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also during the prevalence of a storm, hence there was much diversity of 

 opinion expressed by citizens. An examination of the strata in the vicinity 

 revealed slight faulting due to previous earthquakes, but no faulting was ob- 

 served that was of recent origin. 



The following paragraph was seen by the writer in the Houston Post, 

 copied from the Cherokee Herald: 



"Rusk Treated to Two Genuine Earthquake Vibrations. Rusk, Texas, 

 January 8. — Last night at 12 o'clock this town and immediate vicinity ex- 

 perienced two well denned shocks of an earthquake. Each paroxysm was 

 accompanied by a detonation loud and long, as of thunder rolling from south 

 to north. Several chimneys were leveled with the earth, and sleepers in vari- 

 ous portions of the town were awakened. J. W. McCord, in charge of the 

 county jail, a very strong structure, declares that for fully one minute he ap- 

 prehended a collapse of the building, and Theo. Miller says the Acme Hotel 

 was shaken to its foundation. There was no wind, though there was a slight 

 rain falling and some electrical force prevailing, but not of sufficient strength 

 to produce the shocks. A few parties here who were through the Charleston, 

 South Carolina, shocks of 1887, pronounced the phenomenon last night a gen- 

 uine earthquake." 



The chimney which fell was visited. The material was old and the mortar 

 had been partly washed out by atmospheric agencies in the past; it may, 

 however, have fallen during the reported vibration of the earth. The county 

 jail exhibits no external cracks such as might be produced by severe earth- 

 quake vibrations. No cracks were observed in the outer wall of the Acme 

 Hotel, but in the room occupied by the writer there are cracks where the 

 front wall joins the partition walls that may have been produced by the vi- 

 brations described. 



The Austin Statesman of January 9th contained the following Associated 

 Press dispatch: 



"Earthquake in Ohio. — Toledo, 0., January 9. — Just at noon a shock of 

 earthquake was felt here that shook houses, rattled windows, and frightened 

 horses. The shock came apparently from the south, and a slight rumble ac- 

 companied it. The shock was about the same in its effects at all points 

 within a radius of forty miles from here." 



In the Galveston News of January 16 appeared the following foreign dis- 

 patch: 



"Algiers, January 15. — Reports from interior points show that an earth- 

 quake was felt throughout an extended region. The shocks were severe at 

 Gourza, near Cherchell. Part of the buildings of the village were demolished 

 and many persons buried in the ruins." 



Allowing for the time necessary for the news to get from the interior to 



