 

 shook in good shai)e. — A ferry captain saw a large wave come to the 

 Illinois shore in the Mississippi river. — The shock brought people 

 out of their homes, some with alarm, others with curiosity. 



Savanna, 111. — Operators in a railroad depot rushed out. 



Sears, 111. — A desk rattled. — Goods rattled on the shelves in a store. 

 — A heavy dresser quivered and shook. — Beds shook and quivered. 

 — A lady thought she was affected by heart trouble and sank frighten- 

 ed on a bed. 



Sinsinnawa, 111.— Dishes and windows rattled.— Articles fell from 

 walls.. 



South Haven. Mich. — Windows rattled violently. — .Mucli china was 

 broken. 



