CURIOUS RESULT OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
Indianapolis, Nov. 1.—An interesting point in connection with the earthquake which was felt in this city yesterday is the fact that a number of small Indiana streams having their source in the southern border of the gas belt have suddenly filled with water. No rains have occurred in this State for months to swell the streams, and in the case of Honey Creek, in the eastern part of Bartholemew County, it had gone dry several weeks ago, the water standing only in pools here and there. This week it is filled to the brim, and in some places has overflowed. Sugar Creek, that runs near Edinburg, Johnson County, was nearly dry, but to-day it is reported to be nearly filled. Smaller streams rising in the Hancock County gas territory have shown similar phenomena. No one can imagine where the water comes from. In the case of Honey Creek the records show that previous to the Charleston earthquake, August 31, 1886, the stream acted in the same way.
A VILLAGE DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE.
Constantinople, May 27.—The village of Repahie in Armenia has been destroyed by an earthquake. A number of mineral springs spouted from the crevasses made in the earth by the shocks and the flow of water was so great that the adjacent fields were flooded. The earthquake was preceded by rumblings which caused the inhabitants to flee from the village and they thus escaped death from the falling houses. No lives were lost however.
Since a recent earthquake at Santa Ana, in Orange County, Cal., the well of Mr. Huntington in Los Bolsas district, which for years has never flowed to any considerable extent, has given forth large quantities of mud, stones and other materials, the eruptions being volcanic in character. The supply of water is now far in excess of the means provided at the surface for its care, and it has been found necessary to ditch from the well to the river to carry it away. The pipes are at all times in danger of bursting—the sudden blasts of air and foreign substances rendering it more or less dangerous to go near the opening.
FIRE BANKED FOR YEARS.
From the Galveston Daily News.