Our Record of Canadian Earthquakes. 11 



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 the most severe shock of earthquake that has visited 

 this part of the continent for several yeasr. Buildings 

 rocked and trembled as if about to be thrown down 

 by the percussion of an explosion. At first came a 

 heaving sensation like that of a ship rising over a heavy 

 dead swell; the buildings creaked as if every joint and 

 fastening was being tested by some invisible force, and 

 then a dull, muffled deep-toned sound like that of a subter- 

 ranean explosion. The shock was felt from foundation to 

 turret of the most substantially built edifice in the city, and 

 then came the settling back, and for an instant it felt as if 

 everything was going down —then a moment of suspense 

 and the earthquake had passed. Prof. McLeod, of McGill 

 Observatory, noted the time; it was just thirteen minutes 

 to twelve o'clock, and the shock apparently came from the 

 no7th-east and moved towards the south-west. It was dis- 

 tinctly felt in the Observatory and all through the College 

 buildings, but not so severely as in the lower part of the 

 city. Perhaps that part of the city situated along the brow 

 of the hill between Dorchester and St. Antoine street felt 

 the shock most distinctly, and there the people were the 

 most frightened. Many offices and public buildings were 

 rapidly emptied of their occupants, and in others persons 

 ran into the corridors, but had not time to get farther be- 

 fore the shock was over. As usual in such cases, animals 

 were much frightened, and some horses on the cab stands 

 ran away. — (Montreal Evening Papers, Nov. 27.) 



Ormstown — About this place the earthquake shock on 

 Monday appears to have been most severely felt. The 

 foundation and brick work of the school were cracked. The 

 iron bridge rattled and some stones fell out of the abut- 

 ments. John Ligget's brick house was cracked in three 

 places. Cattle huddled together in great fright. Wells 

 were disturbed, some chimneys toppled over, and window 

 glass was broken. In Mr. Dewar's drug shop some bottles 

 were upset and broken. Those who were in the woods state 

 that the ground had a waving motion for about a minute. 

 It was the heaviest earthquake for thirty-five years. 



