28 C. @. Rockwood—Recent American Earthquakes. 
out the northwestern part of Connecticut. It extended from 
Hartford and Springfield on the east to the line of the Housa- 
tonic R. R. on the west, and from Danbury and Waterbury on 
the south, to Chester and Becket, Mass., on the north, being 
felt at numerous places in Litchfield and Hartford counties. 
At most places the shock was preceded or accompanied by a } 
rumbling noise. At Collinsville it lasted fifteen seconds. “At a 
Winsted it is stated to have lasted forty seconds, the sound — 
coming from the north and passing away toward the south. 
uly 28.—A shock at 6.05 P. ., at Milledgeville, Ga., with a 
loud explosion. (Atlanta Herald. 
July 31.—Advices of this date from the City of Mexico, report 
an earthquake in Jalisco. Y. Times), 
Aug. 3.—A shock at 8 a. M. in St. Thomas, W. I. 
uur 8.—A heavy shock in the morning at Hollister, Cal. (J. 
+ Bs) 
Aug. 29.—A shock was felt at 8.30 P. ., on board the bark 
St. Lawrence, in N. lat. 18° 50’, W. long. 61° 30’, being 
between St. Thomas and the Island of St. Bartholomew, 140 
miles from land. It lasted thirty seconds. (N. Y. Herald.) ‘ 
Sept. 17.—Three shocks at St. Vincents, W.I. The last about — 
9 P. M. was rather severe. (London Times Correspondence.) 
Sept. 25.—A shock about 9 Pp. mM. at Stepney, Conn. (New 
Haven Palladium. 
Oct. 7.—Slight shocks at Memphis, Tenn., and Cairo, Ill. (U. 
S. Sign. Serv.) 
Oct. 14.—A sharp shock about 6 Pp. M. at San Francisco, and 
in the Santa Clara Valley, Cal. The vibrations were from 
east to west. Reports from various points on the coast from 
Santa Cruz to Cape Mendocino, mention a heavy sea without 
wind, and the waves rolling up on the beach 100 to 300 feet 
beyond the usual high water mark, for several days after the 
above. From this it might be inferred that this earthquake 
had its origin somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. 
MB) 15.—A shock at 1 a, Mm. at Kingston, Jamaica, W. I. (J. 
Oct. 27.—Three shocks in the night at Memphis, Tenn. ; 
strong enough to rattle windows. Also a shock, probably the 
same, at 9 P. M. at Purdy, McNairy Co., Tenn. 
Oct. 31.—A slight shock at 9.18 P. ut at Cambridge, Mass., 
of three or four seconds duration. Barometer 29°70 in. 
ville, Atlanta, Madison, Athens, Union Point, Washington, 
Augusta, Forsyth and Macon, Ga., and at Spartanburg and 
Columbia, S.C. It lasted about thirty seconds, and at Wash- 
