VIOLENT EARTHQUAKES IN TEXAS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1589, 21 June 1887, Page 3

VIOLENT EARTHQUAKES IN TEXAS

An El Paso deapatoh of May 3-cl saia : — A shock of earthquake wa3 plainly folt at 3 18 o'clock .this afternoon, which lasted about two minutes. It waß perceptible m evory portion of the city, and the shock so alarmed clt ; z3ns of all olaßsea that only invalids and the helpless were left within doors. For probably two minutes preceding the shock m&ny persons recognised tho distinct and offensive smell of sulphur, and when the shock came tho earth trembled and many articles hanging on walla oscillated to and fro and some fell to tho floor. Plastering foil from the fronts and ceilinga of many dwellings and business houses, and m tho Gourtbousn evidences of the shock were quite plain. Olooka were utoppod, biiildInga wore cracked, koraea c*ino to a standstill m tho street, and fajmily and friendly gtoupß formed moro rapidly tb&D were ever known In El Pa3o. . At Albuquerqae a plaj;e glaea window of the First National Bank building was cracked. Men and women rushed into the Btroets and horeea were frightened. Men unhitched their teams and hurriedly led ijhnm away, looking upward at the buildings as if they expected they were about to topple upon them, Many persona complained of a feeling akin to seasickness/ la the old town the people were terror-stricken and many of the natives feared a new eruption from an extinct crater near there.